Miss Sally Hanks

Role

Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Clinical Dental Education. Final Year Lead BDS and
Professionalism Module Lead for BDS and BSc Dental Therapy & Hygiene

Qualifications

I am  Final Year Lead at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry and Module Lead for Professionalism for both BDS and BSc in Therapy/Hygiene.
My particular clinical interest is how to develop patient centred care and dental behavioural management  for patients with special needs and those who have a fear of the dentist. My education interest is in the personal development of professionals to be the best they can be through innovative and inclusive teaching, learning and assessment activities. Communication plays a vital role in all of these interests, and my overarching interests are communication, leadership and management, capability, professionalism and how to provide holistic and personalised care/education/support.

I set up and currently chair the UK Council of the Dental Teachers of Professionalism - the home for the education of professionalism across dental education for undergraduate and postgraduate institutions.
I qualified from Bristol Dental School in 1993 and spent the first 10 years of my career working full time in primary care dentistry. This included roles in the NHS, private practice, and as a civilian dental officer with the Royal Navy.
The next five-year phase saw my clinical career develop by working with special care patients and furthering my interest and expertise in behavioural management strategies. I gained my Advanced Diploma in Hypnosis and Stress Management from the University of Stafford in 2010.
Before joining Peninsula in May 2010 I worked part-time as a Restorative Clinical Teacher at Bristol Dental School. At Peninsula I quickly progressed to Final Year Lead, lead for professionalism and gained a Post-Graduate Certificate of Academic Practice. I was also awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and my Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental trainers of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
My interest in patient- and student-centred education influences my approach to ongoing research projects and teaching and I contribute to creating, developing and delivering innovative curriculum activities and Continuing Professional Development opportunities for undergraduate and post-graduate students, and qualified dentists.
I co-ordinate the only undergraduate humanities module in any dental course in the UK, lead the Dental School Student Voice strategy for student feedback and chair the faculty wide Student Voice committee.

Professional membership

SRHE (Society for Research in higher Education)

IADR (International Association of Dental Research)

AMEE (Association of Medical Education in Europe)

ADEE (association of Dental Education in Europe)

BSODR (British Society or Oral Dental Research)

BSRD (British Society of Restorative Dentistry)

BSCAH (Accred) (British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis)

Roles on external bodies

Member: Law and Ethics Special Interest Advisory Group for Dentistry (national)