Rapporteurs
The following international panel of dental academics were selected to serve as rapporteurs/ recorders for Shaping the Future of Dental Education II.
KIndly supported by Proctor & Gamble
Michael Botelho, B.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D., MRDRCSEd, FRACDS
Associate Professor
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Co-rapporteur on Global Networking Stream
Dr. Michael Botelho has been at the University of Hong Kong for 21 years and has been actively involved in the design, development and implementation of a range of curriculum innovations and reforms in PBL, e-learning, simulation training and competency assessments. He has published and presented on dental education in journals and at conferences locally and internationally. He has conducted workshops on PBL, facilitator training, problem writing and standards descriptors for clinical skills performances. He has been awarded 12 education grants as principal or co-investigator and has 8 teaching and learning prizes or awards including the University Outstanding Teaching Award and the Hong Kong UGC teaching award. He is currently working on a collaborative blended learning project between National University of Singapore and the University of Adelaide.
Joan M. Davis Ph.D., RDH
Professor
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
Co-rapporteur on Interprofessional Education Stream
Dr. Joan M. Davis, a Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, focuses on tobacco dependence education. As a Fulbright Scholar Specialist, Dr. Davis collaborated with oral health educators at the Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland and at the University of Szeged, Faculty of Dentistry in Szeged, Hungary where she focused on harmonizing curricular competencies with ADEE competencies in dental education. She participated in the establishment of a new Communications Special Interest Group in ADEE in collaboration with dental faculty in Switzerland and Germany. Dr. Davis developed and maintains an Open Access website which offers a comprehensive tobacco treatment curriculum for oral healthcare faculty world-wide.
Domenico Dalessandri
Lecturer in Orthodontics
University of Brescia, Italy
Co-rapporteur on Technology and Science Stream
Dr. Domenico Dalessandri was appointed as a full-time Lecturer in Orthodontics at the School of Dentistry, University of Brescia in 2016. Since 2004, he has been actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate students’ education. Since 2007, he has focused his clinical research on the application of new technology to patient monitoring, motivation and education and to orthodontic diagnostic process, treatment planning and customized appliance manufacturing.
His experiences in both educational and technological fields will help to support the ‘Impact of scientific & technological advances’ workshop.
Irina Dragan, D.D.S., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Periodontology
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, USA
Co-rapporteur on Technology and Science Stream
Dr. Irina Dragan received her dental degree at "Carol Davila" University, Faculty of Dentistry in Bucharest, Romania and her postgraduate training in Boston, USA at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM). As a predoctoral student, she served as President of the European Dental Students’ Association and as a Resident - National Representative for the ADEA Council of Students, Residents and Fellows. She was the only postgraduate student selected nationally for the ADEA/AADR Academic Dental Career Fellowship Program. As an enthusiastic and dedicated Junior Faculty at TUSDM, she is involved in educational and clinical research, mentoring predoctoral and postgraduate students. She was honored with the 2016 ADEA Chair of the Board of Directors Citation and received fellowships from the ADEA Emerging Academic Leaders Program and ADEA AAL Institute for Teaching and Learning Program.
Roxana Oancea, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Associate Professor
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Dentistry, Timisoara, Romania.
Co-rapporteur on Global Networking Stream
Having been involved in teaching and supervising clinical activities in the second, third and sixth years, Dr. Roxana Oancea has a special interest in the “Global Networking: The How and Why for Dental Educators” workshop. She is passionate about developing and implementing new courses for students, to improve the learning outcomes and to enhance the utilization of modern teaching methods. Dr. Oancea’s main research interests include preventive dentistry, caries risk assessment, non-invasive methods of investigations in dentistry, dental materials, bioengineering, biocompatibility and biology of dental pulp stem cells.
Upen Patel, B.D.S., Ph.D
Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry
University of Birmingham, UK
Co-rapporteur on Assessment Stream
Dr. Upen Patel was appointed as a full-time Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at the School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham in 2008. He is actively involved in and has a passion for delivering education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Upen is the school lead for eLearning and leads on assessment for the BDS programme coordinating assessment with learning outcomes achieved by students and supporting module leads with generating and standard setting their assessments. His experiences and role as assessment lead will help to support the ‘Assessment in a Global Context’ workshop.
Barry Quinn, B.D.S., M.Sc., LDS MRD FDS FFD
King's College London, UK
Co-rapporteur on Inter Professional Education Stream
Dr. Barry Quinn is an undergraduate lead for over 180 students at King’s College London which includes a multi-professional teaching team of specialist and general dentists, dental therapists and hygienists, dental nurses and radiographers. Barry is an Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and Specialist in Prosthodontics. He is a curriculum lead for years 4/5 of the BDS programme and is academic lead for the Management and Leadership course. Barry is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh as well as being an external examiner for the dental schools in Belfast, Cardiff and Khartoum. He has been awarded an ADEE mature educators award as well as the inaugural Interprofessional Educators award in 2016. His research has involved working with inter-professional teams in developing haptic simulation for dental, medical, nursing and veterinary professionals. He is a member of both ADEE and ADEA and is President elect for the Education Research Group of the IADR and President of the British Dental Association Metropolitan Branch (London). He has published over 100 articles and two books, exploring issues on interprofessionalism, simulation, technology enhanced learning, sleep apnoea and the role of the dental team in identifying victims of domestic violence.
Barry has recently been invited by UNESCO to join the IFIP working group 3.3, Research into Educational Applications of Information Technologies.
Ingrid Tonni, B.D.S., MOrth, Ph.D.
Researcher in Orthodontics
University of Brescia, Italy
Co-rapporteur on Assessment Stream
Dr. Ingrid Tonni is an Orthodontist (MOrth 2008) with a special interest in dental education and particularly in assessment.
She obtained a Ph.D. degree in 2010, discussing a thesis entitled “Competences and Assessment for the Specialist Orthodontist” at Cardiff University. In 2010, she started her career in education at the University of Brescia. She has been involved in teaching and curriculum organization for the undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Assessment is one of the matters of mutual interest in the ADEA/ADEE discussion and she is enthusiastic to attend the meeting and hopes to help with her experience on this topic.