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IN-PERSON EVENT hosted by West of Scotland Branch

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This event is complimentary for all to attend, but please note you need to book in advance.

For non-BDA members we kindly request for you to give a donation to the BDA Benevolent Fund instead of paying a fee (see further details in the 'More information' header).

What to expect

This varied presentation from the perspective of Andrew Paterson's ever-changing career will give participants information about the challenges involved in capacity building to attempt to improve oral health in sub-Saharan Africa, managing failure in restorative dentistry, and some aspects of ethics and professionalism in clinical practice, teaching, learning and assessment.

The lecture will include:

  • A synopsis of the challenges facing oral health in Malawi and the attempts made by many partners to improve oral health in the nation
  • An overview into effective diagnosis and management strategies in failing dentitions
  • Insight into the efforts being made to incorporate professional behaviours into undergraduate dental education.

Timings

18:30 Registration and refreshments

19:00 Lecture - Andrew Paterson

20:30 Networking

21:00 Ends

Learning objectives

  • List the key challenges involved in improving oral health in Malawi
  • Have an awareness of the role of effective communication in the avoidance and management of restorative disasters
  • Examine the importance of professional behaviours in the GDC’s “safe practitioner” framework for undergraduate dental education.

Development outcomes

A, B, C and D

Meet the speaker

Andrew Paterson 250X250 Andrew Paterson Senior Lecturer / Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

A dental chameleon, Andrew has reinvented himself throughout his career. Previously worked in a Glasgow restorative-based practice for two decades and during a multifaceted career has held Consultant posts in three Dental Hospitals and a District Hospital.

Worked with an indemnity organisation and as a Clinical Academic in Dundee and now Glasgow where Andrew is Education Lead for Restorative Dentistry and involved in Student Fitness to Practise.

Brought up in Africa he is a volunteer and trustee of Bridge2Aid operating in Malawi and Tanzania and part of the MalDent project’s “flying faculty” developing educational resources for oral health in Malawi.

More information

View and download the West of Scotland Branch annual programme for 2024 to 2025 and share with your team.

Or access the one-page poster for the year to display in your practice.

We kindly request for non-BDA members to give a donation to the BDA Benevolent Fund
instead of paying a fee.

The BDA Benevolent Fund is a charity supporting all undergraduate dental students, dentists and their dependents, living in the UK who are in financial need.

Donate today by going to their website.

If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
232-242 St Vincent Street
Glasgow G2 5RJ

Public transport
The nearest train stations to the college are Glasgow Central (0.3 miles away) and Queen Street train station (0.6 miles away). 

Parking
On street car parking
Parking bays are located on St Vincent Street, Blythswood Street and Douglas Street which surround the building. Parking is chargeable Monday – Sunday by using the meter or Ringo app. Blue badge holders can park in bays free of charge.

Multi-storey car parks
Q-Park Waterloo Street is the closest multi-storey car park to the College (2 minute drive or 3 minute walk). Further information available on Q-Park website 

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Good presentation packed full of useful up-to-date information

Opportunity to talk to other colleagues I don’t work day to day with

An incredibly inspiring speaker with such a breadth of knowledge

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