At the heart of the Dental Faculty lies Dental Council, the elected members of which comprise:
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| Dr A P M Wray |
Dean and Vice-President (Dental) |
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| Dr J Gibson |
Vice-Dean and Director of the Dental Education and Professional Development Board |
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| Mr I Holland |
Honorary Secretary of the Dental Faculty |
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| Ordinary Councillors |
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| Mr A F Hall |
Ordinary Councillor |
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| Mr P Benington |
Ordinary Councillor |
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| Mr A Walker |
Ordinary Councillor |
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| Regional Councillors |
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| Dr C Barclay |
Regional Councillor outside Scotland |
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| Mr S Hislop |
Regional Councillor for the Clyde area of Greater Glasgow and Clyde; and the Highland, Ayrshire and Arran and Lanarkshire |
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| Dr C Jones |
Regional Councillor for South East Scotland, including Dumfries, Forth Valley, Borders, Fife and Lothian |
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| Dr E Connor |
Regional Councillor for Grampian, Highland and Tayside |
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| Mr I Shafi |
A Fellow and Member of Dental Council who obtained full registration with the GDC less than 10 years prior to the date of nomination |
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| Co-optees |
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| Dr C Goodall |
Director of the Dental Examinations Board |
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| Mr L Savarrio |
Director of the Dental Membership Services Board |
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| Mr A Hadden |
Observer on behalf of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) |
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| Mr A Yeung |
Director of the Dental Faculty Regional Advisers Board |
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The non-elected members include: the President, the Visitor and the Registrar.
Dental Council meetings are also attended by the Chief Operating Officer of RCPSG and an Observer from the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK).
The role of Dental Council is to deal with all dental matters in the College, reporting directly to College Council.
The three separate ‘committees’ report to Dental Council.
Dental Education and Professional Development Board
The board comprises a Director and nine members, currently:
Vice-President (Dental) (ex efficio)
Dr John Gibson (Director and Member of Dental Council ex officio)
Mr Albert Yeung (Ordinary Member)
Dr Craig Barclay (Ordinary Member)
Mr Mark Devlin (Ordinary Member)
Mr Vinod Joshi (Ordinary Member)
Professor Ian Benington (Ordinary Member)
Mr Alan Walker (Ordinary Member
Mr Valle-Jones (Non Consultant Grade Member)
Ms Susie McMahon (Head of Education and Professional Development)
Mrs Kay Rennie (Deputy Head of Education and Professional Development)
Mrs Lyn Cranwell (Secretary to the Dental Faculty)
Its remit is as follows:
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To develop (and update, as agreed by Dental Council) a strategy for Dental Education and Professional Development within the College |
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Identify symposium topics/educational events for consideration by Dental Council |
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Identify and support Event Directors |
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Monitor the progress of educational event development |
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Advise Dental Council on Revalidation and Recertification |
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Advise on appropriate publicity and marketing for educational events |
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Approve educational event programme and poster design |
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Monitor dental educational events on College and other websites |
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Monitor and maintain the dental educational content of the Education portion of the College website |
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Advise Dental Council on on-line education |
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Planning overseas courses in conjunction with the Dental Examinations Board |
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Liaise with the Dental Examinations Board on examiner training issues and plan examiner training courses |
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Liaise with College Education Department |
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Maintain the Director's membership on Dental Council and the College's Education and Professional Development Board and one further DEPDB member (representing Dental Faculty) on the College Symposium Committee |
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Other Responsibilities from time to time as determined by Dental Council |
There are several regular events under the direction of the Dental Education Board: These comprise an annual symposium, held in March, jointly with the FGDP(UK); MFDS Part 1 and 2 Revision Courses, held in March/April; the TC White Symposium, held in May, and an autumn symposium, held jointly with the RCS Edinburgh, the venue of which alternates between Glasgow and Edinburgh. When RCS Edinburgh organises the autumn symposium, RCSPG hosts a Primary Care Symposium in October/November.
A symposium is also held on the afternoon of the annual meetings of Fellows and Members in October/November.
There are two guest lectures: a Spring Lecture in March/April and the TC White Invitation Lecture in the autumn. The TC White Lecture Award takes place each year by arrangement with the successful applicant, at a mutually convenient date and venue.
In addition to these regular activities, ad hoc meetings are often arranged. These may comprise lectures, supper colloquia, seminars or symposia.
Dental Examination Board
The Board comprises a Director and eight members, currently:
Dr Christine Goodall (Director and Member of Dental Council ex officio)
Vice-President (Dental) (Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examinations and Overseas liaison)
Mrs Susan Winning (Registrar for MFDS Part 1)
Dr Alex Crighton (Registrar for MFDS Part 2)
Mr Stuart Hislop (Registrar for MOMS)
Dr Andy Hall (Member)
Vice-Dean (Bicollegiate Specialty Membership Examinations)
Its remit is as follows:
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Maintenance of standards of collegiate dental examinations |
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Appointment of examiners for collegiate examinations |
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Advising Dental Council on recommendations for appointment to Intercollegiate Examination Boards and Panels of Examiners |
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Monitoring of standards of examiners in collegiate examinations |
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Conducting overseas diets of examinations |
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Certain members of the Board have been nominated as Overseas Advisers for each of the centres where overseas examinations are held |
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Arranging inspections and, if appropriate, approval of overseas training posts |
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Examiner training for clinical and oral examinations is a shared responsibility of the Dental Examination Board and Dental Education Boards |
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Maintaining an up-to-date register of the training of RCPSG appointed dental examiners |
The Director sits on Dental Council and on the College Examination and Assessment Board.
Dental Membership Services Board
The Board comprises a Director and six members, currently;
Mr Lee Savarrio (Director and Member of Dental Council ex officio)
Vice President (Dental) ex efficio
Dr Jason Leitch (Dental Awards Convener)
Mr Jeff Downie (Deputy Dental Awards Convener)
Mrs Anna Lang (GDP Representative)
Mr Alex Keightley (Trainee Representative)
Ms Caryn Nicolson (Head of Membership Services)
Mrs Lyn Cranwell (Secretary to the Dental Faculty)
Its remit is as follows:
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Promoting membership of the Dental Faculty/College |
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Publicising the benefits of membership |
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Adjudication of award and grant applications |
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Facilitating placements in the UK for overseas T C White award recipients |
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Selecting reports from award recipients for placement on College website |
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Publicising awards and grants on College websie and other media |
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Co-ordinating adjudication of the T C White Lecture Award applications |
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Monitoring and maintaining the dental content of the Membership Services portion of the College website |
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One member represents Dental Faculty on the College Membership Services Board |
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One member represents Dental Faculty on the College Fellowship Committee |
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Other responsibilities from time to time as determined by Dental Council |
For reviewing T C White applications, this Committee meets formally once per annum (normally in June) to consider applications for awards.
The T C White Bequest Fund supports a wide range of educational and research activity. This Committee is also responsible for the JC McDougall Travelling Fellowship which is awarded annually, and for management of the undergraduate dental elective award scheme. For further information, visit the Dental Awards' pages:
The Committee reports to Dental Council.