The Institute of Dentistry hosted an INSPIRE event at the Suttie Centre on Wednesday 24th January 2018, welcoming dental students and staff from Glasgow and Dundee universities to Aberdeen.
The Institute of Dentistry hosted an INSPIRE event at the Suttie Centre on Wednesday 24th January 2018, welcoming dental students and staff from Glasgow and Dundee universities to Aberdeen.
INSPIRE is a national initiative coordinated by the Academy of Medical Sciences and supported by the Wellcome Trust aimed at engaging medical and dental students with research. Our event this year showcased the diversity of exciting research opportunities available to students during the BDS programme aiming to inspire students to a clinical academic career, and also demonstrate the high quality research work that can be undertaken in primary care.
After lunch and a poster display in the Suttie Atrium, delegates enjoyed excellent research presentations by three high-ranking BDS students as well as an entertaining talk from visiting Professor Øystein Fardal who travelled from Norway for the day to inspire a future generation of clinicians. Karolin Hijazi, Chair of the institute of Dentistry Research Committee, said: ‘we were honoured to host this important event this year and welcome students and colleagues from the other two Scottish dental schools. Presentations by BDS students who undertook a research project in 2017 were excellent and have inspired a number of students to undertake summer research projects in 2018. We also hope to have demonstrated how dental schools can work with primary care colleagues to deliver high quality research’.
