Janine Brooks is a dentist with over 30 years of experience. Her current roles include, Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean at Health Education Thames Valley and Wessex, Lead Clinical Tutor at the University of Bristol, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, Educational Inspector for the General Dental Council, Non-Executive Director of CDS CIC, a community dentistry social enterprise, CEO of Dentalia Coaching and Training Consultancy, and Director of the Dental Coaching Academy. Serving previously as Associate Director (Dentistry) for the National Clinical Assessment Service, Dr Brooks was awarded an MBE for services to Dentistry in 2007.

This innovative new book offers a user-friendly guide to securing a successful, varied, and fulfilling career in dentistry.
* Includes case studies of career trajectories across the full range of dental professions in the UK
* Advocates a portfolio approach to career development, illustrating the benefits of working in a matrix as opposed to climbing a ladder
* Showcases the opportunities inherent in specific areas of dentistry, what they can offer and what is required to successfully take advantage of them
* Written by one of the UK's leading dental experts who has over 30 years in the profession, working on the local and national scale

Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
The National Health Service 6
Career 8
Portfoliocareer 13
Working paradigms 15
Planning your career 18
Being a dental professional 20
Workforce and workforce planning 23
Bibliography 25
Chapter 2 Demography and society in the United Kingdom 28
Demography - general 29
Population size 30
Population age 30
General health 33
Oral health 35
Health of dentists 42
Dental care professionals 44
Working patterns 45
Impact on dental professionals 46
Technology rising 48
Retirement 51
Bibliography 55
Chapter 3 Dental opportunities 57
Is the dental workforce today the workforce we will need in 10-20 years and beyond? 57
How can I develop a portfolio career? 58
Dental careers -variety and opportunity 63
Useful organisations 96
Bibliography 97
Chapter 4 Coaching and mentoring 99
Coaching 100
Mentoring 104
Career planning 110
Personal development 113
Useful organisations 116
Bibliography 116
Chapter 5 Case studies of dental professionals 118
Mrs Janet Clarke MBE 121
Miss Bal Chana 123
Dr Shazad Khan Malik 125
Dr Emma Worrell 126
Mrs Sophie Noske 128
Professor Ros Keeton 130
Dr Derek Richards 132
Professor Deborah White 134
ReenaPatel 136
Mrs Penny McWilliams 138
Short biographies 139
Conclusion 149
Chapter 6 Networking and networks 150
How do you network? 152
What networking should not be 155
Where can you network? 155
Types of network 156
Electronic networks 157
Network map 158
Curriculum vitae 160
Bibliography 166
Chapter 7 Training and qualifications 167
Credit accumulation transfer schemes 168
Clinical programmes 169
Nonclinical programmes 170
Financial investment 178
Other sources of information about courses 179
Useful organisations and networks 179
Case studies 179
How to develop experience 183
Professional associations and other useful addresses 185
Bibliography 185
Index 187