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Dental Deanery, HEIW, and It's role in Dental Specialty Training

The Dental Deanery within HEIW is responsible for ensuring the delivery of sustainable high-quality postgraduate dental education and training that supports service provision in NHS Wales this includes:

  • Recruitment and selection into dental training programmes
  • Ensuring placements within a training programme meet educational and curriculum requirements
  • Ensuring a programme of support and assessment is in place i.e., arranging ARCPs
  • Ensuring you can access a range of support throughout the duration of your training programme via trained Educational Supervisors, Training Programme Directors, and the Professional Support Unit
  • Ensuring the methods of providing dental education and training across Wales deliver to the highest standards, represent value for money and provide a range of learning methods/environments for trainees.