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English Dental Foundation Training (DFT) became mandatory on 1st October 1993, making it compulsory for all graduates of British dental schools to hold a certificate showing completion of an approved course (or experience equivalent to that course) before they can become a Performer on an NHS contract.
For most newly qualified dentists, Dental Foundation Training in general dental practice is the next step following graduation. HEIW utilise a Single Lead Employer (SLE) arrangement. This will mean that all DFT trainees in Wales will be employed by NWSSP. NWSSP will therefore be responsible for all aspects of employment in relation to the FD.
ESs are approved by HEIW annually and are appointed to accept a new dentist in their Training Practice and provide the FDs with a fully equipped surgery, a dental nurse, and patients. The new FD works in the practice for a maximum of 35 hours per week. The ES must be available to provide help and advice, be it chairside or otherwise, and has to provide a weekly tutorial lasting one hour, during normal working hours. Other sessional commitments are outlined in the ES sessional commitment section of Dental Educational Supervisor Approval Platform (DESAP).
The Training Practices are attached to a Dental Foundation Training Scheme, which is managed by a Training Programme Director (TPD). Dental Foundation Training normally lasts for one year, and during this period the FD attends mandatory Study Days.
Each FD has an online e-portfolio, which is used as an educational tool and a record of their progress throughout the year. On a regular basis, the FD records achievements, concerns, and describes, analyses and reflects on events that have occurred recently. The ES works with the FD and the portfolio to produce action plans and regular assessments of development.
‘Satisfactory Completion’ of Dental Foundation Training is dependent not only upon the assessment process, but also upon the trainee working in a training practice for 12 months, maintaining and keeping up-to-date an e-portfolio, attending all of the scheme study days, completing the Case Presentations via Anonymous Peer Learning and Assessment Network (APLAN) & Quality Improvement project work during the year.
The Welsh Government Fund Dental Foundation Training in Wales.