An Insight into the Nationwide Dental Curriculum Reform in Germany

Wednesday, 26th August 2026 - 14:00 to 15:30

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Timezone:

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

Duration:

90 Minute

Venue:

HALL B

Session type:

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

Session synopsis:

Join colleguaes from Germany and German speaking programmes as they share insights into recent changes in the German education context and how this has been translated into practice at school level.

Programme:

Time	Session / Speaker
14:00 - 14:05	Welcome and very short overview to the German Dental Licensing Regulation
14:05 - 14:20	Dr. Andreas Söhnel (MME) Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry, and Dental Materials Science, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald “Purpose, Development and Structure of the National Competency-Based Catalog of Learning Objectives 2.0”
14:20 - 14:35	Dr. Simona Schick (MME) and Luis Wettach HeiCuDent, Heidelberg Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University “HeiCheck-App: A Digital Tool for Managing Integrated Clinical Courses under the New German Dental Licensing Regulations”
14:35 - 14:50	Prof. Dr. Ina M. Schüler (MME) Department of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Universitätsklinikum Jena at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena “Development and Implementation of a New Preclinical Curriculum with Focus on Prevention in Dentistry”
14:50 - 15:05	Prof. Dr. Stefan Rupf (MME) Synoptic Dentistry, Clinic of Operative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar “The Structure of the Examinations under the New German Dental Licensing Regulations”
15:05 - 15:20	NN Semmelweis University Budapest
15:20 - 15:30	Discussion

Chair:

Ina Schüler

Head of Section of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry

Friedrich-Schiller Universitat Jena

Priv.-Doz. Dr Ina Schüler is head of Section of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry at Jena University Hospital, Germany. She finished her Habilitation in 2018 at Jena University Hospital and the Master of Medical Education (MME-D) in 2017 at University Heidelberg. Her special educational research interests are Feedback, Assessment, Chairside Teaching and Entrustable Professional Activities in Dentistry. Ina's medical resaerch focusses on oral health in patients with special healthcare needs.

Speakers:

Stefan Rupf

Synoptic Dentistry, Clinic of Operativee Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry

Saarland University, Homburg/Saar

Stefan graduated in dentistry in Leipzig in 1994, going on to complete his Dissertation and Habilitation there is 1997 and 2006 respectively. in 2012 he became an Adjunct (apl.) Professor, Saarland University where he has continued to work to this date. in 2019 he became a Specialist of the German Society for Conservative Dentistry (DGZ) and in 2020 inaugrated as Professor "Synoptic Dentistry“ Saarland University. He completed his Masters in Medical Education in 2021 and in 2023 became Saarland’s Appointee for Dental Examinations, Head of the Exam Boards.

Simona-Georgiana Schick

Senior Consultant at the Department of Conservative Dentistry

Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany

Dr. med. dent. Simona-Georgiana Schick, MME, is Senior Consultant at the Department of Conservative Dentistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, and has been Head of HeiCuDent Department at the Heidelberg Medical Faculty since 2024.

Her work focuses on the strategic advancement of dental education and the didactically meaningful integration of digital technologies into teaching, practical training, and assessment formats. She has been instrumental in driving the implementation of the new German licensing regulations (ZApprO) at the Heidelberg University and is a core member of the HeiCheck development team, contributing to conception and further development of digital solutions supporting teaching, assessment and documentation. The aim of her work is to integrate digital innovations not as isolated tools, but as part of modern, competency-based and clinically relevant educational concepts.

Luis Wettach

Software engineer and software product owner

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Medical Faculty (HeiCuDent), Germany

Luis Wettach, M.Sc. Data and Computer Science, is a software engineer and software product owner at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Medical Faculty (HeiCuDent). Since 2021, he has led the development of HeiCheck, a mobile and web-based platform designed to support the organisation, assessment, and documentation of clinical training in dental education.

He focuses his work on the full-stack development of digital solutions for medical and dental education, particularly mobile applications that use modern web and iOS technologies. HeiCheck originated during his early involvement as a trainee in software development and was further developed throughout his Master’s studies into a production-ready system currently used in clinical teaching.

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