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Start Date: 
28/02/2012 18:00
End Date: 
28/02/2012
Event Times:  
Location: The IET Glasgow, Teacher Building
Summary:
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">​We&#39;re inviting registrants in and around Glasgow to come and meet us. Find out about how our work affects you.</p>
<ul style="color: #262626"><li><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt">Tell us what you think about our Standards and help shape them for the future.</div></li>
<li><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt">Get answers to the questions you want to ask us.</div></li></ul>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">There is no charge for this event and you will be awarded 2 hours of verifiable CPD.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">28 February 2012, starting at 6.00pm.</p>
<table style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt"><tbody><tr><td><span>​</span><a href="http://teacherbuilding.theiet.org/"><font>The IET Glasgow</font></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>​St Enoch Square</td></tr>
<tr><td>​Glasgow</td></tr>
<tr><td><span>​</span><span>​</span><span>​</span><span>G1 4DB</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Background:
How to book:
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">This event is now fully booked.</p>
Find out more:
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">​We will be holding two workshops as part of the event. When booking your place you will need to select one of the following workshops to attend.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt"><strong style="font-size: 12pt">Workshop 1: Your responsibilities as a registered dental professional</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">Regardless of when you first registered, staying up to date with our expectations of you is important especially with schemes such as revalidation on the horizon. In this workshop we will explore what it means to be a dental professional, explain what our expectations of you are and how your behaviour can impact your career both positively and negatively.
 
<strong>Aims and objectives</strong></p>
<ul><li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">To demonstrate how our work protects the public and maintains standards within dentistry</div></li></ul>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt"><strong>Learning outcomes</strong></p>
<ul><li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">Delegates will contribute to a discussion on professionalism.</div></li>
<li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">Delegates will understand GDC expectations of them and why they are important. </div></li>
<li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">Delegates will share their experiences on continuing professional development. </div></li>
<li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">Delegates will explore how a patient’s experience can lead to a complaint to the GDC and what action the GDC can take.</div></li></ul>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt"><strong>Workshop 2: Standards</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt"><strong>Aims and objectives </strong></p>
<ul><li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">To update registrants on progress so far in the GDC’s review of Standards</div></li>
<li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">To explain the next steps in developing a new set of standards for the dental team to follow</div></li>
<li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">To explore registrants views on this work in order to deliver policy which reflects the day-to-day reality of working in dentistry in the UK</div></li></ul>
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt"><strong>Learning outcome</strong></p>
<ul><li><div style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">Registrants will have learnt about the development of new standards. They will have actively contributed to the creation of these standards.</div></li></ul>
Workshops:  
Contact details:
<p style="font-family: arial; color: #262626; font-size: 10pt">​For further information about the event please email <a href="mailto:events@gdc-uk.org">events@gdc-uk.org</a> or phone Saima Waheed on 020 7344 3732.
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