A workshop on ‘Basic Competencies in Dental Education’ was conducted on 2nd and 3rd of November 2019 at the Gulf Medical University by the Chancellor of GMU Prof. Hossam Hamdy, Vice Chancellor academics and Dean College of Medicine Prof. Manda Venkatramana, Program Director for Joint Masters in Health Professions Education Prof. David Taylor and the Dean of College of Dentistry, Prof. Hesham Marei.
The theme of the workshop was based on Integrating services with education “Fusional Model” that is considered one of the best approaches in training health care professionals. The workshop was attended by dental interns, postgraduate students, practicing dentists, faculty members and students (batch 2018 & 2019) pursuing Joint master’s programme in health professions education from the College of Dentistry.