From isolation to cooperation: Academic advancement by collaboration

Raising global awareness to meet the future needs of dental sleep medicine

“…The primary purpose was to promote improvement in dental education and to foster professional development of leaders in academic dentistry by a novel method of collaboration through a shared model of teaching and learning. [1][2][3] A secondary purpose of the participants was to exchange ideas, engage in discussion, and embody collaborative principles of being curators of knowledge. Best practices for educational empowerment and training regarding global sleep dentistry were shared along with the exchange of the latest research and clinical expertise in the field in different continents.…”

“…The primary purpose was to promote improvement in dental education and to foster professional development of leaders in academic dentistry by a novel method of collaboration through a shared model of teaching and learning 1–3 . A secondary purpose of the participants was to exchange ideas, engage in discussion, and embody collaborative principles of being curators of knowledge.…”