The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Zoe's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Zoe
Zoe is a Consultant in Dental Public Health at NHS England South West and an Honorary Clinical Lecturer with the University of Plymouth.
Zoe works with local government and the NHS to reduce inequalities in oral health and to improve oral health and access to dental services for people living in South West England. She is the regional coordinator for the National Dental Epidemiology Programme, which generates high quality information about the population's oral health, to inform the commissioning of health improvement programmes and dental services. Zoe's particular interests include rural and coastal inequalities, mouth care support for dependent adults and improving oral health for people experiencing multiple disadvantage.
Teaching
Previously, as an Honorary Clinical Lecturer with Peninsula Dental School since 2011, Zoe facilitated clinical and academic aspects of undergraduate dental education. This included critical appraisal of evidence, simulated clinical skills training, clinical supervision of patient care and a community engagement project working with adults with learning disabilities. She co-developed and delivered online course materials on Managing Difficult Consultations for Plymouth University’s MBA in Healthcare.
More recently, Zoe facilitated a community engagement project for Year 2 dental students, who explored the ways that primary dental care can be made more accessible to people living with dementia by considering how the dental team, practice policies and the physical environment of the dental practice can be developed to be more accommodating.
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