Live and Learn, Dentists
Unident and RUDN open a
multi-discipline clinic and a training center
Text: Maria Fedorova
Photo: Evgeny Dudin
The Unident Dentistry clinic chain and RUDN (The
People’s Friendship University of Russia) have signed an agreement to open a
Non-Casual Relations
The Unident Dentistry clinic chain is a growing organization
constantly looking for new specialists. Therefore human resourcing is an ever
burning issue as the treatment quality depends on the staff’s qualification and
skills. So how can an employer attract the best professionals and young
talented doctors? All over the world, the issue is settled with the help of
specialized universities which, from their side, are interested in their
students getting practice and having employment prospects with the country’s
best companies. It’s no accident that Unident Dentistry and RUDN have formed an
alliance as the organizations
Universities Are for Learning, Practitioners Are for Treating
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RUDN students will now have more opportunities to improve their skills in practice |
As far as the University is concerned, the training center is a unique opportunity for senior students to test themselves in real practice, to get ‘in touch’ with the profession and eventually to graduate as specialists knowing what real patient care is like. For the Unident company, it means access to RUDN’s educational and scientific options — from using simulation centers to conducting research work, to getting advanced training and obtaining degrees at the University. It’also important that both parties are actively involved in international processes: the University as an educational institution while Unident as a distributor of 100+ professional dentistry brands. RUDN students trained in Russia will come back home with Unident certificates; such ‘loyalty program’ and influence on the international community of dentists can hardly be overestimated.
From Doctor to Doctor Habilitatus
It’s a common fact that dentists are the fewest among
postgraduate and doctoral medical students. Such is the reverse side of this
profitable and demanded profession; clinics hold on to good specialists while
doctors, weighing practice and science, tend to choose a stable income hoping
to raise their level ‘sometime later’.
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Vladimir Filippov RUDN Rector
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Igor Gavasheli President, Unident clinic chain
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Aza Klementyeva HR Director, Unident clinic chain
I don’t regard our new joint center as just a source of qualified medical specialists that will help us satisfy our demand on the middle and upper levels. I think it’s also an opportunity for the doctors we already have to receive advanced training. Our specialists will be motivated to continue their education at RUDN, to obtain degrees there. We currently have 16 PhDs and Habilitated Doctors now; if the University helps us raise the academic level of our doctors and increase the number of degree holders, that will be a big step forward
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Our University prepares future
members of academic elite for 150 countries, not only for Russia. And
our students often ask who we cooperate with in terms of practice
and professional development; they care about such things. So
it’s axiomatic for us that we should contact the best companies only
— such as UNIDENT. It’s a holding that’s already quite well
known both in Russia and on the global market, and being an international
university we take that into account. I’m sure the current agreement is good
for all participants and in all aspects. Each has its own strong points: the
university’s are science and education while the clinic can provide practice
and new technologies. Such cooperation and mutual development will be to
everyone’s benefit.
Today we have signed
an agreement to open a joint 
Igor Lebedenko, Head of Orthopedic Dentistry Chair, RUDN |
RUDN |
Unident training center has opened its doors for new students |
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