IVIDENT
IVIDENT (International Virtual Dental School) was an innovative £2.3 million, 3 year UK government funded enterprise to deliver all aspects of dental education through a flexible online environment. It was highly commended at the prestigious Medical Futures Innovation Awards. This commendation was awarded in the category of Dental & Oral Health in December 2008. It was completed on time and on budget in March 2010.
The IVIDENT partners were:
Lead
King’s College London Dental Institute
Funding Partners
HEFCE
Department of Health
Academic Partners
University of Portsmouth
University of Bristol Dental School
Queen’s University Belfast School of Dentistry
Eastman Dental Institute
Hospital Trust Partners
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Trust
King’s College Hospital Trust
South Central Strategic Health Authority
Business Partner
Tier 2 Consulting
With the support of these partners IVIDENT developed high quality dental education that is flexible, personalised, quality assured, seamless, and without boundaries to benefit the whole dental education community. This resulted in UDENTE, the world’s first international virtual dental school.
Quality advanced learning materials
Having to cope with staff shortages in our dental school on the island of Malta, we will benefit considerably from the advantages of being connected to UDENTE. UDENTE, the new virtual dental school will enable us to keep abreast of the latest developments in dental education as well as providing our students with the most advanced learning materials. Delivering the most up to date dental education through UDENTE will also bring us closer to schools that are reputed to be the best at an international level.
Dr. Simon Camilleri
Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Malta
