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Yeoh Wei Chun, IMU Dentistry student presented his research on the clinical audit “Effect of Quality of Record Keeping on the Technical Quality of Root Canal Filling Performed by Dental Undergraduates” at the Advanced Asian Dental Summit (AADS) 2022. He won the prestigious award of “Best Paper/Research under Student Research Category”. Read more about it on IMU News.

In August, 2023, Dr Sivakumar Arunachalam and his team from the School of Dentistry received a prestigious award called the ‘Patil Teaching Innovation Award 2023’ for the introduction of “Entrustable Professional Activities” (EPAs) at the School of Dentistry This award was given at a special event during the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference in Glasgow, United Kingdom. It recognises exceptional contributions in teaching and encourages educators to find better ways to train future healthcare professionals. Read more about it on IMU News.

IMU final year dental student, Jacklyn Ng Zhi Ling participated in an oral presentation competition and presented her paper on clinical audit at the 31st South East Asian Association of Dental Education (SEAADE) Scientific Meeting 2020. The conference was held virtually for the first time as a joint virtual conference with IADR-SEA, organised by the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Jacklyn won the coveted SEAADE-Lion Innovation Award for the Best Oral Presentation in Curriculum Design which was the highest award conferred at the SEAADE conference after competing with 34 other participants comprising of clinicians, lecturers and dental students. Read about her story on IMU News.

The New Zealand Research Foundation Prize was established in 1982 by the New Zealand Research Foundation Board. It is awarded by the University Council on the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, each year to the final year Dental Student who, in the opinion of the Faculty of Dentistry, shows the greatest aptitude for research as an undergraduate. The award shall be made only to a candidate of sufficient merit. The recipients of this award, Clarine Cheah and Celeste Lim, began their Bachelor of Dental Surgery at the International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia in 2016 and transferred to the University of Otago, New Zealand in 2018 under the Partner Dental School Programme. While the prize is normally awarded to a single candidate, an exception was made in this instance as Clarine and Celeste undertook the elective research project together. Read more on IMU News.