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Everything you need to know about Scottish Dental Vocational Training

BDJ Student volume 28, pages 34–35 (2021)Cite this article

By Sophie Lane

DVT is the Scottish equivalent of Dental Foundation Training (DFT), undertaken in the year post-graduation. You are placed in a dental practice with a designated 'trainer' - an experienced dentist with an interest in teaching. Sometimes training duties are split between two dentists and they each become known as 'joint' trainers. Teaching styles vary, but for the most part trainers will be in a room close to yours, managing their own patients whilst having an 'open-door' policy to help you should you need it. Your trainer is also responsible for giving you weekly tutorials on various topics. Once a week during both DVT and DFT, you will have a 'study day' with other trainees in your area, where you develop and hone your clinical skills and learn more about dentistry as a profession.

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Lane, S. Everything you need to know about Scottish Dental Vocational Training. BDJ Student 28, 34–35 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41406-020-0177-z

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