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Dental Education

Exploring how oral health professional education can be delivered effectively in a wide range of contexts.

Examples of our areas of research include:

  • methods of effective student recruitment and admission
  • strategies for improving interprofessional education
  • effective integrated approaches to patient care
  • the delivery of effective continued professional development and lifelong learning
  • developing student resilience and wellbeing
  • exploring how to improve our student engagement
  • the use of digital technologies for teaching operative clinical skills

Selected publications

Our research group is involved with the following research activities:

Research as a component of OHP Education

This project involves a wide range of educator stakeholders across Europe, and aims to develop consensus on a fifth Curriculum domain for the ‘Graduating European Dentist’ curriculum. This group’s PI is Professor James Field, in collaboration with the European Dental Students Association (EDSA), the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE), the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and various pan-European academic partners.

Embedding environmental sustainability within oral health professional curricula

This project involves a wide range of educator stakeholders across Europe, and aims to develop consensus on learning outcomes relating to Sustainability in OHP curricula. This group’s PI is Professor James Field, in collaboration with the European Dental Students Association (EDSA), the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE), and various pan-European academic partners. This group has consulted for the General Dental Council, for inclusion in their review of learning outcomes, and presented to the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP).

Resilience and well-being in Dental Education

These two projects are being undertaken as a PhD by Ruby Long, with Professor James Field and Dr Liz Forty as academic supervisors, and as a Community of Practice by Shannu Bhatia. The projects aim to explore well-being and resilience within dental education; specifically how resilience is assessed and measured, and what tools can be developed to support the development of resilience in our students. The PhD project has received external funding from Immersify Dental, and the Community of Practice is supported by ADEE.

Human Diseases and the importance of complex medical histories in dental education

This series of studies is led by Dr Phil Atkin, and explores the importance of chairside learning in dental schools with respect to human diseases, and seeks to develop consensus in relation to human diseases teaching.

Comparison of Oral Surgery teaching across the UK

PI is Dr Charlotte Emanuel and Charlotte Richards.

O-Health-Edu

Developing a shared understanding of oral health professional education in Europe. PI is Professor James Field.

The use of 3D printing technologies for teaching operative dental skills

PI is Edward Williams, and Co-PI is Professor James Field.

The use of eye tracking in interpreting how students review dental radiographs

PI is Dr Caryl Wilson-Nagrani and Carlen Chandler.

Exploring the development of trust in special care dentistry trainee-supervisor relationships

PhD Study, Dr Damian Farnell.

Academic staff

Caryl Wilson-Nagrani

Caryl Wilson-Nagrani

Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Orthodontics

Email
wilsonce@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29207 46810
Professor James Field

Professor James Field

Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Dental Education / Honorary Consultant in Prosthodontics / National Teaching Fellow / Director of Learning and Teaching

Email
fieldj2@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Robert McAndrew

Dr Robert McAndrew

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Theme lead for Dental Education, Scholarship and Innovation, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant

Email
mcandrew@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29 2184 7090
Ruby Long

Ruby Long

Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry

Email
longr4@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Heather Lundbeck

Dr Heather Lundbeck

Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry

Email
lundbeckh@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Charlotte Richards

Dr Charlotte Richards

Clinical Lecturer in Oral Surgery

Email
richardsc34@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Damian Farnell

Dr Damian Farnell

Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics

Email
farnelld@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)29225 10618
Dr Carlen Chandler

Dr Carlen Chandler

Specialist in Orthodontics

Email
chandlerco@cardiff.ac.uk
Edward Williams

Edward Williams

Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry

Welsh speaking
Email
williamseo1@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)29 2074 4665
Dr Charlotte Emanuel

Dr Charlotte Emanuel

Director of Assessment, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Oral Surgery

Email
emanuelc@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29207 45029
Shannu Bhatia

Shannu Bhatia

Director of Staff and Student Matters, Senior Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

Email
bhatiask@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)29 2074 8277
Dr Philip Atkin

Dr Philip Atkin

NHS Consultant in Oral Medicine

Email
atkinpa@cardiff.ac.uk

Associated staff

Our group regularly hold ‘lunch and learn sessions’ relating to scholarship and education research.