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Building and integrating resilience initiatives into Oral Health Professional Education

Thursday, 27th August 2026 - 11:30 to 13:00
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Timezone: 

Budapest (UTC+1 winter / UTC+2 summer)

Duration: 

90 Minute

Venue: 

WSR 2

Session type: 
Type 2: Organised, planned and delivered by a subgroup, special interest group, community of practice of ADEE
Workshoop
Session synopsis: 

This interactive workshop will explore how students and educators conceptualize resilience and examines the evidence for developing resilience within higher education programmes.

Participants will reflect on their own educational contexts and collaboratively design practical resilience-promoting activities that could be implemented within their own programmes.

Programme: 
14:00 How do OHPE students conceptualize resilience?
14:20 Do educators agree?
14:30 What does the evidence tell us about building resilience in higher education?
14:45 Small group activity: Designing a resilience supporting intervention
15:15 Group presentations and key take-home messages 
15:30 Closing and summary
Chair: 

Ruby Long

Clinical lecturer in Restorative Dentistry
School of Dentistry Cardiff University, UK

Ruby is a Clinical lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at Cardiff university (UK), she has a keen interest in dental education and received the ADEE early career educator award in 2024 . She is currently undertaking a PhD exploring resilience in Oral health education.

Learning Outcomes: 

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Interpret key themes relating to how students and educators interpret resilience
  2. Appreciate the contemporary evidence base supporting the best ways to develop resilience
  3. Co-design practical interventions to strengthen resilience within their own institutions