AEEDC Student Competition

Competition is a major factor in education on a global scale. National education systems intend to bring out the best in the next generation, by involving students in educational intellectual competitions and offering them incentives for self-improvement.

AEEDC Student Competition provided a unique opportunity to all dental students. Students in their last academic years can actively interact with their counterparts from different dental colleges and universities through a face-to-face competition, with a vision of exchanging information, knowledge and expanding their horizons on various issues of dentistry. Competing students will be challenged to engage with Dental questions in various subjects ranging from Infection Control and Four Handed Dentistry to Implantology and Oral Surgery.

AEEDC Knowledge Champion 2018 : Imam Abdulrahman Alfaisal University, College of Dentistry

Competition Mechanics:

The competition will be composed of three rounds: – Elimination A & B & Final Rounds:

Elimination round (A) :

This will be conducted on 5th February from 14:00-17:00, it will consist of five rounds as the following: (A random electronic draw process had selected the competing teams)

Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: Round 4: Round 5:

Team 1 Team 3 Team 5 Team 7 Team 9

Team 2 Team 4 Team 6 Team 8 Team 10

The winner of AEEDC Student Competition in 2018 will be prequalified for the Elimination Round

Elimination Rounds (B):

This will be conducted on 6th February from 14:00 – 15:30, it will select the five winners from Elimination round (A), together with the winner AEEDC Student Competition in 2019 which is King Khalid University , will proceed to this round and the winners will advance to the Final Round.

Round 1: Round 2: Round 3:

Team 1 Team 3 Team 5

Team 2 Team 4 Team 6

Final Round: This will be conducted on the 6th of February from 16:00-17:00; teams will face each other at the same time.

Competition Policy:

All (5) representatives of each dental college will work to answer the questions as a group including the captain student, who will deliver the answer
Questions will be related to AEEDC conference program lectures and Clinical Dentistry submitted by each participating university
The conference questions and answers will be from the speakers themselves and they are the only reference
The Clinical Dentistry questions submitted by each participating universities will be cross checked by independent academics
The conference questions will be from the respective session previous to each round, i.e.: The morning session of each day.
Excluded Conference Halls from the Competition questions:

5^th of February: Conference Hall B, D and F

6^th of February: Conference Hall B, F and G

Questions shall be in multiple choice forms
Each round will be composed of (10) questions, (5) questions for each team random from AEEDC Conference lectures and questions submitted by each participating university
In case of incorrect answer, the question will not be transferred to the other team
Each question will be worth (1) point
Students have thirty seconds to discuss with each other before the team captain will deliver the answer
In case of tie, each team will have (1) tie breaker question, if both answered correctly, the process will be repeated
Disqualification in case of receiving external assistance is to the organizers discretion.
Participating teams members are expected to present their University in a professional manner, any socially unacceptable behavior will result in automatic disqualification of their team from the competition.

Prizes:

The best scoring team will be declared as AEEDC KNOWLEDGE CHAMPION 2019
Each member student of the champion team will received 1000 AED
Free registration for AEEDC Dubai 2020 for each member student of the champion team
Certificate of competition participation will be given to all team members
Invitation to AEEDC Dubai Night on 6th of February 2019 for all teams’ members.

Objectives

To involve dental students in AEEDC Dubai programs.
To create interaction among dental students of different institutions.
To expand their knowledge in various issues in dentistry by active participation.
To support and shape up the knowledge hunting sense of the future dentists.
To develop an exciting environment and cohesion among dental students.

Click here for Students Competition Participation form

Participants for 2018

1 – Ajman University of Science and Technology – Fujairah Campus

Team Supervisor: Shaikha Dr. Maryam Al Sharqi
Team Members:

Ameirah Ali Abbas Abdulrahman Alblooshi
Shaima Almaeeni
Alyah Hani
Malaz Sid Ahmed
Afrah Mohamed Alteter

2 – Gulf Medical University

Team Supervisor: Dr. Sura Ali Ahmed Fuoad
Team Members:

Raghad Waleed
Salma ibrahim
Sana Kausar
Kameel Jabbour
Anahita Feridouni

3 – Imam Abdulrahman Alfaisal University, College of Dentistry

Team Supervisor: Dr. Jehan AlHumaid
Team Members:

Yara Khalid Al Maimouni
Zainah Salloot
Sadeem Hamood Al Zaghran
Alhanouf Albarrak
Shatha Saad AlShehri

4 – King Abdulaziz University

Team Supervisor: Dr. Ibrahim Yamany
Team Members:

Sondos Samir Khojah
Abdulrahman Mohammed Idrees
Heba Alam Turkustani
Mohammed Adulrahman Khayyat
Elaf Abdulqader Al-blooshi

5 – King Khalid University

Team Supervisor: Dr. Sondos AlGhamdi
Team Members:

Faris M. Binhomran
Asmaa Assaf
Mansour Alamri
Shatha Ahmasani
Nada Alrabai

6 – Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University

Team Supervisor: Dr. Eman Ibrahim Alsagob
Team Members:

Haifa Abdulghffar Alkhunain
Jawaher Radhi AlMahri
Rawan Mohammad Al Kraida
Noura Abdulmohsen AlFuraih
AlHanouf Brekan Albrekan

7 – RAK College of Dental Sciences

Team Supervisor: Dr. Mohannad Nassar
Team Members:

Ahmad M. Hussam Eddin Dargham
Ahmed Emad Jasim
Aya Abdelhadi Shamiya
Hira Sami
Zainab Riaz

