The General Dental Council (GDC) has announced this year’s winners of the GDC Prize for Professionalism.
The Prize for Professionalism gives the GDC an opportunity to recognise the achievements of student dental professionals in the UK. It is an annual prize, sponsored by the GDC Charitable Trust, and makes a financial award to students who have demonstrated professionalism in areas such as patient care, clinical governance, team working, communication skills, reliability, integrity and knowledge.
Each UK dental school, school of dental hygiene and school of dental therapy with undergraduates nominates a winner from each of the courses they run.
The winners of the Prize for Professionalism Award 2006 are:
| Institution |
Dentist |
Dental Therapist |
Dental Hygienist |
Combined Hygienist & Therapist |
| School of Dental Hygiene, The School of Dentistry (Belfast) |
***** |
***** |
Shauna McIlory |
***** |
| Queen's University, Belfast, School of Dentistry |
Christine Gregg |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| The School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham |
Ravi Panesar |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| The School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy, Birmingham Dental Hospital |
***** |
***** |
***** |
Samantha Nash |
| University of Bristol Dental School |
Eleri Jones |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| School of Dental Care Professionals, Bristol Dental Hospital |
***** |
***** |
Jennifer Hall |
***** |
| Cardiff University, School of Dentistry |
Andrea Phillips |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| Cardiff University, School of Dentistry, Training and Education Centre for DCP's |
***** |
***** |
Christine Greensmith |
Heather Gould-Williams |
| Defence Dental Agency Training Establishment, School of Dental Hygiene (Aldershot) |
***** |
***** |
Victoria Louise Bull |
***** |
| University of Dundee Dental School and Hospital |
Eilidh Morgan |
Rhona Greig & Maxine Shepherd |
***** |
***** |
| School of Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy, Eastman Dental Hospital, London |
***** |
***** |
Andrijana Paratusic |
Hasmita Madhani |
| Edinburgh School of Dental Hygiene |
***** |
***** |
Kleo Adams |
***** |
| King's College London Dental Institute |
Karen Blake |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| King's College London Dental Institute, Dental Hygiene and Therapy Education and Training Centre |
***** |
***** |
Theresa Duke-Brown |
Leanne Brownless |
| University of Glasgow Dental School |
Alan MacLeod |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| School for Dental Care Professionals, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School |
***** |
***** |
***** |
Nicola Thom |
| Leeds Dental Insitute |
Gurminder Jutla |
***** |
***** |
Anne Morrell |
| Liverpool University Dental School, School of Dental Sciences |
Claire Harwood |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| University of Liverpool, School of Dental Hygiene |
***** |
***** |
Diana Robinson |
***** |
| The University of Liverpool, School of Dental Studies, Division of Dental Care Professionals |
***** |
***** |
***** |
Joanne Taylor |
| Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry |
Shikha Attray |
***** |
***** |
Katie Sarah Grigg |
| University of Manchester, School of Dentistry |
Rupert Austin |
***** |
***** |
***** |
| Oral Health Science, University of Manchester School of Dentistry |
***** |
***** |
***** |
Samantha Carrington |
| The Greater Manchester School for Professions Complementary to Dentistry |
***** |
***** |
***** |
Kate Marshall |
| School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University |
Lee McMahon |
Pauline Robertson & Fiona Stacey |
Helen Garrett |
***** |
| School of Professionals Complementary to Dentistry, University of Portsmouth |
***** |
***** |
***** |
Joanne Kill |
| School of Clinical Dentistry, The University of Sheffield |
Pankaj Taneja |
***** |
***** |
Janette Helen Crundell |
*** means that the school does not offer that course.
The winners will receive their prize money and certificates at a special award ceremony on 18 October 2006.
GDC President Hew Mathewson said:
“The GDC is pleased to have this opportunity to commend the high standards demonstrated by student dental professionals in the UK. One of the GDC’s important roles is ensuring that members of the dental team get sound training and develop their skills and knowledge to provide high quality dental care.
“Many congratulations to all the winners of the 2006 GDC Prize for Professionalism on their very special achievement. We wish them well in their future careers in dentistry.”
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Notes to Editors:
1. The GDC Prize for Professionalism is an annual prize. It is sponsored by the GDC Charitable Trust.
2. The prize is £250 for dentistry students; £150 for dental therapy students; £150 for combined dental therapy and hygiene students; and £100 for dental hygiene students (the prize money corresponds to the length of the study programmes).
3. Where a school runs programmes for dentists, dental therapists and dental hygienists, nominations were invited from all programmes.
4. Photographs of the prize winners will be available on request following the awards ceremony in October 2006.
5. The GDC has a statutory responsibility for ensuring high standards of pre-registration and post-registration education for all groups of dental professionals. You can find further information about the GDC’s role in quality-assuring education, on this website.