Rate My Professor Aileen Bell

Bell's research specializations encompass educational research, three-dimensional imaging, assessment, digital and blended learning, and their application as educational tools in dentistry. She contributed to a £1.5 million NHS Education for Scotland-funded project on 2D and 3D visualisation supporting interactive dental education, collaborating with the Glasgow School of Art, University of Glasgow Anatomy Department, University of Dundee, and Glasgow Dental School. Other work includes CSO-funded research on 3D imaging for facial trauma and cleft lip and palate surgical outcomes, an educational grant for undergraduate dental implantology teaching since 2012, and projects in digitally guided surgery and robotics. Key publications include 'Longitudinal assessment of undergraduate dental students: Building evidence for validity' (European Journal of Dental Education, 2023), 'Adaptation to virtual assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic: clinical case presentation examination' (Dentistry Journal, 2023), 'The changing landscape of dental education - Glasgow Dental School' (British Dental Journal, 2022), 'A rapid transition to blended learning: the journey of a dental degree programme pivoting online' (Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 2021), and 'Three-dimensional assessment of facial appearance following surgical repair of unilateral cleft lip and palate' (Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2014). Awards include the T.C. White Medal for outstanding performance in the MFDS exam. She serves as Chair of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Oral Surgery since 2019, Training Programme Director for Oral Surgery in the West of Scotland since 2019, Convener of the Dental School Executive Committee, and member of the Dental School Learning and Teaching Committee. She is a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology since 2015.