Lecturer Details: Mentoring course

Lecturer nameGhazala Ahmad-Mear BDS(Lond), FDSRCS(Eng)
Lecturer profileAfter 32 years of training and working within the realms of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, I have recently retired from clinical work in the NHS. Since 2014, I have been HEE YH Associate Dental Dean for Core and Specialty Training, recently focusing solely on Dental Core Training. I sit on DCT National Boards and am passionate about innovating training opportunities to enhance the development of the DCT.
As the NHS continues to come under greater pressures to perform, I recognise and champion aspects of training that support, develop and strengthen our mental and emotional wellbeing, building resilience to be and give our best, safely.
I am very mindful about leaving the world a better place and how we can all make a difference in our lives, including in our workplace in the NHS.

Away from work I enjoy the hills and mountains with biking and rock-climbing with my family. I also ski and open-water swim.

Lecturer nameJohn Cottingham BDS, DGDP(UK), M Med Sci
Lecturer profileJohn has had many years of varied experience within the profession. His roles have included secondary care posts in Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Orthodontics, primary care posts as an Associate and then a Partner in General Practice. He has been a Training Programme Director In VT/DFT since 1999 and was Regional Director of DFT for the South Yorkshire East Midlands Deanery. His recent interests have included coaching and mentoring trainee Dentists and Doctors within the Region.
Lecturer nameNigel Fisher
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Lecturer nameDave Jacobs
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Lecturer nameKathryn Kerr
Lecturer profileKaty undertook the Mentoring Development Programme in 2016 and became a facilitator for the course in 2017. She has since undertaken a Level 7 Award in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring which she completed in 2019 and was awarded a prize at the 2019 Dental Mentor Conference for her final presentation. Katy is committed to supporting others and values mentoring as a way to help people develop and grow.
Lecturer nameJulia Pokora BSc, MSc, Grad Dip Counselling
Lecturer profileJulia Pokora is a founder member of Coaching and Mentoring Consultants, an innovator in Coaching and Mentoring training in the Health Service. She is co-author of the best selling text, Coaching and Mentoring at Work (Open University Press 2017), now in its third edition.
She has designed and delivered Mentoring Development Programmes across the UK for Trusts, Deaneries and Royal Colleges, for dentists, doctors, managers and health professionals.
She has worked as a coach and mentor using Egan’s The Skilled Helper framework, and she uses the framework and mentoring skills in everyday life.
Lecturer nameDr June Smailes MB ChB, DCH, DRCOG
Lecturer profileJune is based in Sheffield and currently works as a regional GP Appraiser and LMC GP Mentor. She is a tutor on The Mentoring Development Programme, which delivers mentoring training to healthcare professionals across the UK. Having worked as a doctor in Primary and Secondary Care in the UK and abroad, she understands the importance of developing mentoring skills in the healthcare workforce. She has enjoyed working with the Sheffield Dental Mentoring Programme since 2009 and is currently also training dentists and dental staff in Thames Valley and Wessex Dental Directorate.
Lecturer nameRoz Tritton BDS (Brist), TAP Dip (Blended Learning)
Lecturer profileRoz Tritton was a General Dental Practitioner in Oxford for many years. She is a Postgraduate Tutor with NHS England’s Workforce, Training and Education Directorate (Thames Valley and Wessex), has a particular interest in mentoring and coaching and currently leads on their Developmental and Wellbeing Appraisal Programme in which the Egan Model plays a key role.