I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a

dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode, we’re going to chat about Dental Audio Notes (DAN).

Dr Alekandra (Ala) Rozwadowska and Adam Marsh are a husband & wife team, who have developed Dental Audio Notes (DAN), which allows dentists to effortlessly make complete, accurate and contemporaneous records in every situation. 

Ala works in Dental Practice in Evesham, and has been there since 2012. Her further experiences include practising in New Zealand, aid work in Mexico and travelling to Italy and Seattle for courses. In addition to their work with DAN, Ala and Adam are joint secretaries for the Gloucester Independent Dentists (GID), the UK's largest independent study group for the entire dental team. 

Adam is the technical lead for DAN, and is an engineer and natural problem solver, with broad experience delivering and managing industrial products and software systems. 

Resources:

· Career Pathways in Dentistry

https://cgdent.uk/career-pathways/

·  Clinical Examination & Record Keeping (College of General Dentistry)

 https://cgdent.uk/standards-guidance/

·  Dental Audio Notes (DAN)

https://dentalaudionotes.com/

·  Engaging works has a free survey to help you assess your workplace happiness: WorkL

https://app.workl.co/happiness-survey

·  Gloucester Independent Dentists (GID)

https://gid.org.uk/about

·  Happier Workforce = Higher returns

https://lordmarkprice.com/

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a

dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to Josh Jackson, who qualified from Liverpool Dental School in 2020. After Dental Foundation Training, he took up an Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACT) post in Newcastle. We chatted about his thoughts during the early part of his ACF post.

Resources:

• Academic Clinical Fellowships

https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/academic-clinical-fellowships-acfs

• British Endodontic Society Early Career Group

https://britishendodonticsociety.org.uk/professionals/bes_early_career_group.aspx

• British Endodontic Society - Early Careers Guide

https://britishendodonticsociety.org.uk/_userfiles/pages/files/earlycareersguidev12.pdf

• Career Pathways in Dentistry

https://cgdent.uk/career-pathways/

• COPDEND - Postgraduate Training

https://www.copdend.org/postgraduate-training/

• Dental Core Training (DCT) Recruitment

https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-core-training-dct

•  Integrated Academic Training

https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/academy-programmes/integrated-academic-training.htm

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a

dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to Jenny Russ. Jenny qualified from Manchester Dental School in 2019. After Dental Foundation Training, she went on to complete Dental Core Training 1 (DCT1), and Dental Core Training 2 (DCT2). It was during her DCT2 year , we chatted about her thoughts on her career path so far.

Resources:

• Career Pathways in Dentistry

https://cgdent.uk/career-pathways/

• COPDEND - Postgraduate Training

https://www.copdend.org/postgraduate-training/

• Dental Core Training (DCT) Recruitment

https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-core-training-dct

• Working Abroad

https://bda.org/careers/Othercareeroptions/Pages/Workingoverseas.aspx

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to Dr. Janine Brooks MBE

D.Med Eth, MSc, FFGDP(UK), MCDH, DDPHRCS, FAcadMed, BDS

Janine retired from the NHS in June 2011 (following redundancy) and went on to develop her own business. Prior to that she was a dentist for 27 years, both as a clinician and latterly in strategic, national roles. She remains active within post graduate education where she provides lectures and tutorials on a wide range of topics to include communication, professionalism, ethics, reflective practice, mentoring/coaching and leadership. She is a registration assessment panelist for the General Dental Council; Director of Dental Coaching Academy: CEO of Dentalia Coaching and Training Consultancy; Co-Founder of Dental Mentors UK; Trustee of the Dentists’ Health Support Trust; Author; MBTI practitioner, Trustee of the NHS Retirement Fellowship and a Fellow for the Society of British Dental Nurses. 

 Her specific interests are in education, coaching, mentoring and medical ethics. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators and an Honorary Fellow of the College of General Practice. She currently privately coach/mentors a number of dentists (and some doctors) in personal development, leadership, career development and fitness to practise remediation. She specialises in coaching dental professionals experiencing difficulties, particularly those who have been referred to the General Dental Council.

