Zahnmedizin Kurs

Die ersten Zahnmedizin Absolventen der Griffith University begeben sich auf Jobsuche und helfen so dem Fachkräftemangel entgegenzuwirken.

Nach 5 Jahren Studienzeit gibt es endlich Lichtblicke für das australische Gesundheitssystem. 

45 "dental graduates" werden einen Teil der fehlenden Zahnarztstellen auffüllen. Australien leidet seit Jahren an einem Arbeitskräftemangel im Bereich Medizin.

Wer sich für den gefragten Studiengang im Bereich Zahnmedizin bzw. Zahntechnologie bewerben möchte, kann sich über unsere Studienberatung individuell beraten lassen.

" After five years in the making, Griffith University will graduate its first cohort of dentists this week - the start of a significant and ongoing contribution to redressing the chronic shortage of dentists in Australia.

A recent report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has confirmed what the profession had already recognised – an emerging shortage of dentists and other oral health professionals amidst increasing demand for dental services.

The report, Projected demand and supply for dental visits in Australia (2008), found Australia faces an undersupply of more than 1,000 dentists.

Foundation Dean and Head of the School of Dentistry and Oral Health1 Professor Newell Johnson said he was delighted to reach this milestone in the School’s development.

“In establishing the first new dental school in Australia in close to 60 years, we had the opportunity to develop programs that were extremely innovative. “

“We have worked at balancing the high standards of modern technological dentistry with a strong community focus. Our students have had exposure in the public health sector and in indigenous communities as well as being prepared for the private sector.”

Professor Johnson said the integration of Griffith’s oral health programs, with dental students learning and studying alongside oral health therapy and dental technology students, encouraged a strong sense of teamwork that would be valuable in the workplace.

While some of the forty five Griffith graduates are intending to work locally, either on the Gold Coast or in Brisbane, others will be spread far and wide with job offers received from regional Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne and the defence forces.

Professor Johnson said he was also looking forward to dental graduates returning to Griffith in the future for either specialist training or to participate in oral health research and teaching.

“We have our Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Periodontology) underway this year and other speciality disciplines are planned. Hopefully some of our graduates will return to Griffith after they gained the necessary clinical experience.”

Professor Johnson recognised the efforts of Professor Marc Tenant (University of Western Australia), Professor Hedley Coleman (University of Sydney), and foundation members of Griffith’s oral health faculty John Mackay, Leonie Short and Jane Evans, in establishing Griffith’s oral health programs.

“In view of the global shortage of academics in dentistry, we have also been remarkably successful in the recruitment of high quality academics which includes a substantial proportion from overseas.”

He said while there was a necessary focus on training oral health professionals for the local workforce, the school was significantly international in its outlook.

“Our students have an ethnic mix representative of modern Australia and I believe we will also make a valuable contribution to the wider Asia Pacific region.”

A celebratory champagne brunch will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach, on Friday December 19 from 9am.

The students, who were previously awarded their Bachelor of Oral Health in Dental Science in 2006, will receive their Graduate Diploma of Dentistry at the 2pm graduation ceremony, also at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Griffith’s third cohort of oral health therapists and dental technologists will also graduate at the ceremony."