Education
The Education Directorate will have overall responsibility for:
- The Society’s activities in all matters relating to the orthodontic education of dentists and dental care professionals. This includes undergraduate training, vocational training, the postgraduate education of generalists, the postgraduate training of specialists in orthodontics and the training of DCPs
- The Society is principally active in those educational initiatives which are outside the remit of the Postgraduate Deaneries, Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC), Royal Colleges and matters related to national policy setting. The Chair will however be responsible for ensuring that the Society is fully conversant with the educational work of such bodies as it affects orthodontic education
- Specific responsibilities will include the Society’s role in the overall planning and success of the training of Orthodontic Therapists, Dentists with a Special Interest in Orthodontics, the provision of high quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD), the BOS Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and the educational benefits from the work of the Museum and Archive Committee
- The committee will nominate one of its members to be a member of the SAC.
Director of Education
Hemendranath Shah
I qualified from the University of Bristol Dental School in 2001. I completed my specialist training in 2008 and was awarded a Doctorate in Dental Surgery (Orthodontics) from the University of Bristol and Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. I continued my Senior Registrar training at Bristol Dental Hospital and Royal United Hospital in Bath, achieving the Intercollegiate Fellowship in Dental Surgery in Orthodontics in 2010.
I have a been Consultant in Orthodontics at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading since 2013 and work part-time in specialist orthodontic practice. I have a strong interest in education and completed my post-graduate certificate in Medical Education in 2007 and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Throughout my career, I have been actively involved in teaching and training various roles within the dental and orthodontic team. Currently, I serve as an examiner for the Membership of the Faculty of Dentistry examination at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.