The College of Dentistry held a workshop entitled “Student’s Guide Inside educational clinics and the control of infection transmission for students of the fourth and fifth stages".
The workshop included an applied practical aspect to teach fourth and fifth stage students on ways to control transmission of infection while working in educational clinics.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Momen, who supervises the training of students, said, "The students were divided into groups, and each group had a supervising doctor
As the supervising doctor teaches the group on the basis of operating the dental chair before dealing with the case, starting with sterilizing the place, placing towels, and washing tools with water and alcohol before sending them for sterilization after completing the treatment of the case.
Al-Momen added that there is a mechanism for the student to follow by receiving the patient from the resident supervisor after he passes the examination unit with the patient signing some papers related to treating his condition and taking care to deal with the patient In an official manner and preventing discussions with the patient as well as the entry of accompanying patients taking into account not to leave children on the dentist chair without supervision.
