Careers Day (DCTKB290115AM)

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SubjectOther
DescriptionOverview Careers advice and mock Interview This course is intended for Dental Core Trainees
Additional informationNIgel Foot
Nigel Foot B.D.S., M.Sc., M.R.D.R.C.S.(Eng)
Nigel Foot qualified from Newcastle University in 1979. After two years in hospital oral surgery, he entered general dental practice.
During this time, he developed an interest in endodontics and gained his MSc in 1994. Nigel has a practice limited to endodontics at the Briars Dental Centre in Newbury, Berkshire that he began in 1995.
In 1996, he gained the Membership in Restorative Dentistry (Endodontics), at the Royal College of Surgeons, London and Glasgow and was admitted to the Endodontic Specialist Register in 1999.
Nigel has a keen interest in endodontic education and has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has taught at Guys and St. Thomas’s Dental School and for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was a joint founding member of the Langham Endodontic Study Group. He lectures extensively on endodontic topics to general practioner groups and is currently a part-time teacher at the Eastman Continuing Professional Development Centre in London. He has lectured in Italy, the Irish Republic and Sweden and contributed a Chapter in “Pitt-Ford’s Problem-Based Learning in Endodontology” Edited by Patel and Duncan. Nigel’s special interests include all aspects of endodontic therapy and physiology of the dental pulp.

Neil Mackenzie
Consultant OMFS
GDC:64230
Neil was born in Stornoway and studied Dentistry at Glasgow University. He joined the Army as a Dental Cadet in 1987 and graduated in 1989. Following vocational training in London he was posted to Germany where he worked in Military dental centres for four years. He was awarded FDS RCPS(Glasg) in 1995 and attended Sheffield University Medical School, graduating in 2000. He has served with the United Nations as a Dental Officer in the former Yugoslavia and has deployed to Afghanistan as an Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon. He currently works at Queen Alexandra hospital, Portsmouth where he is Clinical Director of the Maxillofacial Unit. His specialist areas are facial trauma, orthognathic surgery and medical education. He is married to Fiona, has two teenage sons and enjoys running and cycling.
VenueHealth Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire  View details
Date & timeThursday 29 January 2015, 09:10 to 13:00
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours3:00
CostNo charge
Aims
  1. CV overview & Interview techniques
  2. Speciality training.
  3. Endodontics Msc in Endo
  4. Oral Surgery, speciality training
  5. Career in Armed Services