Lecturer Details: The Future of Dental Nurse Training

Lecturer nameMrs Barbara Brown
Lecturer profileBarbara is an Independent Education Consultant. She is a former medical ward sister who developed expertise in educational development of healthcare professionals. She has over twenty five years’ experience of teaching in Higher Education. Her last post was as Principal Lecturer (Learning and Teaching) in the School of Postgraduate Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)
Lecturer nameMrs Geraldine Donworth
Lecturer profileNo profile available
Lecturer nameFiona Ellwood
Lecturer profileFiona Ellwood DN 1986, PG Dip Ed, PG Cert MDent, BA (Hons) EdS, Cert Ed, LCGI, Cert OHE, NVQ IV & Assessor, Patron of S.B.D.N.

Member of: FFGDP UK (Hons), NOHPG, Associate member FGDP (UK), FGDP (UK) West Mids Division Board member, Chair NOHPG, FGDP (UK) Education Committee, FGDP (UK) Strategic Advisory Committee, DCP Scottish Advisory Committee RCS Edinburgh

Fiona is a visiting lecturer and programme advisor and developer, she acts as a key opinion leader and advisor for oral health education and preventative programs across the dental arena. She is a former examiner for the NEBDN Diploma and oral health program and was involved with some of the past pilot sites, supporting dental nurses to undertake additional duties and helping practices to adapt to a new way of working. Fiona has been involved in developing relationships with UKPHR and looking at a wider project for Oral Health Promoters and Educators. She speaks on a number of topics for Health Education England and was privileged to speak alongside Prof Andrew Smith and Mr Lee Worthington at the Institute of Decontamination Sciences Conference.

Fiona is a trained mentor and has fostered and developed a mentoring culture in a number of areas both within and outside of dentistry. Her Mentoring work has been far reaching and more recently has included supporting a scheme to help dental colleagues when working with underperforming dentists. Her final dissertation for her MA in Education looked very closely at the concept of leadership, which has given her greater insight to the ever changing world of health, education and dentistry. This has also helped her in her role as an External Examiner for the University of Dublin
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She owns a training business in the Midlands, and is the founder of ‘Mentoring Network’ and has been responsible for looking at indemnity packages for dental nurses.

More recently Fiona has taken up a voluntary post and is supporting a government led scheme to provide mentoring in learning for long term cared for children.
Lecturer nameDonna Holden
Lecturer profileNo profile available
Lecturer nameMichael Wheeler MSc BEd (Hons) Cert Ed RDH
Lecturer profileHEE Dental Workforce Advisor

Michael qualified as a Dental Hygienist in the late seventies, spending his early career in the Royal Air Force. His first NHS appointment was as Oral Health Promotion Co-ordinator in Somerset focusing on both the development of programmes for care staff and those in early year’s education. Michael then held a variety of NHS management appointments ranging from developing a community dental service, commissioning dental contracts and more recently was responsible for the management of the University of Bristol Dental Hospital / School and Avon wide salaried dental service. He is a past president of British Society of Dental Hygienists and Therapists and has been a topic matter expert on oral health for NICE guidance.