The Centre for Advanced Dental Education (CADE) was established in 2006 as one of the Faculty of Dentistry’s strategic initiatives and aims to raise the Faculty’s profile through a heightened role in providing continuing dental education, an approach that is in line with government’s vision for Singapore as a regional medical hub which includes dental services by providing quality training to dentists in the region. CADE was set up before compulsory Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programme was mandated by the Singapore Dental Council from 2007 and enacted by the Dental Registration Act in 2008.
As a leader in continuing dental education then and now, CADE has forged a strong identity through its highly successful and established Graduate Diploma in Dental Implantology, which has delivered thirteen graduating cohorts since. We have also introduced the Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Dentistry which is specially designed for dental surgeons to receive additional training to deliver evidence-informed care to the elderly. One cohort has graduated since its introduction.
Our annual Faculty of Dentistry Symposium and NUS Clinical Dentistry Symposium are popular events in the dentists’ calendar. With the impact of international speakers of distinction, the thematic conferences draw dental colleagues locally and beyond to share in new scientific knowledge and technologies and are often oversubscribed. However, we have to put these events on hold in recent years due to the restrictions imposed by COVID.
We are proud to share that we are partnering three other prestigious dental schools namely King’s College London, University of North Carolina and The University of Melbourne under DentAlliance to bring world-leading expertise to the collaboration and to work together to enhance professional practice in dentistry. The inaugural CPE programmes including Online Webinars and four hands-on workshops conducted in 2021 were very well received and we will be rolling out more programmes soon.
We have also successfully obtained SkillsFuture Singapore approval to run four SSG funded courses this year.
Coming into its 17th year of operations, CADE is aligned with the Faculty of Dentistry’s initiatives and continues in its aim to provide continuing dental education and clinical training in tandem with the government’s to develop the profession. The programme offerings under CADE are as follows :
- Graduate Diploma Courses
- Short Courses
- DentAlliance CPD Programmes
- SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) Funded Courses
We hope to tailor workshops, courses and programmes with you in mind, so that they are relevant to your practice and look to receiving your feedback.
Let us work together towards good oral health for our patients by improving dental care through continuing education.