The Dental Foundation Interview Guide (eBook)

With Situational Judgement Tests

Zahid Siddique, Shivana Anand, Helena Lewis-Greene (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781119109167 (ISBN)

Infos

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

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.

Inhalt

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 54

7 Situational judgement test practice questions 57

Introduction 57

Ranking-based SJTs: Questions 58

Ranking-based SJTs: Answers 86

'Best of three' SJTs: Questions 111

'Best-of-three' SJTs: Answers 144

8 How to write a dental CV 165

Introduction 165

Format 166

Some dos and don'ts 168

The meet and greet 168

Some useful questions to ask 168

Index 171

Textauszug

Chapter 2
The application process

Chapter Menu

1. DF1 recruitment process
2. How to apply
3. Key dates
4. DF1 schemes – where to work
5. DF1 interview – format
6. Scotland applications

DF1 recruitment process

All DF1 training vacancies are allocated through a centralized process for England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The online application process usually opens in the month of September for all UK-based year 5 dental students and EU graduates or overseas dentists.

The recruitment process is split in two stages:

• First stage – trainees are first allocated a particular DFT (dental foundation training) scheme. This is based on their DFT interview score ranking. The higher the candidates' ranking scores, the greater is the likelihood of them obtaining their first scheme preference and so forth.
• Second stage – trainees are allocated a particular practice in spring / summer of the following year. The individual practices are allocated through the DFT interview ranking scores, so those with the highest scores will receive their first preference practice and so forth. Some schemes carry out second-round interviews, where an algorithm is used to pair up trainee preferences with educational supervisor preferences.

It is important to understand that the DFT application process is competitive. The number of DFT training places is generally linked to the number of final-year students but places cannot be guaranteed for all UK graduates and it is therefore of utmost importance that all students give themselves the best opportunity to secure a place.

Over the past few years the number of candidates applying has exceeded the number of DF1 positions available with EU and oversees dental applicants also applying.

Table 2.1 shows the data collected for the application years 2011/12 and 2012/13 from the Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors (COPDEND).

Table 2.1 data collected for the application years 2011/12 and 2012/13 from COPDEND

Numbers

2011/12 England and Wales

EEA

United Kingdom

ROW

2012/13 England and Wales

EEA

United Kingdom

ROW

Places Total

927

978

Applicants Total

1190

101

1044

45

1172

110

1031

31

Applicants eligible and short listed

1145

97

1042

6

1153

109

1027

17

Applicants interviewed

1110

86

1018

6

1138

104

1021

13

Applicants offered place

940

47

889

4

1040

77

953

10

Applicants accepted offer

928

42

882

4

978

58

914

6

Applicants not accepted offer

12

5

7

0

18

13

3

2

Applicants not offered a place

48

13

35

0

55

11

41

3

Notes: *EEA – European Economic Area; ROW – Rest of the World

How to apply

London application process

The London deanery and COPDEND change the application process on a yearly basis. It is always beneficial to look at the guidance notes released by COPDEND on the London deanery web site beforehand at http://www.lpmde.ac.uk/ (accessed 22 November 2015).

Scotland application process

See below.

Key dates

COPDEND has the right to change the recruitment process on a yearly basis. Table 2.2 is a proposed timeline for recruitment with guideline months.

Table 2.2 Proposed recruitment timetable

Applications open

25 August 2015

Applications close

22 September 2015

Interview window

16 – 20 November 2015

Preferencing of schemes opens

8 December 2015

Preferencing of schemes closes

15 December 2015

Initial offers out by

06 January 2016

2nd round offers

06 July 2016

Placements commence

March 2016 and September 2016

Table 2.3 gives the selection centre interview venues across the United Kingdom.

Table 2.3 Selection centre interview venues

Centre

Venue

Dental schools covered

London

London Recruitment Events Centre

King's College London Queen Mary University of London

Bristol

Bristol Marriott Hotel, City Centre

Bristol University Cardiff University Peninsula College of Dentistry

Manchester

Reebok Stadium, Bolton

University of Central Lancaster University of Liverpool University of Manchester

Birmingham

West Bromwich Albion

University of Birmingham University of Sheffield

Belfast

Ramada Hotel, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast

Queen's University, Belfast

Newcastle

Newcastle United Football Club

Newcastle University University of Leeds

DF1 schemes – where to work

A component of the DF1 application process involves choosing DF1 scheme area preferences around the United Kingdom. In 2014, applicants were asked to rank their scheme preferences via the UK Offers System, which was done separately from the submission of their online application form for their original DF1 application. Candidates will be emailed with information regarding their interview date (which they must confirm within 48 hours) and full instructions on how to complete scheme preferences, including use of the UK offers system. This involves logging into the system approximately 3 weeks after the interview and submitting their scheme area preference. The submission for schemes is open for 7 days – after this period submissions cannot be made.

The London Deanery usually produces an information sheet about the available schemes for that year. It is of utmost importance that candidates take time to consider all the schemes and their locations. Due to the competitive nature of the application process it is imperative that the candidates give themselves the best possible opportunity to obtain a DF1 job offer. These opportunities can decrease if candidates limit the number of schemes they are willing to work in. If they do not rank one of the schemes they will automatically forfeit their place, even if a position is available. However, it should also be noted that there is no point in candidates ranking a scheme if they are absolutely certain that they are not willing to work in that region. The rationale for this is that if they do rank such a region and are offered a place within it, they will not be offered an alternative, or be given an opportunity to swap, if they decline the offer. We therefore advise candidates to try to be as flexible as possible when ranking schemes to give themselves the best opportunity to secure a DF1 job.

It is also important to note that, at this stage of the application process, candidates will only be given information regarding their scheme locations and not the locations of the actual training practices as they are not approved until spring / summer and can change on an annual basis. Some schemes cover a large geographical area and the distance between practices within a scheme can take over an hour to commute. The deanery will only provide detailed information about practices once they have all been approved; however, it might be possible to see the previous year's information regarding individual practices on its web site.

Once candidates have accepted their scheme in the beginning of January, they will have an option to ‘upgrade’ or ‘accept’ the offer. If they choose to accept, their deanery will be notified of their acceptance and their place for the DF1 year will be confirmed. If they choose to ‘upgrade’, then on the last day of January their scheme will either be upgraded to a higher choice or the candidate will stay in the same scheme.

Here are some useful points to consider when choosing where to work:

1. Travelling to work
   • How far are you willing to travel to work?
   • Do you drive? Will it be feasible to drive to work – Congestion charge? Parking?
   • If you don't drive will you need to...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.4.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Zahnmedizin
• Schlagworte: Berufspraxis i. d. Zahnmedizin • dental foundation training • Dental Professional Practice • dentistry • dentistry year 5 • Einführung i. d. Zahnmedizin • Introductions to Dentistry • NHS dentistry • scenario questions • situational judgment tests • undergraduate dentistry • Zahnmedizin
• ISBN-13: 9781119109167 / 9781119109167