Award offers hands-on course to Foundation Trainees
The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) and GC Award for Foundation Trainees, which promotes clinical skills and patient care, is now open for entries to the 2024/25 competition.
The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) and GC Award for Foundation Trainees, which promotes clinical skills and patient care, is now open for entries to the 2024/25 competition.
Following a successful inaugural year, and an expansion of the award’s eligibility criteria, dentists and dental therapists who qualified in the UK or Ireland in 2024, or who are undertaking Dental Foundation Training or Dental Vocational Training in 2024/25, are invited to enter.
Entrants must submit a restorative case they are about to start treating which involves more than one tooth, and includes at least one anterior tooth as well as the use of composite to restore teeth.
GC are proud to continue our collaboration with The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation and the College of General Dentistry
John Maloney
The number of winning places has also been increased to 18 this year, with each winner receiving a fully-funded place on a hands-on, two-day composite layering course at the GC Education Campus in Leuven, Belgium. The prize is worth around £1,400 per place and includes the costs of international travel, hotel accommodation and subsistence.
The winners of the inaugural competition took part in the bespoke composite layering course in July 2024. One delegate said the course “offered an excellent balance between theoretical and hands-on components of learning” and provided “support to each delegate.” Another commented that they gained “time management, enriched patient communication skills and overall restorative skills.”
The closing date for entry is Friday 14 February 2025, and final cases must be submitted by Friday 11 April 2025. The winners will be announced in May, and their course will take place on Thursday–Friday 10–11 July 2025.
The CGDent-GC Award is funded by The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation and organised in conjunction with the College of General Dentistry and GC. The Foundation supports educational opportunities for early career dentists in the UK, and was founded by Dr Tom Bereznicki FCGDent, a general dental practitioner with a special interest in restorative dentistry.
John Maloney, GC’s Director and Country Manager for the UK, Ireland and South Africa, said: “GC are proud to continue our collaboration with The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation and the College of General Dentistry, to deliver high quality education to dental professionals at the very start of their career. Our team in Belgium were delighted to host the first cohort of award winners, and we look forward to meeting the successful 2024/25 candidates in July next year.”
Further information about the award, with links to guidance for entrants and the entry form, is available at https://cgdent.uk/cgdent-gc-award
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