Exploring new horizons by promoting undergraduate mobility programs among dental students

Abstract

Dental education at the undergraduate level focus on the training of students　to become successful clinicians with a solid diagnostic criteria and technical　skills, ready to solve the patients’ needs. During this period, undergraduate　students concentrate their efforts in obtaining as much knowledge of dentistry　as possible, following the contents specified in the curriculum, and acquiring the　skills through a series of clinical requirements which progressively increase in　difficulty along the semesters. On the other hand, other aspects such as soft　skills, defined as interpersonal, self-promoted and non-technical qualities are not　being properly addressed, especially at the undergraduate level.