Articulate – August 2017

Sydney Convention Update 2017
Registrations began at the Novotel Central and Pullman Hyde Park, with the delegates arriving brimming with enthusiasm and keen for a greet week. We kicked off the night by donning some very creative costumes for the “I’m glad I’m not…” themed cruise across the backdrop of …

University of Queensland
MNHHS PARTNERSHIP
This year marked the beginning of a new partnership; the Oral Health Alliance, between UQ and the Metro North Hospital Health Service! This builds on the strengths and resources of each organisation, to provide a greater range of staff, stronger patient environment, and…

ADSA Talks Update
Following on from the highly successful opening of ADSA talks from Dr Omar Ikram on endodontics, the second series of our educational series continued with a presentation from Dr Michaela von Geijer, a Specialist Odontologist at TrollDental, on the links …

La Trobe University Update
As semester one comes to an end, it’s bye-bye Bendigo and home sweet home! Looking back, there have been a number of memorable occasions to look forward to and all the credit goes to BOHDS for doing a spectacular job organising them! Some of the highlights of the semester included BOHDS Camp, BOHDS Week, BOHDS Ball, and Back to Base for the 5th years…

RMIT University Update
RMIT semester three of oral hygiene has been extremely busy with clinical days taking place in the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne every week to ensure sufficient skills and knowledge is gained with patient/practitioner experience. Students are also on a roster during the year taking turns going to Robinvale, a small town on the south bank of the Murray River in north western Victoria, to provide oral hygiene care to the people of …

James Cook University Update
The Cairns Clinical Cocktail night was a successful event held at Pacific Hotel Cairns and organised by JCUDSA, and our sister medical society, JCUMSA. The combined dental and medical event saw great networking across disciplines to foster stronger interfaculty ties. The sponsors…

Griffith University Update
What a trimester this has been! With GUDSA hosting so many academic, social and sporting events, we’re starting to lose count. Keeping to tradition, the annual Meet & Greet Games Night was definitely a night to be remembered, giving us the chance to welcome the new first years and catchup with old friends. Next up, we had our Trivia Night in support of the Leukemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave, which had 8 teams strain their brains to raise money for a great …

Curtin University Update
Curtin started semester one with a bang. In February we held our annual graduation night as a way to congratulate the new graduates on their achievements. This happened to fall on the same night as UDSSs first …

Cambodian Adventures
On the 8th of January 2017, twelve third year Oral Health Therapy (OHT) students and two clinical supervisors from the University of Newcastle (UON) travelled to Cambodia through Antipodeans to…
