Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

T he General Dental Council (GDC) has published a discussion document as part of a big con- versation on Continuing Pro- fessional Development (CPD) in dentistry. The document, which is called “Maintaining Quality and Impact of CPD in Den- tistry”, sets out some key is- sues being considered as part of the on-going CPD review by the GDC. These include the potential to: • introduce a learning out- comes element to future CPD requirements • embed personal develop- ment planning into a future scheme • introduce mandatory CPD declarations every year The document was launched at the recent (17 April 2012) National Confer- ence on CPD hosted by the GDC and attended by more than 80 dental stakeholder representatives. The event was addressed by almost 20 key players in the world of dentistry and CPD, including the Chief Dental Officers for England and Northern Ire- land and representatives from various Postgraduate Dental Deaneries and professional associations. Registrants and other key stakeholders are invited to enter into the conversation on the future of CPD through discussing the issues con- tained in the document with their teams, peers and col- leagues. These views can then be shared with the GDC via its dedicated CPD Review email inbox CPDReview@gdc-uk.org The document is for dis- cussion purposes only and does not necessarily represent GDC policy. The GDC’s current CPD requirements can be found on the website www.gdc-uk. org DT Conversation on CPD continues 7NewsUnited Kingdom Edition May 7-13, 2012 F rank Holloway, (pictured), a retired army dentist based in Surrey, was in- stalled as the 126th President of the British Dental Association (BDA). Dr Holloway, the first armed forces dentist to receive this honour since 2003, was pre- sented with his chain of office and made his inaugural speech as BDA President at the opening of the 2012 British Dental Con- ference and Exhibition at the Manchester Central Convention Complex. Dr Holloway gained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery de- gree from Bristol University in 1969 and his Licence in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in the same year. After five years in general practice in the UK, he worked for the US Army in Bavaria as a civilian dentist. Three years later he joined the British Army, sub- sequently working in Germany, Texas, Cyprus, the Outer Hebri- des and occasionally in England. Frank achieved the rank of Colo- nel and completed his regular army service as Commandant of the Royal Army Dental Corps, Commanding Officer of the De- fence Dental Services Training Centre and Principal Dental Of- ficer of the Home Counties re- gion. He spent the last five years of his career treating new re- cruits and recently retired after 33 years in the army. In 1986/87 he did an MSc in conservative dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute Lon- don, after which he taught and ran a referral service for six years. He was then selected for command posts but maintained his clinical involvement and started a long association of ac- tivities with the BDA. Frank has been a member of the BDA’s Armed Forces Committee since 1998 and was elected its chair in 2006, a post he had held to date. He has also been a member of Representative Body since 2006. He has represented the BDA nationally on the British Medi- cal Association’s (BMA) Armed Forces Committee since 1998, and is also on the BMA’s Co-ordi- nating Group. Dr Holloway said: “It is a great honour to become Presi- dent of the BDA and I look for- ward to serving my fellow pro- fessionals in this capacity. “I look forward to being an ambassador for the profession, both in the UK and abroad, dur- ing my term of office.” Married to Carole, he has two daughters. Away from dentistry Frank enjoys hill walking, golf- ing and gardening. DT Dentist with a distinguished army career assumes Presidency of BDA N ational dental corporate Genix Healthcare has announced that it will be donating considerable support to hundreds of African children this year. Genix is flying one of its top dentists to Durban in a bid to assess the dental hygiene situation at two schools and an orphanage. It will subsequently provide the necessary tools to allow them to begin a long term dental care programme. As a part of its corporate so- cial responsibility agenda Genix has partnered with Lionsraw, a UK based movement which har- nesses the passion of football fans, taking them to World Cup events and European champi- onships whilst doing charitable work during their stay. In 2010 Lionsraw took more than 150 fans to the World Cup in South Africa and at the same time built an orphanage, sports changing rooms, a pre-school, toilet blocks with more than 50 toilets and ran football school- ing for thousands of African children. Since then it has con- tinued the legacy to maintain these facilities and provide criti- cal help for the long term. This week Genix Healthcare dentist Roberto Gil Marques De Suza will join Lionsraw on its latest mission to Africa. He joins a team of six people on an inten- sive four-day programme visit- ing two schools of 200 and 1100 children with an official Zulu chief opening. He will also visit a new orphanage built by Lion- sraw and assess the oral care needs of 20 orphans. During the trip Roberto in- tends to formulate a plan of what is needed to facilitate a long term care programme and provide items such as tooth- brushes, holders and toothpaste for each child. Jon Burns, Founder of Lion- sraw, said, “This support from Genix Healthcare is truly fan- tastic and an essential building block in our mission to support a healthy and sustainable com- munity. These children have no understanding about oral hygiene whatsoever and have never even seen a toothbrush. This incredible generosity from Genix Healthcare will start to address vital problems with gum disease in many children who are still growing teeth. Life threatening disease in these ar- eas is very common and so the provision of simple items such as individual holders will help to minimise infection.” Sian Nelson-Jones, Clini- cal Director at Genix Health- care said, “Genix Healthcare is very committed to support the fantastic efforts of Lion- sraw. It is extremely humbling to learn what these children have to endure, just to have ba- sic schooling and even running water. Genix has a long stand- ing commitment to support education through football so when we were approached by Lionsraw it was a very appro- priate extension to our existing corporate social responsibil- ity agenda. We look forward to learning about Roberto’s trip and how we can formulate a successful support plan for the long term.” DT Genix healthcare to give new smiles for African children T he London Deanery has launched a new unit to support the pro- fessional development of doc- tors and dentists at all career stages and specialities work- ing in the capital. The Professional Sup- port Unit, led by London Deanery Provider Services, offers an expert shared ser- vice of resources, separate from employing organisations to support the professional~ development of the medical and dental workforce in Lon- don. It will support clinicians develop as professionals and individuals. It will help doc- tors and dentists throughout their careers, whether this is enabling to meet the chal- lenges offered by new roles to accessing coaching and per- sonal development planning, to support with clinical place- ments and return to practice schemes. London Deanery launched the unit in response to the need for better support for clinicians throughout their careers, to enable them to realise and sustain their po- tential, manage their talents and maximise their contri- bution to quality healthcare delivery. It is hoped the unit will be able to give support to responsible officers to meet the medical revalidation chal- lenges that are due to take place later this year. DT Unit supports doctors and dentists to retirement The GDC has published a discussion document regarding CPD