“DENTAL ASSISTANT” TRAINING, SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, MNUMS

      For the first time in Mongolia, the preparation of the “dental assistant” specialist was started in December 2012 with a one-year course at the School of Dentistry, MNUMS in cooperation with a team of Professor Shin Seung Chol, Dankook University as a project funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). 194 “dental assistant” specialists were trained within the framework of 4 projects between 2013 and 2015 by opening a training center for dental assistants.

    In accordance with the requirements of the Mongolian Ministry of Labor and Social Security "Competency-Based Curriculum", the staff of the School Dentistry, MNUMS received the certificate of permission to conduct training for the specialist of "Dental Assistant" in 2021, and conducted 6-month training activities, and the graduates are graduating with a certificate of competence. The first 60 graduates of the six-month course graduated in April 2022, and this is the 5 th graduation since the beginning of dental assistant training in Mongolia. The 9 th course has been completed successfully.