8 – Umm Al-Qura University

Team Supervisor: Dr. Majed Almalki
Team Members:

Raghad Adel Babtain
Mawadah Saleem Mandourh
Ghufran Khattab Ujaimi
Njood Abdullah Alangari
Lena Nasserallah Gary

9 – University of Sharjah

Team Supervisor: Dr. Natheer Hashim Al-Rawi
Team Members:

Mohammed Marwan Abbas
Walaa Al Hawarneh
Zahra Seraj
Tasneem Al Ali
Farah Saleem

10 – King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Team Supervisor: Dr. Farraj Al Balawi
Team Members:

Nasser Alghofaili
Abdulmajeed Alturki
Mohammed Nasser Aldosari
Nouf Albesher
Amjaad Alghaihab

11- Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies

Team Supervisor: Dr. Mohammed Alzabidi
Team Members:

Amjad Alamri
Areej Alamoudi
Afnan Aljehani
Sara Shokair
Mai Aljuaid

10th AEEDC Student Competition Guidelines & Regulations

It’s our pleasure to conduct the 10th AEEDC Student Competition during the 23rd UAE International Dental Conference & Arab Dental Exhibition – AEEDC Dubai, which is scheduled to be held from 5 -7 February 2019, at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre. AEEDC Student Competition provides opportunities to all dental students in their clinical practice stage a unique opportunity to interact with their peers, share experiences and get exposed to work in collaboration with other students and under the supervision of faculty members. Generally, the students are challenged to engage with Dental questions divided into two groups: group one will be correlated to AEEDC Conference Lectures, group two will be correlated to Clinical Dentistry submitted by each participating university and as team students will work to answer these questions. Your College is welcome to participate with us through nominating 5 students to be part of the competition, In this respect the college name will be part of all the promotional campaign related to the competition, its name will be carried in all our e-flyers, newsletters and other advertising materials and campaign. The College logo will be also placed on AEEDC website with a hyperlink to the university website.

General Guidelines and Regulations:

No participation forms will be considered after 20^th November 2018.
Submission of the participation form does not automatically entitle the applicant to participate in AEEDC Students Competition 2019.
Incomplete participation form will not be accepted as all required information should be received before the submission deadline.
For any withdrawals, the participants should notify the *organiser in writing as soon as possible or minimum of (2) months prior to the event.
AEEDC Student Competition is open to all public and private dental colleges.
Academic team is made up of (5) students which will be nominated from each university to be part of the competition.
Participants must be bonafide students from the representing dental college.
Participants must be in clinical practice stage (fourth or fifth academic year)
Each team is supervised by one faculty member from the same university.
The faculty member supervisor will nominate one team leader (captain) from the five students to be the representative of the team while answering the questions.
All the team members and their supervisors must be registered in the conference.
A draw process will select the competing teams in the preliminary round and will be announced to the participants of the competition.
The student competition teams with the higher scoring points in the elimination round(s) will be qualified for the final round.
The winner team will be the team which collects the higher points in the Final round.

Competition Mechanics:

The competition will be composed of three rounds: – Elimination A & B & Final Rounds:

Elimination Rounds(A):
This will be conducted on 5th February from 14:00-15:30 , it will consist of five rounds as the following: (A random electronic draw process had selected the competing teams)

Round 1:	Round 2:	Round 3:	Round 4:	Round 5:
Team 1	Team 3	Team 5	Team 7	Team 9
Team 2	Team 4	Team 6	Team 8	Team 10

Elimination Rounds (B):

This will be conducted on 5th February from 15:30 – 16:00, it will select the five winners from Elimination round (A), together with the highest score from the losing teams, will proceed to this round and the winners will advance to the Final Round.

Round 1:	Round 2:	Round 3:
Team 1	Team 3	Team 5
Team 2	Team 4	Team 6

Final Round:
This will be conduct on the 6th of February from 16:00-17:00; teams will face each other at the same time.

Competition Policy:

All (5) representatives of each dental college will work to answer the questions as a group including the captain student, who will deliver the answer
Questions will be related to AEEDC conference program lectures and Clinical Dentistry submitted by each participating university
The conference questions and answers will be from the speakers themselves and they are the only reference
The Clinical Dentistry questions submitted by each participating university will be cross checked by independent academics
The conference questions will be from the respective session previous to each round, i.e.: The morning session of each day.
French Session ( Hall F) and the Digital Dentistry Society Symposium in Collaboration with Digital Dentistry Society – DDS (Hall E) will not be included in the competition questions
Questions shall be in multiple choice forms
Each round will be composed of (10) questions, (5) questions for each team random from AEEDC Conference lectures and questions submitted by each participating university
In case of incorrect answer, the question will not be transferred to the other team
Each question will be worth (1) point
Students have thirty seconds to discuss with each other before the team captain will deliver the answer
In case of tie, each team will have (1) tie breaker question, if both answered correctly, the process will be repeated
Disqualification in case of receiving external assistance is to the organizers’ discretion.
Participating teams members are expected to present their University in a professional manner, any socially unacceptable behavior will result in automatic disqualification of their team from the competition.

Awards:

The best scoring team will be declared as AEEDC KNOWLEDGE CHAMPION 2019
Each member student of the champion team will received 1000 AED
Free registration for AEEDC Dubai 2020 for each member student of the champion team
Certificate of competition participation will be given to all team members
Invitation to AEEDC Dubai Night on 6th of February 2019 for all teams’ members.