 She has published four books, plus a number of articles and papers over the years. A fifth book will be published in 2023.

Please join us, and don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about this topic.

Annebud62@me.com

References

• Clutterbuck, D., 2014. Everyone needs a mentor. 5th ed. London:CIPD.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everyone-Needs-Mentor-David-Clutterbuck/dp/1843983664

·      Connor, M., Pokora, J., 2017. Coaching and Mentoring at Work: Developing Effective Practice. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coaching-Mentoring-at-Work-3rd/dp/0335226922

·      Dental Mentors UK

I’m Anne Budenberg, and I’m a dentist with over 30- years' experience in NHS and private practice, including roles in secondary care, dental education, risk management and mentoring. 

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to Dr. Janine Brooks MBE

D.Med Eth, MSc, FFGDP(UK), MCDH, DDPHRCS, FAcadMed, BDS

Janine retired from the NHS in June 2011 (following redundancy) and went on to develop her own business. Prior to that she was a dentist for 27 years, both as a clinician and latterly in strategic, national roles. She remains active within post graduate education where she provides lectures and tutorials on a wide range of topics to include communication, professionalism, ethics, reflective practice, mentoring/coaching and leadership. She is a registration assessment panelist for the General Dental Council; Director of Dental Coaching Academy: CEO of Dentalia Coaching and Training Consultancy; Co-Founder of Dental Mentors UK; Trustee of the Dentists’ Health Support Trust; Author; MBTI practitioner, Trustee of the NHS Retirement Fellowship and a Fellow for the Society of British Dental Nurses. 

 Her specific interests are in education, coaching, mentoring and medical ethics. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators and an Honorary Fellow of the College of General Practice. She currently privately coach/mentors a number of dentists (and some doctors) in personal development, leadership, career development and fitness to practise remediation. She specialises in coaching dental professionals experiencing difficulties, particularly those who have been referred to the General Dental Council.

 She has published four books, plus a number of articles and papers over the years. A fifth book will be published in 2023.

Please join us, and don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about this topic.

Annebud62@me.com

References

• Clutterbuck, D., 2014. Everyone needs a mentor. 5th ed. London:CIPD.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everyone-Needs-Mentor-David-Clutterbuck/dp/1843983664

·      Connor, M., Pokora, J., 2017. Coaching and Mentoring at Work: Developing Effective Practice. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coaching-Mentoring-at-Work-3rd/dp/0335226922

·      Dental Mentors UK

https://dentalmentorsuk.com/

·      How to develop your career in dentistry, Janine Brooks (2015)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Develop-Your-Career-Dentistry/dp/1118913817

·      How to survive dental performance issues Janine Brooks MBE (2018) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119508601

·      Practical Applications of Coaching and Mentoring in Dentistry, Janine Brooks, Helen Caton-Hughes (2021) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119648253

·      Practitioner Performance Advice (formerly NCAS)

https://resolution.nhs.uk/services/practitioner-performance-advice/

·      Professionalism: A Mixed-Methods Research Study, Commissioned by the General Dental Council (GDC), July 2020 https://www.gdc-uk.org/about-us/what-we-do/research/our-research-library/detail/report/professionalism-a-mixed-methods-research-study

·      Saw, M., Brooks, J. Mentoring, performance and the GDC. BDJ In Pract 34, 22–24, (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-021-0773-9

• Viney, R., Paice, E., 2010-2012. Reaching out: A Report on London Deanery’s Coaching and Mentoring Service [online]. Available at: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/38749465/reaching-out-mentoring-london-deanerymentoring.londondenaery.co.uk

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I’m speaking to Prof Rhiannon Edwards, BSc. Econ, M.A., D.Phil., Hon. MFPH Professor of Health Economics and the founding Director of Health Economics research at Bangor University. She specialises in economic evaluation of public health interventions, and particularly behavioural interventions, including dentistry.

