>> I think interpersonal skills are very important.
We're not radiologists, so we're not looking at film all day long
and not interacting with patients.
A friend of mine told me, who is at the University of Washington, that, Bob,
I've got all these 3.8, 3.9 students who can't talk to patients.
You've got to be able to talk to patients.
You've got to be able to listen to patients, what their needs are, what their hot buttons are
and be able to deliver what they want.
I recommend while you're in undergraduate school is to really go
out -- you've got to be proactive.
Go meet dentists.
Go to their offices.
Go to different offices.
I've had mentors -- mentees, excuse me --
from undergraduate Temple who are now in the dental school
because they spent quite a bit of time in my office.
And I could see the passion.
That's what I want to see as a mentor.
I want to see the passion of the student.
That this is really what they desire to be is a dentist.
I mean, it's a hard job, but it's a very fulfilling job.