Please note that the web-only appendices to the final report, as well as a composite report containing all of the reports and presentations in a single downloadable file, can be found at the bottom of this page.
1. Introduction and Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Welcome Addresses
Acknowledgements
The Sponsors
2. Keynote Speakers
Dr. Mary Robinson, (Video Address) Chancellor, University of Dublin Trinity College; Chairperson, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative; President of Ireland (1990-1997); UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002). “Health as a Human Right: Implications for the Dental Profession”
- Dr. Mary Robinson Keynote Presentation
Sir Iain Chalmers, Editor, James Lind Library Oxford; Founder member of the Cochrane Collaboration. "Human rights and professional responsibilities in health care and education".
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, New York Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. “An End to Poverty?”
Dr. David Wong, Associate Dean for Research University of California, Los Angeles, Director, Dental Research Institute, UCLA, Chair, Division of Oral Medicine & Biology, UCLA. “Salivary Diagnostics: Impact on Global Oral Health”
3. Working Group Reports by Theme
Theme 1: Challenges and Opportunities
1.1 Inequalities in access to education and health care
(Working Group 6)
1.2 Adapting to changes in molecular biosciences and technologies
(Working Group 4)
1.3 Evidence-based care and the curriculum
(Working Group 5)
1.4 Exploring opportunities for collaboration between the corporate sector and the dental education community
(Working Group 11)
Theme 2: Education the Curriculum and Quality Assurance
2.1 Curriculum structure: principles and strategy
(Working Group 12)
2.2 Potential of information technology in dental education
(Working Group 3)
2.3 Quality Assurance, benchmarking, assessment and mutual
international recognition of qualification
(Working Group 7)
2.4 Profile of the dentist in countries with developed economies
(Working Group 1)
2.5 Profile of the oral health care team in countries with developing
economies
(Working Group 2)
2.6 The academic environment: the students’ perspective
(Working Group 9)
Theme 3: Leadership and Staffing
3.1 Leadership, governance and management in dental education
– new societal challenges
(Working Group 10)
3.2 Staff recruitment, development and global mobility
(Working Group 8)
3.3 Balancing the role of the dental school in teaching, research and patient care: including care for underserved areas
(Working Group 13)
Theme 4 The Next Phase
4.1 The Global Network on Dental Education – A New Vision for IFDEA
(Working Group 15)
4.2 Summary of the Global Congress and the Challenges Posed
4. Remarks of President of Ireland, Mary McAleese
Welcome Address to President McAleese
President of Ireland, Mary McAleese’s Address to Congress and Launch of Global Network on Dental Education
Response to President McAleese on behalf of Delegates
5. Appendices
Appendix 1.3.1 Resources
Appendix 2.1.1 Course Module Description
Appendix 2.1.2 Qualification Framework
Appendix 3.1.1 Governance and Management Systems
Appendix 3.1.2 Academic Leadership Questionnaire
Appendix 4.1.1 Articles and Bylaws
Appendix 4.1.2 Global Health Facts
Appendix 4.1.3 Perspectives from Developing Economies
Appendix 4.2.1 Global Network Participation Survey Results
Appendix 5.1 Welcome Address to President of Ireland
Appendix 5.2 Response to President McAleese
6. Master Global Congress Report
Composite document containing all of the reports and presentations listed above. Click here to view/download.
7. Photos from the Global Congress