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International Peer Review in Blog Format

This project is designed to promote BLOG format dialogue and collaboration between dental students internationally, with the aim of facilitating dental students to develop professionalism, global awareness and global citizenship. The project currently includes students from the University of British Columbia and the Universities of Melbourne and Birmingham.

View the update on this initiative following the U21 Dentistry meeting hosted by the University of Hong Kong in 2010

Contacts

Karen Gardner

 

Forensic odontology e-learning project

A forensic odontology e-learning project using web-based delivery has been positively evaluated by participating students in Melbourne and Birmingham and this project will continue to be developed over 2009-2010.

View the update on this initiative following the U21 Dentistry meeting hosted by the University of Hong Kong in 2010

Contacts

Damien Walmsley

 

Trans-cultural Communication Training

This project involves surveys of dental students in U21 universities to ascertain their cultural backgrounds, attitudes towards intercultural issues in dental care, and perceived intercultural communication skills. A demographic examination of international students over a five-year period will also be undertaken. Utilising this data, a structured curriculum component in intercultural communication and the effective delivery of care for patients from culturally diverse backgrounds will be developed and trialed, as a precursor to proposing international guidelines for promoting intercultural dental education.

To date, a literature review has been completed, data collection methods identified and a survey questionnaire developed, the ethics application completed, and student clinic sites approached. The survey questionnaire has been piloted and data collection is being undertaken. A progress report will be provided at Tec de Monterrey in September 2010.

Contacts

Mike Morgan and Robert Garton

Christopher Zed

 


Upcoming projects

At the 2010 U21 Health Sciences meeting, it is proposed to explore decontamination procedures in U21 dental schools for the purpose of a comparative analysis.

 


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