Paediatric Dentistry ST4

Listed below are the self-assessment (SA) questions and responses that appear on the application form. Your responses to these questions will determine your score. You will need to support your responses by uploading evidence to the relevant system. The Dental Trainee Recruitment website will give you details of the system and the evidence required. The lead recruiter for the specialty you are applying to will inform you of the timelines for submitting evidence.

Your evidence will be validated by a panel and used to derive your final validated score.

Evidence of false or misleading responses will be collected, and you may be referred to a Probity Panel.

We reserve the right to use anti-plagiarism software.

Lack of evidence or unclear evidence will affect your score and may lead to your application being rejected entirely. It is the responsibility of the candidate to provide clear and unambiguous evidence.

Please submit a separate PDF document for each of the questions. Each PDF document must be a single document that includes all relevant pieces of evidence. If more than one PDF document is uploaded per question, only the first will be assessed.

You should include all evidence relevant to each question in the PDF. If a piece of evidence supports more than one question, you may need to include it multiple times, adding it to the pdf for each relevant question.

Please ensure that documents not in English are officially translated or they will not be scored. The translator should sign and date their translation and provide their contact details.

For several of the questions, you will need to provide evidence of LTFT (Less Than Full Time) employment, if relevant to you. This evidence can be the same but needs to be uploaded for each question, e.g. timetable or job plan.

The panel will only be able to assess the evidence you provide via the system. They will not contact you to request additional evidence or access to any information you have entered on Oriel. You must therefore provide all evidence in a clear format so it can be easily identified and assessed.

The recruitment office cannot advise you on your responses. You must select the response you feel you will be able to justify to the panel, using the evidence you provide.

No evidence can be submitted retrospectively.

Evidence should not contain patient identifiable data.

Please do not password protect any of your evidence.

Throughout the form, the following asterisks are used to denote: *At the proposed time of post commencement’ means the first Wednesday of September. **All time periods stated refer to Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) of employment excluding any periods of statutory leave.

Any periods of statutory leave should be evidenced and uploaded to the relevant questions.

At the time of application opening (8 January 2026), how many complete quality improvement projects (QIP) / complete audit cycles (i.e. first audit/project, action plan and re-audit/assessment to quantify impact of intervention) have you undertaken in the last 36 months (WTE)*?:

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  • None : 0
  • 1 : 1
  • 2 : 2
  • 3+ : 3

Evidence:

  • For each QIP/audit please provide a summary (e.g. PowerPoint presentation) including:
    • First QIP/audit
    • Action plan
    • Evaluations/re-audit/assessment to quantify impact of intervention, led by yourself
    • Dates QIP/audit undertaken
  • Please evidence your involvement in each QIP/audit e.g. email acknowledgement of registration of QIP/audit with Clinical Governance team or response from QIP/audit lead.

Please select the statement that best describes your experience in formal teaching since or during your training in paediatric dentistry.

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  • No teaching experience during or since my paediatric dentistry training : 0
  • I have taught undergraduates, postgraduates, or dental care professionals on an occasional basis during or since my paediatric dentistry training (lectures and presentations to your fellow paediatric dentistry trainees as part of your paediatric dentistry programme do not count). • I have engaged in teaching e.g. small group teaching, lectures etc. on fewer than 6 occasions over a 12-month period within the last 36 months (WTE)* : 1
  • Regular teaching for undergraduates, postgraduates, or dental care professionals on a regular basis over a period of approximately 3 months or longer during or since my paediatric dentistry training (lectures and presentations to your fellow paediatric dentistry trainees as part of your paediatric dentistry programme do not count). • I have regularly engaged in teaching e.g. small group teaching, lectures etc. on at least 6 occasions over a 12-month period within the last 36 months (WTE)* : 2
  • I have organised a local teaching programme for undergraduates, postgraduates or dental care professionals and contributed regularly to teaching over a period of approximately 3 months or longer (lectures and presentations to your fellow paediatric dentistry trainees as part of your paediatric dentistry programme do not count) : 3
  • I have worked with local tutors to independently design and organise a teaching programme to enhance locally organised teaching for undergraduates/postgraduates/dental care professionals. I have contributed regularly to teaching over a period of approximately 3 months or longer : 4

Evidence:

Please provide any or a combination of the following evidence:

  • Evidence of formal feedback
  • Letters confirming involvement in a teaching programme
  • Letter confirming attainment of higher qualification
  • Certificates relating to completed training or evidence of registration for a higher qualification in teaching (if applicable)

Please select the statement that best describes your training to date in regard to teaching.

