Inside Paroma

Impressions & insights into the practical training of the program

With a foreseeable increase in the need for periodontal treatment and in the context of co-treatment of patients with general medical diseases, qualified periodontal training is essential. At the Clinic for Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen a professionally sound, structured education that fulfils all aspects of a modern and future-oriented postgraduate training is possible.

Dynamic & Motivating Atmosphere

Besides digital teaching and learning, dental simulation trainings take place. In a modern exercise laboratory, the AIXTRA dental, our students get the chance to train and optimize their clinical and practical skills. During their practical training in the simulation laboratory, the students do not only profit from different models and dummies they can work on, but also from the professional, stimulating surrounding. The combination of professional equipment, close interaction and face-to-face advice from the lecturers and fellow students, creates excellent technical and social prerequisites to deepen knowledge in periodontics and train patient-oriented treatment measures.

Close mentoring and support by lecturers

Interaction

Good interaction between lecturers and students is important for a deep understanding and implementation of the course content trained in lectures and digital exercises. During the attendance days, practical skills are taught under close supervision with helpful hints and guidance from the lecturers. Great importance is placed on harmonious group work within the students, in which the theoretical basics are recapitulated and new teaching content is practiced. In subsequent discussion rounds, all participants have the opportunity to directly address outstanding issues and discuss them in the study group.

Professional Equipment

For the practical training parts, rooms with phantom heads are available for practicing periodontal treatment routines. In addition, periodontal surgical techniques such as covering gingival recessions, flap preparations or suture techniques are practiced using porcine jaws. For this purpose, specially equipped rooms are also available, which offer participants the opportunity to work in small groups and ensure proximity to the lecturers. Immediately adjacent seminar rooms are used for preparation as well as follow-up and discussion of the learning content. The integration of study rooms into the medical environment and the infrastructure of the University Hospital also provides good conditions for participation in clinical treatment cases in the Department of Periodontology.

City of Aachen

“Dreiländereck”, beauty & history

Situated in the tri-border region of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, Aachen enchants visitors with its monuments, squares and winding alleys. But not only the location in the tri-border region or the beautiful old town make the westernmost city in Germany so special.

In Aachen, more than 2,000 years of history meet 60,000 students. That’s why the city is also best known for Aachen Cathedral, Germany’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the large number of young people.

Relevance of the University Hospital

For more than 35 years, the excellently qualified teams of physicians, nurses and scientists at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen University Hospital have been competently committed to the health of their patients. Today, the 8,000 employees provide care for around 50,000 outpatient and 200,000 inpatient cases annually on 220,000m² of floor space – making RWTH Aachen University Hospital the largest hospital building in Europe. As a maximum care facility, it combines patient-oriented medicine and care, teaching and research at an international level, and covers the entire medical spectrum with its 36 specialist clinics, 28 institutes and 6 interdisciplinary units.