Lecturer Details: Local Anaesthetic Refresher

Lecturer nameMs Christine MacLeavy * Dip in Performance Coaching - Newcastle College
Lecturer profileChristine began her dental career as a dental nurse, qualifying in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS). From there she went to New Cross Hospital in London where she qualified as a dental therapist in 1979.

After qualifying she worked clinically for Northamptonshire Community Dental Service, treating children and adults with special needs. From 2003, (when GDC regulations changed) she also worked in private practice and general dental practice. In 1997, Christine took a locum position, working one day a week in the paediatric department at the Eastman Dental Hospital until transferring to the School of Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy in 1998, where she continued to work as a dental therapy tutor for 16 years. She completed her PGCE in post compulsory education in 2003. A Post Graduate Diploma in hypnosis applied to dentistry followed in 2006 and since then she has studied acupuncture, NLP, CBT and has also undertaken training in Relative Analgesia.
Christine has worked as an NVQ Assessor and Internal Verifier on two dental nurse training programmes in Northampton and Milton Keynes. She also has delivered modules on the Foundation Degree in Dental Nursing – Barnfield College, Bedford University, in dental public health, the dental nurse practitioner and extended duties including topical anaesthetic application, fluoride varnish application and impression taking.

For the University of Kent, BSc in Primary Dental Care, Christine delivered the Advanced Communication Module including NLP, and Transactional Analysis Christine enjoys lecturing and has been invited by various deaneries to speak on topics such as: – ‘Managing Child Dental Patients’ (Northern Ireland), ‘Stress Management’ (South Yorks) and ‘Dealing with Dental Anxiety, Fear and Phobia’(East of England) and recently ‘Effective Local Anaesthesia” for the International Society of Dental Anxiety Management (ISDAM) As well as various lecturing engagements she also runs her own training company ChristineMacleavyCoaching, delivering CPD courses to Dental Professionals