Lecturer Details: Mentoring Development Programme 2024

Lecturer nameKathryn Kerr
Lecturer profileKaty undertook the Mentoring Development Programme in 2016 and became a facilitator for the course in 2017. She has since undertaken a Level 7 Award in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring which she completed in 2019 and was awarded a prize at the 2019 Dental Mentor Conference for her final presentation. Katy is committed to supporting others and values mentoring as a way to help people develop and grow.
Lecturer nameElizabeth O'Sullivan BChD, MDent Sci, FDS(Paeds)RCS(Eng), PhD
Lecturer profileElizabeth has been a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry based in the Community Dental Services at City Health Care Partnership Hull for the last 23 years. She completed a PhD at the end of her Paediatric Specialist Training on the Risk Factors for Dental Erosion in Children and is Lead Author for the National Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Dental Erosion. She is Educational and Clinical Supervisor for JDFCTs, DCTs, STRs and L2 practitioners in Hull.
Lecturer nameJulia Pokora BSc, MSc, Grad Dip Counselling
Lecturer profileJulia Pokora is a founder member of Coaching and Mentoring Consultants, an innovator in Coaching and Mentoring training in the Health Service. She is co-author of the best selling text, Coaching and Mentoring at Work (Open University Press 2017), now in its third edition.
She has designed and delivered Mentoring Development Programmes across the UK for Trusts, Deaneries and Royal Colleges, for dentists, doctors, managers and health professionals.
She has worked as a coach and mentor using Egan’s The Skilled Helper framework, and she uses the framework and mentoring skills in everyday life.
Lecturer nameDr June Smailes MB ChB, DCH, DRCOG
Lecturer profileJune is based in Sheffield and currently works as a regional GP Appraiser and LMC GP Mentor. She is a tutor on The Mentoring Development Programme, which delivers mentoring training to healthcare professionals across the UK. Having worked as a doctor in Primary and Secondary Care in the UK and abroad, she understands the importance of developing mentoring skills in the healthcare workforce. She has enjoyed working with the Sheffield Dental Mentoring Programme since 2009 and is currently also training dentists and dental staff in Thames Valley and Wessex Dental Directorate.