GSDM Takes Part in Top 6 Summit of Global Dental Education
From October 25 – 26, 2016, the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine was represented at the Top 6 Summit of Global Dental Education, during which a round table meeting followed by an open forum were held on Global Dental Education. The summit was hosted by Shanghai Jiaotong University College of Stomatology in Shanghai, China.
The six schools participating in the Summit represented GSDM’s International Elective Exchange Program partners, and included; GSDM, Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Dentistry, Fourth Military Medical University School of Stomatology, Peking University School of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
This is the first time the deans of the dental schools from US, China, Japan and Thailand gathered together to share the experience and review the outcomes of Global Externship Exchange Programs among their 6 schools,” said Dr. Laisheng Chou, Professor and Director of Oral Medicine. “This Top 6 Summit provided a great opportunity for the deans to share their view of global dental education.”
On the first day, the six schools held a closed-door meeting to review and evaluate the existing exchange programs among the schools/colleges. They also discussed the mission of the summit and vision for a future Annual International Conference on Global Dental Education. That evening, the schools enjoyed a Welcome Banquet at the Shanghai Old-Town Temple Restaurant.
The second day, the Open Forum of Global Dental Education, featured presentations on Dental Education Systems from the deans of each partnered institution. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter presented first, titled “Current and Innovative Concepts in Education.” He was followed, in order, by Professor Suchit Poolthong, Dean of Chulalongkorn University, Professor Jihua Chen, Dean of Fourth Military Medical University, Professor Chuanbin Guo, Dean of Peking University, Professor Steve GF Shen, Dean of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and finally Professor Keiji Moriyama, Dean of Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Prior to the Open Forum, each Dean and their guests were invited to the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 DenTech Conference held at the World Expo Exhibition and Conference Center.
Since the newly minted exchange and collaboration agreement between GSDM and the University of Manchester School of Dentistry (UMSD) is now official, Dean Hutter UMSD Dean Couthard to take part in the 2017 Summit that is scheduled for December 2017 and will be held at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.