Teaching to learn: Using peer-assisted learning to complement the undergraduate dental curriculum.

Introduction: Peer-assisted learning (PAL) is a method of teaching in which students teach their often less-experienced peers. Whilst they gain more knowledge, peer tutors are able to convey information at a level that tutees can engage with. Whilst the use of PAL has increased in popularity within the healthcare faculty, there are fewer reports of its efficacy within dental education.

Using storytelling to improve student experience of outreach placements.

Storytelling has been used as a pedagogical approach in medicine and nursing for a number of years now. It is a way for students to consider themselves and the world around them as it creates a supportive space in which they can listen and be heard. It allows students to process their experience and listening to stories can widen their perspective.

Conflicting demands that dentists and dental care professionals experience when using social media: a scoping review.

Introduction There are many conflicting demands for dentists and dental care professionals (DCPs) when using social media, for example between using social media for marketing and as professional provider of information. To gain a fuller understanding of how dentists/DCPs should optimally use social media, these conflicting demands need to be explored. The aim of this scoping review was to map out the current state of the literature describing the conflicting demands encountered by dentists and DCPs when using social media and the approaches used to manage these conflicting demands.

How consultants determine diagnostic competence in histopathology trainees.

Aims: This is a qualitative study exploring how consultant histopathologists determine diagnostic competence in their trainees.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with consultants and trainees and analysed using the Framework Method.

Results: Five major themes emerged from the data: process, person, stage of training, trust and time.

Assessors' and trainees' perceptions of workplace-based assessments in histopathology.

Aim: Workplace-based assessments (WBAs) are an integral part of specialist medical and dental training in the UK. Histopathology represents a very different training environment to the surgical specialities so it is important to know that the current WBAs are fit for purpose. A literature search revealed very little evidence regarding the perception of WBAs in histopathology.