Activity – The Third Fieldtrip Conducted by Fourth Year Dental Students

Misr International University is always aware of its role in helping the community. MIU’s Community Service and Environmental Affairs Committee, in collaboration with The Oral Medicine Department, organized a visit on Thursday 25th February, 2016  to El-Salam Preparatory School and Al-Abtal Official Language School in Al-Mostaqbal city. Over 100 students of both genders participated in the visit.

The students’ activities included awareness sessions to improve students’ oral hygiene knowledge and behavior. The sessions included a presentation, posters, brochures, as well as live sessions about tooth brushing techniques. Educational materials, coloring-leaflets, coloring pencils, packs of tooth paste and tooth brushes were distributed to all students.

Intra-oral as well as extra-oral examinations were performed by the fourth year students under the supervision of the Oral Medicine department staff members. Infection control measures were applied during the examination. Each student received a card indicating her oral condition and treatment needs, if any.

A questionnaire was administered to the students, teachers, as well as the administrative staff at the schools to determine their dental healthcare needs.

At the end of the sessions, another questionnaire for measuring visit satisfaction was administered to the students, teachers, and administrative staff of the schools as well as MIU participants to evaluate the visit.

The students expressed their satisfaction and benefits from applying their knowledge outside the MIU clinics.