The Business of Dentistry Podcast

Katrina Rees, Area manager at Practice Plan is joined with Rebecca Mander, Executive coach and founder of GuruYou coaching to discuss the importance of setting goals and how to achieve them without fear of failure.

What you'll hear:

• Why it's important to set goals
• Visualising your goals
• What to do if you don't meet your goals
• Top tips and tactics to help achieve them

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals 

In this weeks bodcast, Johnathan Drury catches up with Lisa Bainham, Practice Manager at The Old Surgery dental practice to discuss the importance of investing and supporting your dental nurses.

What you'll hear:

• How Lisa invests in her dental nurses
• Career progression
• Courses and qualifications
• Importance of looking after your team
• Supporting your dental nurses

Who should listen:

• Practice Managers
• Practice Owners
• Dental Nurses

Andy Elwood, Mental health first aider and paramedic joins us in this latest bodcast to share the five ways of wellbeing and the importance of looking after your mental health.

What you’ll hear:

• The importance of connecting with others
• Being active
• Taking notice and being mindful
• Keep learning and keeping your mind active
• Giving to others

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Johanna Hooper, Director at Limitless Peak Performance talks about systemic resilience, what it means and the importance of it in the workplace.

What you'll hear:

• What is systemic resilience
• Resilience as an individual, team and a leader
• Diagnostic tools to find out what is causing stress
• The benefits of taking a systemic resilience approach

Who should listen:

• Practice owners
• Practice managers

Sarah Barnard, Regional Support Manager at Practice plan is joined with Siobhan Kelleher, qualified coach and dental hygienist to discuss her career in dentistry, her practice and the importance of promoting oral hygiene.

What you'll hear:

• How and why Siobhan got into dentistry
• How she built her hygiene practice up
• Her work on the NSK Ikigai Oral Hygiene Program
• The importance of promoting oral hygiene
• Advice and top tips for other hygienists

Who should listen:

• Hygienists

About Siobhan:

Siobhan Kelleher qualified from University College Cork in 2002. She is the principal dental hygienist at Dental hygienist.ie, a dental hygiene practice within a general dental practice in Cork, Ireland. She is an opinion leader and educator with many of the leading dental companies. She presents nationally and internationally in the dental world and regularly contributes articles to a range of industry-leading magazines and newspapers. She is currently studying a MSc in Personal & Management Coaching. Siobhan’s passion is working as a dental hygiene coach and mentor; she supports teams in implementing successful dental hygiene departments within general practices and assists dental teams with systems to overcome the challenges of everyday practice.  Siobhan is one of the co-founders of the NSK Ikigai Oral Hygiene Program. She coaches clinicians on a one-to-one basis to identify and support them with desired goals and changes they seek in their lives. Siobhan was recognised in the dentistry top 50.

Josie Hutchings, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan is joined with George Savva, dentist at Alexandra Dental Dare about their move away from the NHS and the ongoing support they receive from Practice Plan.

What you'll hear:

• The reasons they moved from NHS to private practice
• Why they chose practice plan as a plan provider
• The difference its made to the practice
• Advice for others looking to move towards private dentistry

Who should listen:

• Dentists
• Practice Owners
• Practice Managers

Suki Singh, Area Manager at Practice Plan is joined with Rachel Dilley, Chief Operating Officer at Town Hall Group about her role in the dental practice and her work with the town hall charity foundation.

What you'll hear:

• How Rachel got started in the dental industry
• What makes an invaluable team member
• The Town Hall foundation and the work they do
• Other local organisations they work with as part of the foundation

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Lynne Clarke, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan is joined with Naheem Ahmed, Inclusion and Diversity Manager at Wesleyan to talk about the role of a mental health first aider and the importance of having healthy conversations.

What you'll hear:

• What is a mental health first aider
• Naheems experience in this role
• Myths around mental health
• The importance of having healthy conversations

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Osteopath, Samantha Leopold, shares her expert advice for preventing musculoskeletal issues whilst practicing clinical dentistry.

What you'll hear:

• How musculoskeletal issues are caused
• Importance of good nutrition, sleep and stress management
• Practical exercises to open up the shoulders, increase mobility in the spine, strengthen muscles in the back and shoulders and stretch and open the hip flexors.

Who should listen:

• Dentists
• Hygienists
• Therapists

Pat Langley, CEO of Apolline, shares her top tips when it comes to keeping excellent patient records and information.

What you’ll hear:

• What information you need to have on record
• The importance of keeping data
• What do excellent patient records look like
• Changes to patient records during covid-19
• GDPR and data protection

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals