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Paul Wilson
BDS MJDF(RCS Eng) FHEA
Director of Assessment & Feedback, Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry
Overview
I gained a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Bristol in 2010, and after this I completed Dental Foundation Training in the South West Deanery. Over the next 12 years I worked as an associate in several general dental practices, mainly within the NHS including high need areas in South Wales.
In 2016 I became a member of the Joint Dental Faculties of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and in 2019 I was made an examiner for the MFDS exam for RCS (England).
Since 2017 I have been a Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at Cardiff Dental School, where my roles have included:
- Year 5 lead
- Final BDS assessment lead
- Topic lead: Preparing for Patients Operative course
- Teaching on the Removable Prosthodontics and Periodontics courses
- Clinical supervision of undergraduate dental education clinics
Since 2024 I have been appointed as Director of Assessment & Feedback at the School of Dentistry.
In 2023 I undertook the Cardiff University Education Fellowship Programme and gained Fellowship with Advance HE.
I am passionate about using my General Practice experience to prepare students for a life in Dentistry, whatever path they choose. I have a particular interest in Minimal Intervention Dentistry and Cariology.
Teaching
- Preparing for Patients Operative Course (Topic Lead). A course encompassing a variety of lectures, directed self-learning and practical laboratory-based sessions teaching 2nd Year BDS students how to manage carious lesions using principles of Minimally Invasive Dentistry
- Removable Prosthodontics (teacher and supervisor)
- Periodontics (teacher and supervisor)
Biography
2019 - Present: Examiner, MFDS Exam, Royal College of Surgeons of England
2017 - Present: Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, Cardiff University
2017 - 2022: Associate Dentist, Talbot Street Dental Surgery, Maesteg
2017 - 2019: Associate Dentist, Park Street Dental, Bridgend
2011 - 2017: Associate Dentist, Bathampton Dental Practice, Bath
2010 - 1011: Foundation Dentist, South West Deanery
2010: Bachelor of Dental Surgery, University of Bristol
Professional memberships
- Fellow, Advance HE
- British Dental Association
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
- General Dental Council
Speaking engagements
- BDA Wales - 'Caries Management for General Practice', 2023
- Academy of Medical Educators - 'The Future of Dental Education', 2022
Committees and reviewing
- Senior Leadership Committee
- DENTL UG education reconfiguration group
- SALUD2 implimentation group
- Education and student experience committee (ESEC)
- BDS board of studies
- Academic and professional progress committee
- Staff development, EDI & wellbeing committee
- Staff development day working group
- Staff student panel committee
- Personal tutoring committee