Dr. Anand Ramanathan pursued his Master of Dental Surgery, specializing in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology at Rajah Muthiah Dental Collage & Hospitals, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India in 2009. He then migrated to Malaysia where he did his spouse program at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya to obtain his practicing license in Malaysia in 2011. His passion for teaching and research led him to join the Faculty of Dentistry, here at University Malaya and he has since become a valuable senior lecturer and clinical specialist in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences. He is also a trainer of the OralDETECT which is a training and calibration program for early detection of oral cancer and oral potentially malignant disorders. He has successfully conducted OralDETECT program in Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal and India training undergraduate students, general dentist, postgraduate students and various specialist in dentistry. He was awarded the outstanding researcher in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology at the 3rd Venus International Healthcare Awards 2020 (VIHA, 2020) by the Venus International Foundation. He also received the Certificate of Excellent Service by University of Malaya in 2021. He is currently an active member of OCRCC, Malaysian Association for Orofacial Diseases and Asian Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology.

Workshop 5 - Training Dental Students and Dentists on Early Detection of Oral Cancer using OralDETECT training programme by Prof. Rosnah Zain and AP Dr. Deepak Pateel

This workshop is to introduce participants to the training tool OralDETECT which is a Spaced Test-Enhanced Repetitive feedback Learning tool. This workshop is suitable for Dental Teachers/Specialists intending to train students/dentists for Early Detection of Oral Cancer.

At the end of the workshop, the participants should be able to:
1.Relate/ recognize the processes involved in training for Early Detection of Oral Cancer using the OralDETECT programme
2.Experiance a process of spaced, test enhanced repetitive feedback in developing competencies in recognizing oral cancer and OPMD
3. Discuss the choice of oral lesions to be selected for effective training on Early Detection of Oral Cancer.