NHSE WT&E Dental Faculty Study Day - AI in Dental Education: Preparing for the Next Decade (NHSEFaculty041225)

AvailabilityPlaces available - administrator booking onlyA
SubjectOther
DescriptionThe session is designed in response to the strategic direction outlined in the 'Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England'. It addresses one of the plan's core shifts 'from analogue to digital' and the government’s ambition to create "the most artificial-intelligence-enabled care system in the world". This also aims to fulfil the General Dental Council's (GDC) 'Standards for Education (2025)', which require providers to ensure staff and students have an "appropriate and up-to-date working knowledge of technological developments relevant to dentistry, education, and assessment".
Additional information

Dr Thomas Evans is a Specialist in Special Care Dentistry with a passion for personalised care. He holds the distinction of being the first dentist to be awarded a Fellowship in Clinical AI. During this fellowship, he collaborated with the University of Birmingham's AI and Digital Health team on projects including improving AI readiness for NHS organisations, AI health technology procurement and error reporting in trials utilising AI. He has a strong interest in leveraging technology for improving patient outcomes and care whilst ensuring responsible adoption and use.

VenueExplorer House, Southampton - Southampton  View details
Date & timeThursday 4 December 2025, 09:30 to 12:15
LecturerMr Thomas Evans  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeA, B, C, D
Course styleBlended Learning
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours3:00
CostNo charge
Aims

To equip postgraduate dental educators with the foundational knowledge of Artificial intelligence (AI) to enable evaluation and integration of AI into their teaching, learning, and assessment methods.


To introduce the national vision for a digitally transformed NHS, helping prepare current and future dental professionals for an AI-enabled clinical environment as in the 'Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England'

Objectives

Introduce the key principles and concepts of AI and its current applications within clinical dentistry and education.

Explore how AI creates new risks in both clinical and educational environments.

Explore the potential benefits of AI integration, including those outlined in the 10 Year Health Plan.

Discuss ethical considerations and challenges, such as bias and data privacy.

Provide help to educators begin developing AI-related educational or using AI to develop content for their programmes.

Learning outcomes

Outline an overview of AI technologies, how they can work, and the practical implications.

Describe the key ambitions of healthcare AI in the 'Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England'

Identify at least two practical ways to incorporate AI-related topics, or techniques into their existing teaching practice.

Apply key ethical and governance considerations that must be addressed when using AI in an educational or clinical settings.