Association for Dental Education in Europe

Learning together to improve oral health and quality of life

5MP Session 3: Curriculum

Thursday, 21st August 2025 - 11:30 to 13:00
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Timezone: 

Dublin (IST, UTC+1)

Venue: 

Dargan A TCDBS

Session type: 
Type 1: Organised, planned and delivered by the ADEE
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Session synopsis: 
Selected delegates get the opportunity to pitch their work using the LTB e-poster platform which will be allowed up to three slides and a total of 5 minutes to present their work and take questions from the panel and delegates.

The session aims to encourage wide dissemination of their work presenters will speak to their e-poster and encourage delegates to visit their work to find out more.

Programme: 

11:30

Welcome

Chair

11:35

 Reflections on an innovative educational model in dentistry at a public university in Mexico

Maria Staines
Mexico

11:40

 Assessing Cultural Competence Among Clinical-Year Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Marika Zurmukhtashvili
European University Faculty of Dentistry, Georgia

11:45

 Clearing the Smoke: A Survey on E-Cigarette Awareness and Attitudes Toward Oral and Periodontal Health

Vera Tang
NYU College of Dentistry, USA

11:50

 Landscape of Soft Skills in Dental Education: A Bibliometric Analysis and Implementation in Undergraduate Dental Curriculum

Tanit Arunratanothai
Thailand

11:55

 Professionalism in Postgraduate Oral Health Education: A Pilot Study

Maan AlSultan
King’s College London FoDOCS, UK

12:00

 Reflect, Recognize and Reimagine: Dental School Strategic Planning

Cecile Feldman
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, USA

12:05

 From idea to award

Peter Vos
UC Leuven-Limburg, Belgium

12:10

 The factors influencing the choice of dual degree and cross-disciplinary courses among dental students

Wannawat Prachumrat
Thailand

12:15

 Students’ Perceptions of Age and Ageism: A Cross-Sectional Study

Jason Kyles
NYU College of Dentistry, USA

12:20

 Exploring Attitudes Toward Aging in Dentistry: Perspectives from Practitioners and Faculty

Analia Veitz-Keenan
NYU College of Dentistry, USA

12:25

 Mapping the Preclinical to Clinical Transition Experience of Dental Students in Cork University Dental School & Hospital, UCC.

Anne Hegarty
Cork University Dental School and Hospital, Ireland

12:30

 Survey of D3 and D4 Dental students knowledge of Alternative Methods for Caries Arrest Procedures

Maria Madonna
NYU College of Dentistry, USA

12:35

 Multilevel Challenges and Solutions in Embedding the SDG Principals into the Dental Student Curriculum

Margit Hågå,
Universitetet i Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway

12:40

Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship in a Dental Curriculum in South Africa: A Curriculum Mapping Study

 Suwayda Ahmed
University of the Western Cape 
12:45 Knowledge and behaviours regarding the infant oral health visit among dental nurses and dental hygienists in Ireland

Maeve Brogan 
Dublin Dental University Hospital
12:50 Closing remarks   
Chair: 

Ivan Alajbeg

President Elect
Association for Dental Education

Michael Crowe

Assoc Prof
Dublin Dental University Hospital Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Dr Crowe teaches Food Science, Nutrition and Oral Health at undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervises PhD and DChDent research projects. Dr Crowe's research aims to understand interactions between diet and oral health with a view to developing personalised, sustainable, healthy nutrition strategies. A key focus is the application of data science techniques for both the collection and analysis of cohort data at the patient and population group level. Ongoing research includes collecting dietary information and carrying out oral health assessments of specific at-risk subgroups such as elite athletes, chronically ill patients and the elderly. The main aim is to identify the contribution of specific risk factors to poor dental health and poor nutrient status within different subgroups. A secondary aim includes informing recommendations, tools and interventions for optimal oral health that will support dietary behaviour change to sustainable healthy diets. His recent publication on the ‘Implementation of a food science and nutrition module in a dental undergraduate curriculum’ could act as a framework for the development of this proposal.

https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.elib.tcd.ie/doi/10.1111/eje.12822

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