BPSD Teachers’ Branch Study Day Programme 2022
0900 |
Welcome to the BSPD Study Day 2022, Hosted by Teacher’s Branch |
Theme 1 |
Evolving Education |
0905 |
Decolonising the curriculum: a marathon or a sprint? |
LOs |
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1005 |
Questions |
1010 |
The role of the dental nurse on undergraduate dental clinics |
LOs |
|
1035 |
Caries management: are we practicing what we preach (and are we all singing from the same hymn sheet)? |
LOs |
|
1110 |
Questions |
1115 |
Break |
Theme 2 |
Rethinking Reflection |
1135 |
It’s like two stars and a wish: exploring creative reflective methods in undergraduate healthcare education |
LOs |
|
1255 |
Questions |
1300 |
Lunch break and UG poster prize judging |
Theme 3 |
Digital Dentistry |
1400 |
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in 2022 |
LOs |
|
1435 |
Enhancing trainee exposure to the clinical environment: pandemic-proofing the profession |
LOs |
|
1500 |
Questions |
1510 |
Break |
1530 |
Contemporary Approaches to Simulation Education |
LOs |
|
1605 |
Cross-university collaboration: reflections on a pilot educational resource sharing initiative |
LOs |
|
1630 |
Questions |
1640 |
Announcement of Undergraduate Poster Prize winner |
1645 |
Closing remarks |
1700 |
Teachers’ Branch AGM |
Speaker Profiles
Professor Paula Waterhouse
Paula graduated BDS (Hons) in 1990 from Newcastle and went straight into House Officer jobs. She was appointed a Lecturer in Child Dental Health in 1991 under the tutelage of John Murray, Andrew Rugg-Gunn, June Nunn and Richard Welbury.
FDS RCS (Edinburgh) with the Dean’s Award followed not long after in 1993.
Gaining her CCST in June 1998, then Paula shoe-horned into 12 months spanning 1999-2000, 3 big things for a female clinical academic…having her first child, defending her PhD and passing the ISFE exam. Son number 2 appeared in 2002!
Paula was appointed Clinical Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in 2007. She was instrumental in setting up the primary care outreach course, the oral health education in the city course and she developed the first USA-UK clinical dental education programme. She was lead for EDI and is the School’s Athena SWAN champion. She has supervised well over 20 postgraduate students and was the school’s postgraduate tutor for 6 years. In 2019 she became Degree Programme Director (when her interest in decolonisation began) and in 2020 she was voted by the students as the most outstanding teacher within the Faculty. Paula was appointed Professor of Paediatric Dentistry in 2022.

Dr Emma Robinson
Emma Robinson is originally from Teesside but now calls Newcastle home. She graduated from Newcastle in 2007, completed vocational training and SHO posts in Community Dental service and Maxillofacial surgery. After a year working in Australia she returned to the UK and worked a mixture of general practice and as a staff grade in oral and maxillofacial surgery both at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough and the Dental Hospital/RVI in Newcastle. She has completed a post graduate diploma in conscious sedation and a post graduate certificate in medical education. Her current post as a clinical fellow in the university allows Emma to continue to develop her skills as an educator while studying for a PhD. Emma’s research interests are in dental education especially the emotional burden of training and practising dentistry. Outside of dentistry Emma has a large array of hobbies. Interests include but are not limited to – crochet and knitting, silversmithing, painting, gardening, swimming and hiking. Pre-pandemic Emma travelled extensively and has visited a number of bucket list destinations, in her role as electives lead she enjoyed helping students with their elective plans.

Miss Rachel Goldsmith
Rachel graduated with commendation from the University of Glasgow in 2017. Following this, she remained in Scotland, completing her Vocational Training year in Linwood, before relocating to Newcastle for Dental Core Training. Whilst undertaking three years of Dental Core Training, Rachel completed a post-graduate certificate in Medical Education from Newcastle University and an ILM level 5 accredited qualification in Healthcare Leadership and Management. She is currently a Speciality Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry at Newcastle Dental Hospital, with a keen interest in dental education and dental training pathways.

Professor Kirsten Jack
Dr Kirsten Jack is a Professor of Nursing Education in the Faculty of Health and Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is a UK National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow of the HEA. Kirsten is passionate about the professional development of healthcare students, and this is reflected in her research interests. She has explored the use of the arts to reflect on clinical placement experiences, particularly the use of poetry to explore the emotional nature of caring for others.

Miss Faith Campbell
I am actively involved in dental education within my role as a Speciality Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. I have previously worked as a Clinical Teacher in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Sheffield, where I was awarded the 2020 BSPD Teachers’ Branch Bursary. My research interest is dental education applied to paediatric dentistry and I am leading an interlinked series of qualitative studies into reflective practice for undergraduate dental students at the University of Sheffield.

Dr Susan Parekh
Dr Susan Parekh is a senior lecturer / Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute and programme director of the distance learning MSc since its inception in 2014.

Professor Barry Quinn
Professor Barry Quinn has a PhD in simulation education and was part of the hapTEL research project developing and evaluating haptically enabled virtual learning environments for dental surgical skills training. Barry is presently chair of Restorative Dentistry and Dental Education at the University of Liverpool, School of Dentistry. The lecture will give an overview on the state of development and the affordances offered by new dental simulators.

Dr Clement Seeballuck
Dr Clement Seeballuck is a Clinical Lecturer in the Dundee Dental School and Hospital. Clement graduated in 2009 from Trinity College Dublin and worked for a number of years in General Practice. He has completed House Officer and Core trainee posts and has been a Clinical Lecturer at Dundee since 2015. Clement has a particular interest in Technological innovations and their potential application to clinical training. He started a PhD relating to remote clinical training tools development and evaluation in 2021.

Key Dates

Abstract
Submission Open
29 November 2021

Abstract
Submission Closes
29 March 2022

ABSTRACT PRESENTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE
17 May 2022

Early Registration Deadline
14 June 2022
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