Dentistry down under
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Claire Dunbar considers the benefits of working abroad in Australia after graduation.
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My first day in dental practice
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Finbar O'Mahony, a graduate from Cork dental school reflects on his very first day.
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Developing a relationship with the team
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Mohammed Samad a Dundee dental school graduate, relfects on how important a team approach is to a young dentists career.
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The work/life balance
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Hussein Hassanali shares his thoughts about the private and working life of a dentist, having recently completed his first year of dental practice.
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Developing a relationship with a new dental team
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Dating websites have been increasing in quantity and popularity. Magazines post articles on every second page about making first impressions, how to dress, how to speak. This all points to one fact: its hard work meeting new people. Its an important occasion meeting potential partners you might live with for the rest of your life.
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How a dentist can deal with stress
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Sami Stagnell, a graduate from KCL in London, reflects on how he deals with stress.
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Being a Dental Senior House Officer
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Working in maxilla facial is quite a shock to the system from the word go. You have to act fast and learn faster. Hussein Hassanali, a graduate from Liverpool dental school, reflects on his year working as a dental SHO.
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Complaints and how to avoid them
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Simon Gomersall a solicitor with Radcliffes LeBrasseurs, shares his experiences in the hope that others can learn from them.
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GDC consultation on proposals to increase the annual retention fee
On this occasion the GDC has justified the unprecedented scale of the increase in the ARF primarily on the basis of the increase in the number of complaints that it has to deal with. In calculating its likely operating costs, the GDC has also predicted that this volume of incoming ‘complaints’ will continue to rise for the foreseeable future, and appears to have assumed that the number of Fitness to Practise (FtP) investigations will need to rise at least in proportion to this.
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