OSRA QMUL (oral surgery risk assessment)

The OSRA QMUL (Oral Surgery Risk Assessment) digital application project began with a shared ambition to strengthen clinical decision-making, deepen student learning, and support patient safety in oral surgery education. 

Over the past two years, it has grown into a truly interdisciplinary collaboration between the Blizard Institute, the Institute of Dentistry, and the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, bringing together undergraduate students, alumni, clinicians, engineers, and senior clinical academics.

I am especially grateful to the research team: Dr Hussein Al-Tamimi, Dr Rawand Shado, Dr Saffa Dean, Dr Ravi Rathod, Dr Paulo Oliva and Mr Atif Matin, whose skill and dedication brought the app to life. Together, we developed an evidence-based mobile application offering accessible clinical decision support, and students have told us it has been invaluable in helping them navigate clinical guidelines with greater confidence and independence.

Funded by the President and Principal's Fund for Educational Excellence, the project's impact has been recognised through the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Teaching Innovation Award 2026, publication in BDJ Open, and acceptance for presentation at the international iLRN 2026 conference. 

^{OSRA QMUL poster. Accessible version available below}

The latest award “The Best Poster Award at the Queen Mary Festival of Education 2026” celebrates what interdisciplinary collaboration can achieve for learning, clinical practice and, above all, patient care.

Poster: FINAL Festival of Education 2026 The President and Principal's Fund for Educational Excellence A1 Landscape.pdf [PDF 808KB]

Article:
Hassan, H., Al-Tamimi, H., Shado, R., Dean, S., Rathod, R., Oliva, P. and Matin, A. (2026). OSRAQMUL: a digital application for oral surgery risk assessment. BDJ Open, 12(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41405-026-00437-w.