The Brush Up

This week’s podcast is part six of a series of episodes of presentations recorded during the recent ADA NSW CPD Program “How to Refer, When to Refer”. This series relates to a dental practitioner's scope of practice and how to manage patient’s best interests. These presentations focus on duty of care, the importance in recognising one’s own limitations and to refer patients to others more qua...

This week’s podcast is part five of a series of episodes of presentations recorded during the recent ADA NSW CPD Program “How to Refer, When to Refer”. This series relates to a dental practitioner's scope of practice and how to manage patient’s best interests. These presentations focus on duty of care, the importance in recognising one’s own limitations and to refer patients to others more qu...

This week’s podcast is part four of a series of episodes of presentations recorded during the recent ADA NSW CPD Program “How to Refer, When to Refer”. This series relates to a dental practitioner's scope of practice and how to manage patient’s best interests. These presentations focus on duty of care, the importance in recognising one’s own limitations and to refer patients to others more qu...

This week’s podcast is part three of a series of episodes of presentations recorded during the recent ADA NSW CPD Program “How to Refer, When to Refer”. This series relates to a dental practitioner's scope of practice and how to manage patient’s best interests. These presentations focus on duty of care, the importance in recognising one’s own limitations and to refer patients to others more q...

This week’s podcast is part two of a series of episodes of presentations recorded during the recent ADA NSW CPD Program “How to Refer, When to Refer”. This series relates to a dental practitioner's scope of practice and how to manage patient’s best interests. These presentations focus on duty of care, the importance in recognising one’s own limitations and to refer patients to others more qua...

This week’s podcast kicks off a series of episodes of presentations recorded during the recent ADA NSW CPD Program “How to Refer, When to Refer”. This series relates to a dental practitioner's scope of practice and how to manage patient’s best interests. These presentations focus on duty of care, the importance in recognising one’s own limitations and to refer patients to others more qualifie...

For this week's podcast we bring you the final part in the series of interviews recorded at the ADA NSW Careers Expo for Recent Graduates. In this episode, Kate Miranda from ADA New South Wales chats with Dr Tony Skapetis, Clinical Director of Education for Oral Health, Western Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales Health.  They discuss Dr Skapetis's path into public sector denti...

For this week's podcast we continue with our series of interviews recorded recently at the ADA NSW Careers Expo for Recent Graduates. In this episode, the Chair of the ADA NSW Recent Graduates Committee, Dr Rohan Krishnan chats with Dr Joseph Lee, a Specialist Periodontist and President of the NSW Branch of the Australian Society of Periodontology. They discuss the training pathways to becomi...

In this week's podcast, we continue with our series of interviews recorded recently at the ADA NSW Careers Expo for Recent Graduates. In this episode, Kate Miranda from ADA NSW chats with Dr Neil Peppitt, President of ADA NSW about the pathways to specialisation. Dr Peppitt expands upon what recent graduates need to consider when wanting to undertake advanced training as a path to specialisat...

In this week's podcast, we continue with our series of interviews recorded recently at the ADA NSW Careers Expo for Recent Graduates. In this third episode, ADA NSW Board Member Dr Catherine-Anne Walsh chats with Captain Sharon Lau and Flight Lieutenant Jennifer Feng about their experiences working as dentists in the Australian Defence Force. They talk about the challenges and opportunities o...

For this week's podcast, we continue with our series of interviews recorded recently at the ADA NSW Careers Expo for Recent Graduates. In this second episode, ADA NSW Board Member Dr Catherine-Anne Walsh chats with Oral Surgeon Dr Angus Kingon about his career as a specialist. Dr Kingon provides fascinating insight into the mentors and colleagues that influenced both his work and career path...

In this week's podcast, we kick off a series of interviews recorded recently at the ADA New South Wales Careers Expo for Recent Graduates. In the first episode of this series, Kate Miranda from ADA NSW chats with Dr Minh-Thu Cao Xuan about her experiences working as a Dentist for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. As a Recent Graduate, Minh-Thu tells of her experiences of moving to Broken Hill...

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW Board Member Dr Patrick Meaney chats with Shane Morgan, Partner at Cutcher and Neale Accounting and Financial Services. In a wide-ranging discussion, Patrick and Shane talk about the transition to the workforce, understanding taxation and the basics of business structures. Shane will be presenting a one-day course on Starting in Private Practice in February 201...

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW Board Member Dr Neil Peppitt chats with Dr Ben Keith, Senior Professional Officer at the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, on the subject of Scope of Practice. They discuss what the Dental Board defines as 'Scope of Practice' and also clarify the relationship between scope of practice and competency for dental practitioners. If you wan...

This week's podcast was recorded at the APAPTS Mentoring Program workshop held on the 19th of February, 2017. Kate Miranda from ADA NSW speaks with Dr Melanie Patney, Dr Thomas Tseng and Dr Cathleen Dong about the benefits of participating in the ADA NSW Mentoring Program. Online registrations for the 2018 program will be open to members from the 22nd of September 2017, and will close on the...

In this week's podcast, the chair of the ADA NSW Education and Research Committee, Dr Dominic Aouad, chats with Associate Professor Geraldine Moses, a Doctor of Clinical Pharmacy specialising in drug information. They discuss the difference between drug allergies and adverse reactions, how to manage patients in this area and consider the four types of drug allergies and how to distinguish bet...

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney’s annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Dr Tony Skapetis interviews students of the Bachelor of Oral Health about their research poster presentations. In the first interview, Tony speaks to Laura Hedges and Joanna Ibrahim about their...

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney’s annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Dr Tony Skapetis interviews students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine about their research poster presentations. In the following interview, Tony speaks to Gurkirpal Malhi, Kyle Schaltz and Nic...

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney’s annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Dr Tony Skapetis interviews students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine about their research poster presentations. In the first interview, Tony speaks to Jessica Fung and Ronald Ho about their po...

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney’s annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Associate Professor Deb Cockrell and Dr Tony Skapetis interview students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine about their research poster presentations. In the first interview, Deb speaks to Minh-T...

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW Board member Dr Neil Peppitt chats with Dr Alex Holden, Lecturer in Dental Ethics, Law and Professionalism at the University of Sydney. They discuss the learning pathways for dental students as it relates to law and ethics as well as the importance of professional support networks when recent graduates first venture out into the profession. If you want to stay...