The Anglo‐Italian collaboration: a report of the first steps in implementing the Bologna Declaration

Abstract

This report summarises the accomplishments of King's College London and Università degli Studi di Brescia in establishing an Anglo-Italian Collaboration. The aim was to develop areas of enterprise in clinical practice, teaching and research that reflected the principles of the Bologna Declaration.

Integrated learning in dentistry: baseline data and first evaluation at the Dental School of Basel

“…Thus, students of dental medicine have 3 years attendance and patient treatment; it might be useful to introduce instructive self-teaching for covering the content of the curriculum and for acquiring basic technical skills in dental treatment. The Bologna Declaration also limits the time of regular tools, which are to function as a bridge between scientific clinical education and the demands of the daily dental practice (1). Therefore, a project called 'dentistry meets e-learning' was started at the University of Basel in 2006 with project partners at the Universities of Bern and Geneva.…”

Nine years of DentEd — a global perspective on dental education

“…18 In addition, a number of subjects were delineated that pointed to future collab orative developments. These were: 20 -has been trans lated into Italian.…”

“…Its aim is 'to develop codes of enter prise in clinical practice, teaching and research that reflect the principles of the Bologna Declaration.' 18 At an initial focus meeting for this collaboration held in 2003, two topics were addressed. They were: 1.…”

Back to the Future of Dental Education

“…Beyond the expected outcome of consensus across borders globally over best practices in an undergraduate dental curriculum, four somewhat unexpected observations accrued: 1) A strong network of peers grew, many of whom are now leaders in their own Schools, who now work collaboratively. For example,The University of Brescia in North Italy has hosted 12 annual colloquia, more latterly considering innovation in education (8 Zato ako zanemarimo inovaciju i kreativnost, dovodimo u opasnost kritičko i kolektivno razmišljanje te učinkovito globalno obrazovanje.…”