Schedule 1 NEW SCHEDULE 1A TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

“SCHEDULE 1A

CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Regulation 2(1)

Overall Aim

1

To enhance clinical and administrative competence and promote high standards through relevant postgraduate training to meet the needs of unsupervised general dental practice, and in particular–

(a)

to enable trainees to practise and improve their skills;

(b)

to introduce trainees to all aspects of general dental practice;

(c)

to identify a trainee’s personal strengths and weaknesses and balance them through a planned programme of training;

(d)

to promote oral health of, and quality dental care for, patients;

(e)

to develop further and implement peer and self review, and promote awareness of the need for professional education, training and audit as a continuing process.

Objectives

2

To enable the trainee–

(a)

to make competent and confident professional decisions including decisions for referrals to other services;

(b)

to demonstrate that he is working within the guidelines regarding the ethics and confidentiality of general dental practice;

(c)

to implement regulations and guidelines for the delivery of safe practice;

(d)

to know how to obtain appropriate advice on, and practical experience of, legal and financial aspects of practice;

(e)

to demonstrate that he has acquired skill and knowledge in the psychology of care of patients and can work successfully as a member of a practice team;

(f)

to demonstrate the necessary knowledge and skills to organise and manage a practice.”