Dental Central

Top 10 tips for students, new and recent graduates - Part 2.

Your dental career is a marathon, not a sprint. This episode we follow on from our first 5 tips from last episode to talk about some important tips that focus more on the clinical side of dentistry to help set you up at the start of your career:

(6) Communication skills

(7) The importance of good clinical records

(8) If things go wrong – seeking help

(9) It’s OK to say ‘I don’t know’

(10) Looking after yourself – both physically and mentally

Check out more information online at adavb.org/graduates and don’t forget to go back to the previous episode to hear tips 1-5.

Top 10 tips for students, new and recent graduates - Part 1.

Your dental career is a marathon, not a sprint. This episode we talk about some important tips to help set you up at the start of your career:

1. Finding a job
2. Interview tips once you’ve found that job
3. Make sure you have a contract, and have it reviewed
4. Don’t be surprised at tax time
5. Invest in yourself with ongoing education

Check out more information online at adavb.org/graduates and tune in to the next episode to hear the tips 6-10.

Melbourne has emerged from lockdown #6, a cumulative 262 days in lockdown. What does this mean for us in dental practice? Join us cover all things re-opening

• What happens if my practice becomes a COVID-19 exposure site?
• Risk mitigation measures
• Changing landscape for furlough (isolation) guidance
• PPE and exposures
• Mental health & burnout research - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/dental_burnout

Don’t forget to listen to our previous episodes, particularly episode #9 where we talk to past winners of the BOQS Bursary

Join us in celebrating our 10th episode as we cover all things vaccination related

• Dr Mark Bowman talks about working in the Victorian COVID-19 vaccination program
• Mandatory vaccinations – what does it mean for me? Who needs to be vaccinated?
• What if I don’t get vaccinated?
• Can I treat unvaccinated patients, or refuse to treat them?

Don’t forget to listen to our previous episodes, particularly episode #9 where we talk to past winners of the BOQS Bursary

So much can change in the space of 2 weeks, so we thought we would update you with some more news and current events. This episode we discuss:

• Plagues and earthquakes – what’s next for Victoria?
• Mandatory vaccinations – still no clarity from the Victorian government
• Upcoming webinars to assist in the transition back to COVIDSafe practice
• Dr Anand Makwana from Warragul Dental Centre talks about winning the ADAVB/BOQS Bursary in 2019
• Dr Sath Saranathan from GV Dental talks about winning the ADAVB/BOQS Bursary in 2018, and the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Shepparton

Don’t forget to listen to previous episodes.

So much can change in the space of 2 weeks, so we thought we would update you with some more news and current events. This episode we discuss:

• Coming out of lockdown for regional Victoria and the Shepparton outbreak
• The current Melbourne outbreak and ADAVB advocacy on dental restrictions
• Some updates on how to interpret ‘adverse outcomes’ as the lockdown continues
• Dentists being authorised to give COVID-19 vaccinations
• Mandatory vaccination for people working in aged care
• Rapid antigen tests
• ADAVB/BOQ Specialist $5000 recent graduate and $10,000 practice CPD bursaries

Don’t forget to listen to previous episodes.

We're not sure if it's bad luck or bad timing, but it seems like every episode we're either going into lockdown, coming out of lockdown, or smack bang right in the middle of lockdown. 

Episode 7 of Dental Central finds us in the latter - we're recording remotely from our "home studios" during Lockdown 6.0, bringing you all of the latest news from the world of dentistry.

This episode we discuss:

- The legal standing of dental restrictions in Victoria

- How to interpret the dental restrictions and what do we mean by ‘adverse outcomes’

- What’s happening with the current outbreak

- Vaccinations – will they be mandated for health care workers, can dentists become vaccinators and can a workplace require staff to become vaccinated

- The impact of lockdowns on oral health, and how ADAVB has been getting media attention on this important issue

Don’t forget to listen to Episode #6 where Dr David Keir from Dental Headstart interviews ADAVB CEO Matt Hopcraft.

For this episode, we're doing something a little different. Today, Matt is on the other side of the microphone!

Dr David Kier from the Dental Head Start Podcast interviewed AVAVB CEO Matt Hopcraft about his background and his journey through dentistry.

We hope you enjoy this little peak into Matt's life. 

Check out more from the Dental Head Start podcast here: https://www.dentalheadstart.com/  

In last month's News episode of Dental Central we were just coming out of lockdown. Four weeks later, we're AGAIN just coming out of lockdown!

In this News episode, we discuss:

- Victoria's lockdown 5.0 and how restrictions around dentistry changed compared to previous lockdowns (plus how we're trying to evolve this for any potential future lockdowns)

- How dentists are becoming more empowered to make decisions around treatment for patients on a case-by-case basis during COVID outbreaks

- Updates on vaccines for dental professionals

- The NSW lockdowns and the differences in approaches between states

- Dental Health Week

- Upcoming ADAVB events on the calendar now that restrictions have eased

- Celebrating eviDent's 10th Birthday (find out more at https://www.evident.org.au/)

- How perfectionism may be leading to burnout among dental professionals

In this episode of Dental Central, we speak with the President of the ADAVB, Dr Jeremy Sternson. In this discussion, we cover:

• Jeremy's first dental job, and why he chose the field of dentistry
• The importance of mentors, and how some simple advice can change the trajectory of your career
• Working in both the public sector and the private sector
• The importance of maintaining hobbies and other interests outside of work, having outlets that allow you to mentally switch off from work
• The annual ADAVB fly fishing day
• The personal toll of the Black Summer bushfires of 2019/20
• How you can get involved in improving the field of dentistry through ongoing research and studies through the eviDent Foundation
• Jeremy's vision for his term as ADAVB President and how he plans to evolve the value proposition of the ADAVB

You can get in touch with Dr Jeremy Sternson, President of the ADAVB, by emailing him at [email protected]