We’re talking about Health Economics, what it is, and why it’s relevant to dentistry.

Prof Rhiannon Edwards leads the Public Health Economics Research Group (PHERG) at CHEME which takes a life-course approach to the methodology and conduct of economic evaluation of public health interventions. 

Prior to being at Bangor University, Rhiannon was Lecturer in Health Economics at Liverpool University with an Honorary position with Liverpool Health Authority.

She was Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Excellence in Health Promotion Economics, University of Chicago. She published papers on choice in health care and co-authored an international comparison of waiting lists in public health care systems following her fellowship to the USA.

Please join us, and don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about this topic.

References:

·     Cost‐effectiveness Analysis of the Dental RECUR Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial: Evaluating a Goal‐oriented Talking Intervention to Prevent Reoccurrence of Dental Caries in Children (Published, Jan 2022)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9021113/

·     Dentistry and why it’s a great career (July 2017)

https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2017.617

·     GROW model

https://www.performanceconsultants.com/grow-model

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to dentist, Rahail Kumar, who qualified from Kings College, London in 2019, and he is talking about his Dental Core Training, and his thoughts for the future.

From Dental Foundation Training into Dental Core Training; DCT1 and DCT2, and possible next steps, including applying for medicine. We are speaking about early dental careers in secondary care, the opportunities, and the choices.

Please join us, and don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about this topic.

Resources

·     Careers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)

https://www.baoms.org.uk/professionals/careers_in_omfs.aspx

·     Career Pathways in Dentistry

           https://cgdent.uk/career-pathways/

·     Education & Training - British Association Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons  (BAOMS)

         https://www.baoms.org.uk/professionals/education_training.aspx

·     Medicine (Graduate Entry) (4 years) courses.

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/course-        finder?field_leading_to_a_career_in_tid=165&field_region_tid=1&field_qualification_type_tid=62&field_study_mode_tid=All&items_per_page=25

·     Qualified Dentists wishing to pursue a career in Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery. A number of UK Medical Schools offer an accelerated 3-year MBChB programme for qualified dentists. This is one example from Birmingham Medical School.

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/medical-school/applying-to- medicine/entry-requirements-five-year-programme.aspx

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to dentist, Harry Marshall, who qualified from Newcastle Dental School in 2018.

We are speaking about his early dental career; about his thoughts on the choices he has made, on his path from Dental Foundation Training, to associate in NHS practice, and into Private practice. What he thinks makes his career fulfilling, the opportunities he has taken so far, and how he is developing his skills in Orthodontics in Primary Dental Care.

Please join us, and don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about this topic.

Resources

·     British Orthodontic Society

https://www.bos.org.uk/Information-for-Dentists

·     Career Pathways in Dentistry

https://cgdent.uk/career-pathways/

 ·     Engaging works has a free survey to help you assess your workplace happiness: WorkL

https://app.workl.co/happiness-survey

·     Happier Workforce = Higher Returns

https://lordmarkprice.com/

·     The Ortho Course Practical GDP Orthodontics Reinvented

https://theorthocourse.co.uk/

I’m Anne Budenberg, and I’m a dentist with over 30 years experience in NHS and private practice, including roles in secondary care, dental education, risk management, mentoring, and health coaching.

This podcast is for anyone interested in UK dental careers…for those already working, or planning to work as a dentist,…or dental care professional in the UK. We’re going to chat about the diversity of choice within the UK dental world, and about creating a happy & fulfilling career. 

Now dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but offer many possibilities for hopping, on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ we chose to take.

'Squiggly career' was a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and individually. And it gives an implied freedom to our career choices.

They defined this as: "…a career that isn't defined by climbing the corporate ladder but is fluid and can take many different paths”.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, … and adapting to change, throughout our careers, … in a dynamic landscape.

Please join us for the first episode. Don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about dental careers.