Lecturer Details: Community Engagement Project

Lecturer nameMr Malcolm Prideaux
Lecturer profileNo profile available
Lecturer nameMs Wendy Smith
Lecturer profileWendy Smith has a background in teaching, training and health education. She was one of the first members of the Community Engagement team that facilitated outreach programmes for dental and medical students at Plymouth University. She is a founder member of the charity Well Connected and was awarded an MBE in 2017
Lecturer nameRobert Witton
Lecturer profileQualifications:
MPH, BDS, DPDS, MFDSRCS(Eng), FDS(DPH)RCS(Eng), MFGDP(UK), CertPerio, FHEA

Current post:
Director of Social Engagement & Community-based Dentistry
Director Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC
Consultant in Dental Public Health

Short resume of career to date:
Robert Witton is a GDC registered specialist and Consultant in Dental Public Health. He is the Director of Social Engagement and Community-based Dentistry at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine & Dentistry. Robert is responsible for the public health and community focused aspects of the curriculum. He leads an award winning social enterprise and its community engagement team with particular expertise in working with vulnerable and disadvantaged community groups to address oral health inequalities for the benefit of dental education. The team has recently won two national awards for innovation in community oral health education and enterprise.

Experience relevant to the topic:
Interest in practice and community-based prevention.

Feedback from other courses given:
Positive