2015, issue 1

Dentistry and the art of management

ByJohn Makin

Published20 April 2015

It's never too early to start learning management and leadership skills

The value of management skills is now recognised in the dental curriculum. Of the four domains of dental foundation training (DFT), the majority are actually non-clinical skills

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John Makin

Head of the DDU

John Makin BDS PgDL PgCDE FHEA is head of the DDU. He qualified in Manchester in 1983 and has worked as a general dental practitioner in Lancashire and Devon before joining the DDU as a dento-legal adviser. He was involved with foundation training for many years as both a trainer and VT adviser/training programme director with the Manchester and Exeter DFT schemes.