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  • I have had no training in teaching methods : 0
  • I have had brief training in teaching methods lasting no more than 2 days or online modules e.g. teach the teachers course. I can provide evidence to demonstrate this : 1
  • I have had substantial training in teaching methods lasting more than 2 days. I can provide evidence to demonstrate this and or I am currently undertaking a course for a higher qualification in teaching and can provide evidence to demonstrate this : 2
  • I have a higher qualification in teaching e.g. PGDip : 3

Evidence:

Please provide any or a combination of the following evidence:

  • Evidence of formal feedback
  • Letters confirming involvement in a teaching programme
  • Letter confirming attainment of higher qualification
  • Certificates relating to completed training or evidence of registration for a higher qualification in teaching (if applicable)

Have you achieved any academic publications as a postgraduate relevant to paediatric dentistry within the last 60 months (WTE)* prior to 8 January 2026? This excludes published abstracts.

Select the highest scoring option applicable.

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  • None : 0
  • Letter, book review, audit report (e.g. in BSPD Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin) or non-peer reviewed article (including e-publications), as a co-author i.e. not first author, relevant to Paediatric Dentistry : 1
  • I have published one or more case report, abstract, letter, audit report (e.g. in BSPD Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin) or non-peer reviewed articles (including e-publications), as a first author, relevant to Paediatric Dentistry : 2
  • Article (other than audit) from studies e.g. RCT or systematic review to peer-reviewed journals, as a first or co-author : 3
  • Article (other than audit) of a study e.g. RCT or systematic review in a peer reviewed journal, as a first or last author : 4

Evidence:

  • For each publication, please include a screenshot or pdf copy of the publication or the acceptance letter from the relevant journal
  • Do not include publication of a poster or an oral presentation abstract as they will not be counted as evidence.
  • Publications must be clearly relevant to Paediatric Dentistry.

At the time of application opening (8 January 2026), have you given a local (within working environment), regional (deanery or NHS region), national (UK wide) or international (international/continent society meeting) oral presentation relevant to paediatric dentistry within the last 36 months

Select the highest scoring option applicable.

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  • None : 0
  • Local : 1
  • Regional : 2
  • National : 4
  • International conference e.g. IAPD, EAPD, IADR : 6

Evidence:

  • Please provide a copy of the relevant page of the meeting programme/s naming you as a presenter.

At the time of application opening (8 January 2026), have you given any local (within working environment) / regional (deanery or NHS region) / national (UK wide) / international (international/continent society meeting) poster presentations within the last 36 months?

Select the highest scoring option applicable.

Select From

  • None : 0
  • Local : 1
  • Regional : 2
  • National : 3
  • International conference e.g. IAPD, EAPD, IADR : 4

Evidence:

  • Please provide a copy of the relevant page of the meeting programme(s) naming you as a presenter

Please indicate by choosing one of the options below, evidence of commitment to the specialty you are applying for, over the last 24 months (WTE)* prior to application opening (8 January 2026).

Select the highest scoring option applicable.

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  • No evidence : 0
  • Membership of specialist society : 2
  • Attendance at a national specialist society meeting : 4
  • Membership of specialist society and attendance at a national specialist society meeting : 5

Evidence:

  • Proof of attendance at meeting conferences
  • Proof of membership of specialist society

At the time of application opening (8 January 2026), what management and leadership experience/formal training have you had since or during your training in paediatric dentistry?

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  • No evidence : 0
  • Leadership outside of dentistry (e.g. charity/scouting/guide events, expedition leadership) during or since my paediatric dentistry training • Completion of a NHS leadership/management course e.g. Edward Jenner : 1
  • Leadership role during or since my paediatric dentistry training local trainee representation : 2
  • Completion of a NHS leadership/management course and a leadership role : 3

Evidence:

  • Proof of leadership role validated by senior clinician or employer
  • Evidence of course attendance or certificate of completion

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