Dr. SOEURN Visal
UP was visited last week by 5 overseas dentists. Two prosthodontists from Australia – Dr Geoff Borlase and Dr John Payne, are both regular visitors. They had a busy week of teaching students from year 4 and year 7 – covering topics including complete denture making, patient communication (Dr Geoff is also a trained psychotherapist), treatment planning, and full mouth rehabilitation. Dr Geoff and Dr John also spent time with our dental clinic team to find ways to improve the quality of our service.
In addition, on Friday UP welcomed 4 Japanese dentists from Denriche Asia Co Ltd who gave 2 lectures and observed students working in the clinic.
Finally, we welcomed Dr Kenneth MacDonald from Scotland, who conducted training on dental assisting for year 3 students – including hands-on assisting practice in the SIM lab. Dr Kenneth also checked our emergency drugs and equipment in the clinic, and made some useful suggestions. Dr Kenneth has been coming to Cambodia for over 8 years and normally conducts a high quality 1-week dental assistant course under the NGO One-2-One Cambodia, a valued partner of UP.
UP welcomes visits by overseas experts who can bring new and upto date knowledge to our staff and students, and improve the quality of our education.
