8th International Dental Ethics and Law Congress

Dentistry and Information Technology: Ethical and legal Considerations

Breakout Sessions

The Congress program alternates plenary sessions with parallel breakout sessions. Each breakout session will last between 60 to 90 minutes and accommodate the presentation of up to 3 submitted papers. In addition, there will be an opportunity to display and discuss posters.

A list of possible topics can be found below. However, this list is by no means exhaustive. Any proposed paper or poster that has direct relevance to the main theme of the Congress, that is, "Dentistry and Information Technology: Ethical and legal Considerations", will be considered.

Proposals must be written in English (maximum length of 500 words). There will not be simultaneous translation during the Congress. However, the Congress Organization wishes to foster a genuine international dialogue. Hence, we encourage citizens from non-English speaking countries to submit papers or posters; conversely, native English speakers are kindly reminded to adjust style and speed of presentations to their multi-lingual audience.

Review & Acceptance

All submitted proposals will be reviewed by a scientific committee. A notice about the outcome of the review will be sent by email.

Please note that accepted papers will only be included in the congress program after the submitter has registered for the Congress and paid the applicable Congress fees in full.

If so requested the Congress Planning Committee will send the submitter a formal letter acknowledging acceptance of the presentation, which the submitter may use to seek financial support from a third party sponsor.

Presentation Formats

Discussion Session
A discussion session consist of one or more short introductions, followed by an extended discussion with the audience. The total duration does not exceed 90 minutes. The Discussion Session must be held in English. The individual submitting a proposal for a Discussion Session is responsible for indentifying the individual(s) who will introduce the theme for the session, coordinate the preparations for this session, and lead the discussion during the actual session.

Oral Presentation
Individual presentations shall be 15 to 20 minutes in length, followed by 5 to 10 minutes of Question & Answer time (for a total of 25 minutes). Presentations must be held in English. Any presenter who wishes to distribute handouts must bring these in sufficient quantities.

Printed Poster
Posters shall be limited in size to three folios per person, each measuring approximately 14" x 24" or 35 x 65 cm. Please use a large font size (e.g., 24pt). Posters must be prepared in English.

Listing of Possible Topics for Presentation

Please Note:
The following list of topics is not intended to be exhaustive. Congress attendees are encouraged to submit proposals on any important topics that relate to the general theme: "Dentistry and Information Technology: Ethical and legal Considerations"

Health Information and Communication Technology

• Impact of ICT on dentist-patient relationship
• ICT and globalization in dentistry
• Teledentistry
• ICT and dental advertising

Information Technology in Dental Education

• Electronic student records
• ICT and cheating by dental students
• Electronic patient records in dental education
• Distance education programs in oral health care

Patient Safety and Insurance Systems

• Information technology and quality assessment
• Error reporting
• Error databases
• Practitioner databases
• Liability and patient communications
• Malpractice insurance and errors
• Electronic records and insurability

Privacy and Protection of Personal Data

• Protection of electronic records
• Biomedical research and patient information
• Commercial interests in patient information
• Intrusiveness of ICT
• Postmortem confidentiality of dental records
• Information technology and victim identification

Right to Health and Information

• Informed consent
• Patient access to dental records
• Ownership of dental records
• Confidentiality and ICT
• Access to on-line health information
• Reliability of on-line health information

Deadline & Submission

The deadline for proposals is Thursday, May 6, 2010.
Notices about the outcome of the reviews will be sent by email no later than Monday, May 31, 2010.