This innovative new book offers a user–friendly guide to securing a successful, varied, and fulfilling career in dentistry. Includes case studies of career trajectories across the full range of dental professions in the UK Advocates a portfolio approach to career development, illustrating the benefits of working in a matrix as opposed to climbing a ladder Showcases the opportunities inherent in specific areas of dentistry, what they can offer and what is required to successfully take advantage of them Written by one of the UK s leading dental experts who has over 30 years in the profession, working on the local and national scale INDICE: Foreword ixAcknowledgements xi .Chapter 1 Introduction 1 .The National Health Service 6 .Career 8 .Portfoliocareer 13 .Working paradigms 15 .Planning your career 18 .Being a dental professional 20 .Workforce and workforce planning 23 .Bibliography 25 .Chapter 2 Demography and society in the United Kingdom 28 .Demography general 29 .Population size 30 .Population age 30 .General health 33 .Oral health 35 .Health of dentists 42 .Dental care professionals 44 .Working patterns 45 .Impact on dental professionals 46 .Technology rising 48 .Retirement 51 .Bibliography 55 .Chapter 3 Dental opportunities 57 .Is the dental workforce today the workforce we will need in 10 20 years and beyond? 57 .How can I develop a portfolio career? 58 .Dental careers variety and opportunity 63 .Useful organisations 96 .Bibliography 97 .Chapter 4 Coaching and mentoring 99 .Coaching 100 .Mentoring 104 .Career planning 110Personal development 113 .Useful organisations 116 .Bibliography 116 .Chapter 5 Case studies of dental professionals 118 .Mrs Janet Clarke MBE 121 .Miss Bal Chana 123 .Dr Shazad Khan Malik 125 .Dr Emma Worrell 126 .Mrs Sophie Noske 128 .Professor Ros Keeton 130 .Dr Derek Richards 132 .Professor Deborah White 134 .ReenaPatel 136 .Mrs Penny McWilliams 138 .Short biographies 139 .Conclusion 149 .Chapter 6 Networking and networks 150 .How do you network? 152 .What networking should not be 155 .Where can you network? 155 .Types of network 156 .Electronic networks 157 .Network map 158 .Curriculum vitae 160 .Bibliography 166 .Chapter 7 Training and quali cations 167 .Credit accumulation transfer schemes 168 .Clinical programmes 169 .Nonclinical programmes 170 .Financial investment 178 .Other sources of information about courses 179 .Useful organisations and networks 179 .Case studies 179 .How to develop experience 183 .Professional associations and other useful addresses 185Bibliography 185 .Index 187
- ISBN: 978-1-118-91381-9
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 25/09/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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