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Recruiting inspectors (education associates)
Our inspectors (also known as education associates) are essential for the effective delivery of the education quality assurance function. They comprise a team of registrant and non-registrant experts with extensive relevant experience. Inspectors are normally recruited for a 3-year period. In early 2022 we advertised to renew our cohort of inspectors. Appointments were made in July 2022 with contracts commencing in November 2022.
There was significant interest in the role, and we received over 350 applications. We recruited 57 inspectors in total. These represent different disciplines to ensure that we have appropriate expertise proportionate to the expected volume of quality assurance activity. The breakdown by discipline is shown in the table below: -
| Category of Inspector | Number recruited |
| General Dentist | 11 |
| Specialist Dentist | 12 |
| Hygienist/Therapist | 10 |
| Dental Nurse | 5 |
| Dental Technician | 3 |
| Orthodontic Therapist | 2 |
| Clinical Dental Technician | 2 |
| Non-Registrant | 12 |
| Total | 57 |
Of the 57 inspectors, 23 had previously been inspectors who had their contracts renewed, 34 were new inspectors.
Review of Education 2021-2022
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Standards of Education
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Reviewing new programme submissions Open Drop
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Monitoring dental education programmes
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Inspections
- Performance against Individual Standards and Requirements Open Drop
- Performance against Standard 1 – Protecting patients (Requirements 1-8) Open Drop
- Performance against Standard 2 – Quality evaluation and review of the programme (Requirements 9-12) Open Drop
- Performance against Standard 3 – Student assessment (Requirements 13-21) Open Drop
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Quality Assurance of Specialty Education Open Drop
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Specialty curricula review Open Drop
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Recruiting inspectors (education associates) Open Drop
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Student Engagement work Open Drop
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Learning outcomes review Open Drop
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Development plans for 2022/23 and beyond Open Drop