Topics

Opening of the exhibition, posters presentation and coffee break

Keynote lecture

The current state of dental education in USA and a look at the future

Prof.  Lily Garcia, USA

Session II : Undergraduate education

Moderator: Dr Ahmad Abdel Salam Hamdan, (University of Jordan)

Panel discussion on:

-  Curriculum change and innovation

-  Assessment of dental students

-  Medicine and Dentistry: Getting the balance right!

--  What do U.S. Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)

- standards mean for non-U.S. Dental Schools?

Panelists:

−        Prof. Damien Walmsley

−        Prof. Lily Garcia

−        Dr. Eugene Anderson

−        Prof. Wael Al-Omari

−        Prof. Kifah Jamani

Session III : Clinical innovation in dentistry

Chairpersons: Prof. Mahmoud Al-Omiri, Dr. Mohammad Al-Shayyab,

University of Jordan

Simplified root canal treatment: myth or reality

Dr. Fedrico Foschi, UK

Enamel and dentine defects in children

Dr. Susan Parekh, UK

Oral cancer early detection; a pressing need for continuing education

Dr. Yazan Hassona, UJ

Keynote lecture

Postgraduate dental education: The contemporary perspective

Prof. Lily Garcia, Chairman of the American Dental Education Association

Session I: Contemporary postgraduate education

Moderator: Prof Ahmad Hamdan (University of Jordan)

Panel discussion on:

• Change and innovation
• Research vs clinical training

Influence of interprofessional education and interprofessional practice

Emerging health technologies from alloplastic materials to use of digital tools in patient care.

Panel:

−        Prof. Suliaman AlOmran

−        Prof. Lily Garcia

−        Dr. Eugene Anderson

−        Prof. Azmi Darwazeh

−        Prof. Lamis Rajab

Session II: Postgraduate medical and dental education in the Arab World

Speakers:

• Secretary General of Arab Board of Health Specializations
• Secretary General, Jordan Medical Council

Chairpersons: Prof.  Zaid Baqain (University of Jordan)

Topics:

• Current programs: challenges and future plans
• Legislations governing dentistry and the specialties
• The need for a national program
• The demand for dental specialties

Panel:

−        Vice President of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialists

−        President of the Society of Arab Dental Faculties

−        President of Jordan Dental Association

−        Chief Dental Officer/Royal Medical Services

−        Chief Dental Officer/Ministry of Health

−        Prof Fouad Alshammari /UJ

−        Chairman of the specialty committee, Jordan Medical Council

Session III : Chairpersons: Prof. Mahmoud Hamdan, Dr. Sandra Altarawneh

Amalgam versus Composite.

Dr. Ayah. Al-Asmar/UJ

Coffee break & exhibition

Impaction: epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical cases.

Dr. Mariam AlAbdallah/UJ

Tooth Shade satisfaction of patients wearing removable partial dentures.

Dr. Osama Al-Jabrah /RMS