International Faculty Development Course
Project for Promoting Global Dental Education
and Research Bases to Southeast Asia

Based on the collaborative research, faculty / student exchange, acceptance of international students, and academic relationship with Southeast Asia, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) started a new project titled “Project for Promoting Global Dental Education and Research Bases to Southeast Asia”. This project will promote:

1) International Faculty Development Course (IFDC)
2) International PhD programs for dental faculty in Southeast Asia
3) Educational foundation for harmonizing dental education in Southeast Asia

so that we can offer life-long learning opportunities for dental professionals all over the world, achieve harmonization in dental education and develop a postgraduate program for dental faculty, which cultivates strength to compete in an international arena and expand TMDU’s global network.
In Academic Year 2020, the International Faculty Development Course (IFDC) with the purpose of introducing TMDU’s expertise in clinical dental education was opened. IFDC AY2020 needed to be re-designed to an online version because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though it was our first time for the new version, we could welcome participants from abroad.
This course for clinical, research and dental education offers up-to-date dental clinical knowledge and techniques that are often publicized in journals or books.
IFDC is now available to the world.