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Specialty curricula review
The GDC is responsible for approving all curricula for education and training in specialist dentistry leading to the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialty Education (CCST). The content of each curriculum is developed and owned by the Specialty Advisory Committees (SACs) who report to the relevant Dental Faculty of one of the three UK Royal Colleges of Surgeons. Since 2019 the GDC has worked closely with the SACs and other key stakeholders, including COPDEND, to revise the specialty curricula. This was completed in 2022-23 and the 13 approved curricula for training in specialist dentistry can be found on our specialty curricula webpage. They will be in use from September 2024.
Review of Education 2022-2023
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Standards of education
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Reviewing new programme submissions Open Drop
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Programme modifications Open Drop
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Monitoring dental education programmes
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Inspections
- Performance against individual standards and requirements Open Drop
- Performance against Standard 1 – Protecting patients (requirements 1-8) Open Drop
- Performance against Standard 2 – Quality evaluation and review of the programme (requirements 9-12) Open Drop
- Performance against Standard 3 – Student assessment (requirements 13-21) Open Drop
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Quality assurance of specialty education Open Drop
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Specialty curricula review Open Drop
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Student and new registrant engagement work Open Drop
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Learning outcomes review - safe practitioner Open Drop
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Development plans for 2023-24 and beyond Open Drop