The College wants to promote high standards of patient care and reflect the needs of our dynamic profession across the globe. 

They plan to shift their composition across regional representation to encompass support for the whole dental team. We will be the face of the College on the ground, creating that link between the faculty and the clinical coal face. 

As an Early Career Ambassador, I aim to inspire and connect with dental students and early careers dentist to listen to their professional and personal development needs and ensure the college address them. 

The college have recruited:

At the beginning of October, all the new Ambassadors met up in beautiful Edinburgh to find out what we can do to move the direction of the Royal College into the future!

Firstly, we had the evening dinner where we met with other fellows and the board members of the College. Of course, the menu had a Scottish theme, but we had the chance to meet with Ambassadors not only from across the country, but across the world from Africa to Hong Kong!

I had a great time and it was really nice to put a few names to faces to people I have interacted with on Twitter. 

The day afterwards, a little sleep deprived, we had a really stimulating day discussing the roles of the Ambassadors and how we can drive dental education and network forward in our local area. This included engaging dental students with the college through their highly successful Clinical Skills Competition with Dentsply Sirona which I am really looking forward to hosting in December at Kings. 

So the College are looking to grow their network even more! If you are a fellow or member of the college, you can apply... but why would you apply?

The roles are not paid, but can be managed around full time work (if you're a busy person like me!). 

Applications are now open for the expansion of the network - click here to find out more.