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More About This Title The Dental Foundation Interview Guide - withSituational Judgement Tests
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The Dental Foundation Interview Guide: with Situational Judgement Tests offers an indispensable step-by-step guide to the dental foundation training application process.
- Explains the application and recruitment process and includes essential interview tips
- Offers a wealth of practice questions with detailed answers to ensure familiarity with the process
- Highlights the importance of professionalism, leadership and management within the dental practice
- Written by recent graduates who understand the pressures of the application process
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Dr Zahid Siddique is co-founder of Dental Training Consultants, London, UK which runs The DF1 Mock Workshop for year five undergraduate BDS students. As well as currently working as a general dental practitioner, Zahid has a passion for teaching and has delivered lectures entitled Antibiotic Resistance - The Time Bomb and Prescribing in Dentistry. To facilitate his passion for teaching, Zahid was awarded an honorary tutor role at King’s College London Dental Institute and Guy’s Hospital, London, UK and is an examiner for The Royal College of Surgeons of England Overseas Registration Examination.
Dr Shivana Anand is co-founder of Dental Training Consultants, London, UK. Shivana received the Dentistry FMC Fast Track 4 accreditation for innovative new dentists in 2014 and the ‘Dental Prodigy’ award at the BDIA Dental Showcase 2015. She was also shortlisted for the ‘Best Young Dentist’ award at the BDIA Dental Showcase 2015. To facilitate her passion for teaching Shivana was awarded an honorary tutor role at King’s College London Dental Institute and Guy’s Hospital, London, UK.
Dr Helena Lewis-Greene is Senior Clinical Teacher, Director for Student Welfare and Coordinator for Year Five BDS students at Guy’s Hospital, London, UK. Helena was the joint recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award for the King's College London Dental Institute for 2011/12.English
Preface, vii
Acknowledgements, ix
1 What is dental foundation training? 1
2 The application process 3
DF1 recruitment process 3
How to apply 4
Key dates 5
DF1 schemes –where to work 5
DF1 interview –format 9
Scotland applications 11
3 The SJT exam 13
What is an SJT? 13
Format of the exam 13
Marking format of the exam 14
4 Definitions and legalities 15
Definitions 15
Legislation for the dental team 17
Clinical governance 19
5 Important notes for revision 25
Standards for the dental team 25
Consent 26
Confidentiality 29
Complaints 31
Scope of practice 32
Continued professional development (CPD) 33
Raising concerns 34
Child protection and vulnerable adults 35
A checklist of sources to consult during revision 37
6 Practice scenarios 39
Introduction 39
Professionalism, leadership and management scenarios 40
Patient communication scenarios 53
7 Situational judgement test practice questions 57
Introduction 57
Ranking-based SJTs 58
Ranking-based SJTs: answers 86
‘Best of three’ SJTs 109
‘Best-of-three’ SJTs: answers 143
8 How to write a dental CV 163
Introduction 163
Format 164
Some dos and don’ts 166
Index 169
