General aim
To standardize education in oral pathology and increase the awareness on oral cancer and oral mucosal diseases by developing joint standardized requirements and training experts for high quality education, research and practice in oral pathology.
Specific goals
1. To identify the current status and develop joined standardized requirements for teaching and training in oral pathology within the undergraduate & postgraduate dental curriculum between collaborative institutions.
2. To develop and start the implementation of teaching in oral pathology under the form of courses, workshops and seminars in oral pathology utilizing the existent competence and knowledge of the staff members at all collaborative institutions (including new digital courses at both UiB, UiT and institutes in Eurasia).
3. To build up teaching and research competence in oral pathology at both UiB, UiT and Eurasia collaborators through staff and student mobility and their involvement in join teaching, practical training and research projects.
4. To improve the administrative and technical (laboratory) routines at the collaborative institutions for facilitating delivery of research-based education.
5. To increase the links between private dental sector and Specialized Clinics in Dental University Hospitals in the collaborative countries by testing in Moldova the Norwegian procedure of diagnosis of oral diseases involving private dental practitioners.
6. To increase the awareness of both dental practitioners and general public on the importance of early diagnosis of oral mucosa lesions, particularly oral cancer and precancerous lesions.