BADN WELCOMES STATEMENT ON REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
NewsPosted by: Dental Design 28th June 2019
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN), the UK’s professional association for dental nurses, welcomes the joint statement issued by regulators – including the General Dental Council (GDC) – on the benefits of becoming a reflective practitioner.
“The information in the joint statement is helpful in a broad sense” said Jacqui Elsden, BADN’s Education Representative and President-elect, “but dental nurses find it increasingly difficult to secure protected time in the workplace to implement effective reflective practice with colleagues.
“BADN would therefore welcome further statements from the GDC advising employers to grant protected time to dental nurses (and other registrants) to complete regular peer review meetings, appraisals and also to meet their CPD requirements, to ensure that all registrants can develop meaningful life-long learning and a reflective journey, to the benefit of patients.
“We look forward to discussing this further at the National Dental Nursing Conference in November when Colin MacKenzie, the GDC’s Head of Nations and Engagement, will be updating delegates.”
