I’m Anne Budenberg, and I’m a dentist with over 30- years experience in NHS and private practice, including roles in secondary care, dental education, risk management and mentoring. 

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to dentist, Rahail Kumar, who qualified from Kings College, London in 2019, and he is talking about his Dental Core Training, and his thoughts for the future.

From Dental Foundation Training into Dental Core Training; DCT1 and DCT2, and possible next steps, including applying for medicine. We are speaking about early dental careers in secondary care, the opportunities, and the choices.

Please join us, and don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about this topic.

Resources

·     Careers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)

https://www.baoms.org.uk/professionals/careers_in_omfs.aspx

·     Career Pathways in Dentistry

           https://cgdent.uk/career-pathways/

·     Education & Training - British Association Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons  (BAOMS)

         https://www.baoms.org.uk/professionals/education_training.aspx

·     Medicine (Graduate Entry) (4 years) courses.

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/course-        finder?field_leading_to_a_career_in_tid=165&field_region_tid=1&field_qualification_type_tid=62&field_study_mode_tid=All&items_per_page=25

·     Qualified Dentists wishing to pursue a career in Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery. A number of UK Medical Schools offer an accelerated 3-year MBChB programme for qualified dentists. This is one example from Birmingham Medical School.

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/medical-school/applying-to- medicine/entry-requirements-five-year-programme.aspx