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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-scotland-regulations-1996/schedule-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/177",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING",
  "text": "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—\n(a) to enable trainees to practise and improve their skills;\n(b) to introduce trainees to all aspects of general dental practice;\n(c) to identify a trainee’s personal strengths and weaknesses and balance them through a planned programme of training;\n(d) to promote oral health of and quality dental care for patients;\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "ssi/2004/292",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Dental Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2004"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/177/schedule/7",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}