Announcing the spring 2009 Management Development Seminars:
Turning Vision into Reality
This autumn over 230 delegates attended the first in our series of Management Development Seminars based on our Running a Business theme. We know from their feedback that not only will they be attending the spring 2008 seminars, but many of them will be bringing their principals along too. These commercially-focused events aim to deliver real practical skills along with tips and tools that managers and principals can use immediately back at their practices.
See our Events page for a booking form or ask your Practice Plan, Henry Schein or Denstply representative.
Manage your GDC registration with a click of the mouse
Dental professionals can now pay their GDC annual retention fee, update their contact details and check the details on their practising certificate before it is printed, all via the web, thanks to the GDC’s new self-service website e-GDC at www.gdc-arf.com.
The new website, launched this month, means GDC registrants can keep up to date and take care of their admin at any time, day or night, when it’s convenient for them.
Edward Bannatyne, GDC Director of Operations, said:
“The launch of e-GDC should make life a lot easier for our registrants. It aims to take the hassle out of simple things like updating your contact details and checking your practising certificate has been sent out. Now you can manage your registration at your convenience - and not just during office hours. Please log on at www.gdc-arf.com to set up your personal account.
“A range of additional online services are planned for next year too. You will soon be able to submit your annual CPD declarations online as well as set up a paperless Direct Debit to pay your annual retention fee. Meanwhile, I’d welcome your feedback on e-GDC. Please send your comments and suggestions to our Processing Manager, Anne Gerulat, at agerulat@gdc-uk.org”
To protect individuals’ personal information, the GDC has built a number of security measures into the new system. New e-GDC users will need to create an account. They will then be sent an initial password and PIN which they will need to use when they first log in. Each time a user logs in they will need to answer a security question.
Read the BDA’s newly re-launched Policy and Research Bulletin here
Download your copy of the second edition of the BDA’s newly re-launched Policy and Research Bulletin. This edition has articles on student debt, the Health Select Committee report, and the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review body among others. Click here to download.
Showcase 2009 dates announced
BDTA Dental Showcase 2009 will return to the NEC, Birmingham in 2009. The three day event, which represents the UK largest dental exhibition, will take place from Thursday 12 November to Saturday 14 November 2009.
Doing implants? Make sure you’re practitioners are up to scratch
Concerns about implant dentistry standards have led to the General Dental Council to remind all dentists that they must only undertake procedures that they are properly trained and competent to do.
Dentists currently doing implant dentistry, and those considering branching into that area, are being urged by the GDC to read guidelines published by the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), ‘Training Standards in Implant Dentistry’. The guidelines make clear the minimum training the GDC would expect dentists to have successfully completed before undertaking implants.
In a new policy statement the GDC has confirmed that it will refer to these guidelines when assessing complaints against dentists who have allegedly practised implant dentistry beyond their competence.
The guidelines, which the GDC considers the authority on training standards for this procedure, make clear that inserting dental implants is a surgical procedure which should only be carried out by dentists with suitable training. This would normally involve a postgraduate training course in implant dentistry and an assessment of competence. Training can come from a variety of sources including university, Royal College or hospital-based programmes, as well as from courses run by commercial groups or individuals.
Hew Mathewson, GDC President, said: “We have concerns that some dentists have been carrying out this very invasive procedure without having completed adequate training and an assessment. It’s essential for patient safety that dentists have had sound postgraduate training before doing it. Dentists who are already practising implant dentistry, as well as those thinking about getting into it, need to read the Royal College guidelines and understand the level of training we expect them to have achieved.”
To read ‘Training Standards in Implant Dentistry’ and the GDC’s policy statement, go to:
www.gdc-uk.org/Our+work/Education+and+quality+assurance/Policy+statement+on+implantology.htm
BADN® CAREERSITE A ROARING SUCCESS
The BADN CareerSite was launched little over a year ago and has flourished into a resource-rich and widely used service for recruiting dental care professionals in the UK.
In just the last year, BADN CareerSIte has advertised over 1,000 job vacancies by more than 100 registered employers, accumulated over 400 registered job seekers and allowed more than 10,000 job searches to be conducted. It is no wonder why the BADN CareerSite has become one of the most visited services offered on the BADN website.
For our Job Seekers, we are attracting the best and most relevant job vacancies available on the web! BADN is the profession’s trusted association and the BADN CareerSite is its effective tool to confidentially store and protect one’s working CV in a secure environment so when a new skill, qualification or experience is achieved/realised, users can update and enhance their Profile online.
With our advanced technology interface, job seekers can then set up a series of job search agents and set the criteria for their ideal opportunities so as soon as a job is posted which matches the criteria, the job seeker is alerted immediately.
For our Employers, the BADN CareerSite offers the most advanced online recruitment features on the web to identify the best candidates in the least possible time. With our advanced CV pre-screening technology, we display your applicants into "A-Lists" and "B-Lists" to ensure the most suitable are reviewed and contacted immediately and not buried under a mountain of CVs.
We are also pleased to be the first dental-related niche job board to offer visually stimulating four sided branding templates to maximise your corporate brand – bridging the gap between print and online job advertising.
This autumn, whether you are a new or returning user, recruiter or job seeker, come and see how the BADN CareerSite at www.badn.org.uk can work for you!
