Association for Dental Education in Europe

Learning together to improve oral health and quality of life

Students as collaborators, partners and educators – completing the conversation

Wednesday, 20th August 2025 - 11:30 to 13:30
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Timezone: 

Dublin (IST, UTC+1)

Venue: 

Maharry Auditorium. TCDBS

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Session synopsis: 

Working with ‘students as partners’ is gaining acceptance, and interest is shown in continuing to develop the concept. Dental education by nature of its discipline, has educational opportunities that lend itself to the use of these educational methodologies for the benefit of both staff and students.

Previous ADEE sessions have examined 3 key areas as defined by Healey (2019) such as teaching learning & assessment, scholarship of teaching and learning, and curriculum design. In addition to updating delegates on previous years’ progress on co-creation including peer assessment, and peer assisted learning(PAL), this session will explore new areas of interest in relation to staff-student partnerships such as research and community engagement. An additional feature to be explored is the fast developing concept of generative AI and the possible symbiosis that exists to further develop the co-creation relationship between staff and students.

Programme: 

11:30 Introduction and Update on Community of Practice : Students as collaborators, partners and educators

11:40 Digital education, generative AI and students as partners, a marriage made in heaven?

11:50 Students as Partners: developments in community engagement

12:00 Top tips for Peer assisted learning

12:10 The ‘Student Voice”

12:15 Case study breakouts 

12:45 Feedback 

13:00 Final thoughts 

Chair: 

Viv Binnie

ADEE CoP Chair and lead for Dental Educational Research and Scholarship
University of Glasgow Dental School, UK

Dr Viv Binnie is a dental senior lecturer, and lead for Dental Educational Research and Scholarship at University of Glasgow Dental School. She teaches public health/behavioural sciences including communication, across all five BDS years. Formerly a tobacco researcher, her current interests lie in dental educational research particularly around student engagement, peer assisted learning (PAL) and staff student partnerships (SSPs) and student motivation as defined by self-determination theory (SDT). She has published widely and recent publications are involved with assessment & feedback and non-technical skills. She supervises in the field of health professions education, at doctoral/masters level. She is a senior fellow of the HEA, and president-elect of BARDES (British Alliance for Research in Dental Education and Scholarship).

Speakers: 

Manal Ablal

Senior clinical lecturer in Restorative Dentistry
School of Dentistry, University of Liverpool

Manal Ablal is a senior clinical lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Liverpool

Robert McKerlie

Senior Lecturer
University of Glasgow, UK

Mr Robert McKerlie has worked extensively in the field of ‘Students as Partners’. He led the development and implementation of a self-selected study module (SSM) in eLearning where students work in partnership with academic staff to develop learning objects that will be integrated into the curriculum for future years. In the first year of this SSM the group won best presentation at the University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference ( 2016). He also established a TELT Partnership Group that provides the space for staff and students working together to study, design, review and implement technologies to enhance the learning and teaching experience. He also assisted with the development of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) programme that runs within the BDS Curriculum

Clement Seeballuck

Clinical lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry
School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, UK

Clement Seeballuck is a clinical lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Dundee

Learning Outcomes: 

During the session delegates will be enabled to: 

  • To outline the developments in ‘Students as partners’ with particular reference to peer assisted learning, and in areas of co-creation such as peer assessment
  • To elicit delegates’ perspectives on students’ partnerships in research and student engagement
  • To consider the interface of staff-student partnerships in relation to developing areas such as generative AI.

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