Over the next few weeks, I hope to share with you reflections from some of our UMass Chan 2nd year students who are doing their Population and Community Health Clerkship (PCHC). This week two of the students in my group, Soomin Young and Chrissy Li, responded to the questions: In what ways is this PCHC experience challenging your stereotypes and assumptions? and, How do social determinants of health impact the environment and experience of the community or population on which you are focused? They answered this after working with an adult dentist and a pediatric dentist in Worcester County, visiting a water treatment plant in Shrewsbury, talking with Health Care for All, the state DPH dental director, and Senator Chandler - a long time oral health advocate in Massachusetts. See if their views have an effect on yours.