Agreement between Asl Roma1 and UCBM for training and care in public dental facilities
Rome, 16 January 2025 - Technological innovation, generational change, and maintaining quality standards in dentistry: these are among the main challenges facing the sector in Italy, which must be addressed starting from university with an appropriate strategy. These were discussed today in the Cu.Bo Auditorium of theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma during the joint initiative with ASL Roma1 "University and Regional Health System Together for Third Millennium Dentistry - Future Prospects for Dental Education and the Dental Profession" during which the agreement between ASL Roma1 and was presented Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma on training, internships and orientation.
Current trends show, with 10 dentists leaving the profession in the next ten years and an average age of professionals of 50 years (source ANDI Study Center), the urgency of renewal for Italian dentistry but this can only happen by creating new synergies such as those between the public and private sectors, between the world of education and the world of dentists. For this reason, ASL Roma 1 and UCBM brought together the best professionals in the sector to present the strategic collaboration agreement on training and the dental profession, an example of public-private collaboration in this sense.
The agreement, which lasts three years,, involves several Dental facilities of the ASL Roma1 distributed throughout the Capital and includes the carrying out of practical-evaluative, formative and orientation internships at the maxillofacial surgery department of Presidio San Filippo blacks, the garrison New Queen Margaret in Trastevere, the garrison Cassia-Sant'Andrea and achievement Cinconvallazione Nomentana Outpatient Clinic. Students will be followed by an internal tutor who will draw up a training project that will be responsible and will provide all the necessary assistance for the correct execution of the internship.
"Today's event – underlined the General Director of the ASL Roma 1 Joseph Quintavalle - with the presentation of the agreement between the ASL and Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma on training, internships, and orientation represents a concrete opportunity to create an example of a virtuous ecosystem and a strong connection between the public and private sectors. The aim is to improve the training of healthcare professionals, promote the exchange of experiences and innovation, and offer increasingly high-quality services to our population.
“We want to give life to a concrete action that creates a real exchange between generations, experiences and models – said the CEO and General Manager of theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Andrea Rossi "We know how urgent it is to address these challenges to shape tomorrow's dentistry, which is now among the most modern in the world. The agreement with the ASL Roma 1 represents a concrete step toward channeling the vital energy of the most advanced and technologically advanced training, which we can provide to our students, into the heart of public institutions. This energy is available through cutting-edge facilities like the university's Simulation Center, inaugurated at the end of 2024."
In the city of Rome alone, 19% of Italian students in Dentistry are enrolled, with numbers growing by 24% from 2020 to today. According to the latest Eures report, almost 50% of dentistry graduates feel the need to complete their path with further professional experiences With a particular focus on technological innovation. Self-assessment of the courses ranges from 8 to 8,5 for diagnosis, theoretical-scientific, and specialized preparation, while it approaches a 7 for innovative techniques and organizational and management skills.
“Italian dentistry represents excellence at a global level thanks to the existence of extremely high-profile university courses – underlined the professor. Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Dean of the Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery UCBM - In this context, our University offers its educational contribution with a highly innovative project based on cutting-edge technologies and a humanistic education. We want to train dentists capable of adequately responding to the challenges posed by continuous technological evolution, but who, at the same time, thanks also to the experience gained in the various contexts of the Regional Healthcare System, are ready to enter the workforce immediately with the right skills.
The synergy that will be created between the public and private sectors, between education and the professional world, is therefore the starting point for a new vision of the future of dentistry, in which generational exchange guarantees the renewal of skills, improved patient care, a shift in the pursuit of quality, and the possibility of innovative care.
