• Introduction
• Presentation

The scene was set by two keynotes, the first by Howard Arthur on ‘Effective Team Working in the NHA: To be or not to be?” and the second by Hywel Thomas on ‘Teamwork, patient safety and the new professionalism’.  Subsequent workshops and short communications were in three groups: dental education; hospital based practice; and general practice.

Sessions on dental education drew from studies in England, Scotland and Wales and included four reports of studies on the role of the team in general dental practice and a study on the effect of computerised records on patient safety.  Research was also reported on the impact of training of UK and overseas trained dentists on quality as well as the effect of different modes of assessment and audit on the quality of care.

Presentations and discussions on hospital practice covered a wide range of issues having potential consequence for teams and for patient safety.  On hospital practice, studies included enquiries on the effect of the European Working Time Directive, the importance for systematic training on medical note taking, the quality of the educational environment in hospitals and the role of different members of teams in paediatrics and hospital based dental surgery.

On general practice, there were reports of studies on the vocational training scheme and the development of teams in primary care.  On genetics, a study on the place of genetics in primary care was reported and the value of patient views in informing the genetics education of health professionals was explored.  The importance of developing more training in evidence based medicine emphasised the importance of education for patient safety.

A broad range of workshops were offered.  These lively and informative sessions included activity on human error, safety climate assessment, generalizability theory, careers management and development of the dental practice team.

Information on next year’s conference will be available shortly.

Presentations

Keynote speaker: Hywel Thomas - Teams, patient safety and the new professionalism

Tony Anderson - Satisfactory Completion of Vocational Training - the story so far

Rachel Arnold - The OSCE as an Aid to Continuing Professional Development

Alison Bullock - Temporary Registration in Primary Care Dentistry: Safeguarding Patients

Sarah Burke - We Value Co-ordinated Care and Information: How Patients' Views on Receiving Genetic Information Can Inform Health Professional Education

Mike Clapham - How Good is Your Environment

Ian Davison  - Team Work - A Collaborative Approach to Meeting the 2009 European Working Time Directive: Initial Findings from the National Evaluation

Vickie Firmstone - How the Newly Qualified Therapists Complement the NHS Dental Team

Helen Goodyear - Careers Management for Junior Doctors

Julie Hadley - EU Evidence Based Medicine Unity Project

Alison Hutton - An Audit of the Provision Dental Care in Oncology Patient's at Birmingham Children's Hospital

Tessa Meese - Developing The Dental Practice Team

Ann Rockey - Developing the Practice Team in Wales

John Scannell - The Team Approach to Managing Paediatric Dentoalveolar Trauma

John Simpson - Developing The Practice Team in Birmingham

Richard Spicer - Bytes and Bites