Dental Core Training in London & KSS

Overview of Training in LKSS 

Across London and Kent, Surrey & Sussex (KSS), there are a number of DCT posts: 

  • DCT1, DCT2, DCT3 recruited to annually by National DCT recruitment. 

  • Academic DCT posts recruited to by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).  Further information on academic trainings is available on the NIHR website

  • Joint Dental Foundation Core Training (JDFCT) 

The vast majority of the posts are sited in hospital trusts, although a few are aligned to the salaried dental services or dental public health. In the hospital trusts, a large number of the year one posts are in one of London’s three dental teaching institutions, whilst the remainder are in District General Hospitals with Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery or Dental departments. 

The Dental Core Training year maps to the approved curriculum 

The Dental Gold Guide, 4th edition (DGG4) 2023 provides you with key information about your training.  

Dental Core Training Programme Directors

The DCT programme is led by the Postgraduate Dental Dean with support from the Associate Deans, Training Programme Directors and local Educational and Clinical Supervisors.

They are supported by the administration Teams at NHSE WT&E and within the various Trusts. 

Contact Details of TPD’s:

 

North London:                                  Zoe Killick                        Email:   zoe.killick1@nhs.net 

South London:                                 Dapo Akintola:                  Email:  dapoakintola@nhs.net 

Kent, Surrey and Sussex:                Shrina Nathwani               Email: shrina.nathwani3@nhs.net

Dr. Rui Albuquerque is the Dental Academic Regional advisor lead. He is a Consultant in Oral Medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital and an Honorary Reader at King’s College London. Please feel free to contact him via email at rui.albuquerque@gstt.nhs.uk and rui.albuquerque@nhs.net

Contact details for HEE team:

All Trainees should contact the HEE team via PGMDE Support Portal (PSP)

LINK: https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home

 

DCT  Information/Resources

Please see headings below for further information and resources to support you through the year.

 

Axia Portfolio 

Introduction.  Please click here for an introduction to Axia for DCT’s.   

LINK: Introduction to the Dental e-Portfolio for DCTs - YouTube

 

Axia location. 

Please ensure your location is correct for your DCT post on your portfolio.  If it is not correct please amend. It is important you do this as this information will show up on your completion certificate.  If it is not correct your completion certificate will print incorrectly.

How to update Location on your Axia portfolio:

  • Click on the "Update Location" button.  Screen shot below.  Update location button circled in red.
  • Fill in your  location - The most important fields are the Practice name and Address Line 1 as it will appear on your certificate.

Axia Support sessions

The TPD’s will be running some training/support sessions. Dates will be sent round.

 

Axia Queries

 

For any Axia portfolio queries please contact the HEE team via PGMDE Support Portal (PSP)

LINK: https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home
 

Axia ‘how to’ instruction sheets and videos.

Please see following links/instruction sheets to help you with:

 

Patient satisfaction questionnaire. 

See file 6 below - Information sheet 6 PSQ 

See document file 7 below for Instructions on how to complete PSQs on paper and upload to Axia portfolio 

 

Timeline for meeting with your Educational supervisor  (ES)

You should have a minimum of four meetings with your ES throughout the year.

 

 

 

HEE Study days

The DCT year planned mandatory and optional study days can be found in file1 listed at the bottom of this page.  Link/attachment - File

This will be updated through the year so please check regularly for updates.

 

HEE Study Leave Guidance

Please follow this link for information about HEE study leave funding guidance and procedures.  LINK: Support : HEE-NHS

Please follow this link for the approved optional course list.  Click the ‘Dental’ box at the bottom of the page and a separate PDF will open.  LINK: Support : HEE-NHS

This is updated through the year so please check regularly for updates.  

