Ahmed Ali Ghorab
Nahda University, Egypt
Title: Dentistry in Egypt and the role of social media and scientific references in learning for Arab dental students
Biography
Biography: Ahmed Ali Ghorab
Abstract
Dentistry in Egypt and the role of social media and scientific references in learning for Arab dental students
As the free encyclopedia "Wikipedia" reported: Dentistry has a long history in Egypt where the dental profession emerged
as early as 3000 BC. Dentistry is taught in public and private universities in Egypt, there is a syndicate for all dentists who
organize work in dental clinics in cooperation with the Ministry of Health. Dentists complete a 5-year study plus a year of
practice in dental or public hospitals in the country. Most public universities give bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in
all areas of dentistry. However, getting a graduate degree in orthodontics is a bit difficult according to many dental practitioners
in general in Egypt. The number of public and private dental colleges reached 33 which is the highest rate of dentistry colleges
compared to the world population whereas the UK has 28 colleges, India has 22, China has 27 and the US has 30. There is also
a plan for the Ministry of Higher Education to open 5 new public and private colleges. Dentistry is developing significantly in
Egypt and there is an increase in the demand for it annually. The web portal "Masrawy" reported that of 2007, there were 28,000
dentists and from 2007 to 2017, they became 64,000 dentists, more than doubling in ten years. Since 2011 it has been observed
that many dental students rely on learning through social media. When conducting a random referendum among several
Egyptian university students, it was noticed that the percentage of dependence on social media reaches 70%, YouTube has been
ranked first where several university professors publish practical videos through their channels for practical study especially for
the first two years in the bachelor's degree in addition to the rest of the years. Facebook is ranked second where there are many
doctors and students to publish useful topics for learning across the groups and pages for undergraduate and graduate students
and sometimes videos are broadcast live. Online websites topped the third place and Twitter the last. Several students also rely
on the use of scientific references as a means of in-depth understanding and acquisition of more information. It was noted
that 80% of the Egyptian students depend on the references of overseas universities. I have been created a statistic for many
students and dentists about why they choose the dentistry and how can a dentist service humans? Also, they have been asked
about what they expect about what dentistry will provide the world in the next ten years and their ideas and points of views
about improving learning and reducing difficulties in dentistry. Conferences are one of the important things and all Egyptian
universities organize conferences throughout the year and It was observed the increase in the number of attendances, especially
from students in particular. For example, my university in the last year, the number of attendances in the second conference was
increased by 500 than the first conference and in the regional scientific conference by doctors syndicate in cooperation with my
university, the number of the delegates reached 3000.