RCP guidance Please follow the following links for RCP checklists

 

Interim RCP Dental Core Training guidance 2023

2023 guidance.  Link to be updated when available

IRCP 2023: 23 February 2023 

2022 guidance for your information can be found here.  LINK

 

Final RCP Dental Core Training guidance 2023

2023 guidance.  Link to be updated when available

FRCP 2023: 21 July 2023

2022 guidance for your information can be found here.  LINK

 

Educational Supervisors information 

ES Learning resources

E-Learning for Health Care is an excellent educators Hub for ES’s developed by NHS HEE.  Please find link here for a number of resources to support your educational development.

Link: Educator Training Resources - elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

Educational supervisor resources & meetings

Please see links above for curriculum, gold guide & RCP guidance.

ES/CS AXIA Resources

AXIA guide video

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AuVAr8U1ahy8nQlXJshuZ6gvVT_R?e=JXOsLU 

 

AXIA guide to completion of SLEs for CS/ES

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AuVAr8U1ahy8n0jlgY2IfZESJ7ZH?e=x9rIbg

 

ES Axia Time line

September/ October

ES and trainee linked on Axia.

Induction agreement, checklist and meeting

By end November

Early review meeting. Record under generic meeting

January

Meeting prior to interim RCP

Release MSF & PSF. Please ensure minimum number of responses completed before you release

ES report. Record on Axia portfolio under review of competency progression

By mid-March

If DCT on 6 month rotation DCT will need a new initial meeting for second placement.

ES will need to start repeat for second MSF & PSQ.

June

Review prior to final RCP

Release MSF & PSF. Please ensure minimum number of responses completed before you release

ES report. Record on Axia portfolio under Final review of competency progression  

 

ES Study leave notes/summary

See link above for full study leave guidance

The Educational Supervisor has the responsibility of approving study leave requested by a trainee. 

Each trainee is entitled to up to 30 days of study leave per training year. 

HEE mandatory study days and local regular teaching sessions come out of this 30 day study leave allowance.

For example, if the DCT carried out a weekly afternoon teaching session, this is taken out of their study leave allowance, along with the mandatory study days. This equates to 6 days remaining study leave for the trainee.  This will be unit/year specific and needs to be calculated by each Trust team.

The remaining study days should be used for what the ES deems as relevant courses for the trainee in line with Personal Development Plan (PDP).

It is important that trainees are made aware that study leave is not a ‘given right’ and has to be approved.  If the ES feels that the requested study leave is not appropriate, then they can refuse the request.  In such cases the trainee can appeal to the ES who can then escalate this to the TPD.

The HEE-managed centralised study leave process makes accessing study leave and study budgets a transparent, equitable and streamlined process for all trainees.

There is now no limit to the study leave budget for trainees, but the ES will use their discretion in approving optional courses.

The study budget should be used to support individual professional development.

This includes:

  • Covering costs of educational courses/activities that support curriculum attainment
  • Agreement that NHS Trusts will cover costs of all mandatory training required to fulfil the trainee’s clinical role e.g. life support courses, safeguarding training
  • The study budget will not cover certain claims such as College examination fees
  • Provision of discretionary funding for individualised training opportunities.

 

Points for the ES to note:

  • Optional and aspirational courses must be evidenced in the trainees PDP
  • If a trainee would like to take up a leadership or management course, please direct them to the Edward Jenner Programme, LEEP or the Spiral leadership tool kit in the first instance.
  • Accent has a number of excellent courses as a CPD  resource.  Accent Course Manager (hicom.co.uk)
  • The DCT optional Soft tissue course code does not include periodontal surgery courses
  • PG Cert in education will not be approved for DCT1 & DCT 2 trainees
  • Commercial aesthetic courses are aspirational, and will generally not be supported by the TPD.
  • If in doubt with any of the above please get in contact with your regional TPD.

 

FAQs

For any other queries not answered above please follow the link below

https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/solutions

 

Please visit the links and websites below for further information, regular training updates and support in light of our ever-changing landscape:

London HEE website                         https://london.hee.nhs.uk

KSS HEE Website                              https://kss.hee.nhs.uk

The National HEE website                 www.hee.nhs.uk

PGMDE Support Panel                      https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home

 

PSQs on Axia information sheet

 Instructions on completing PSQs on paper and Axia upload