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Rural Clinical Officers receiving their pass certificates after being trained by dental volunteers in January 2010 A training session of a Rural Clinical Of- ficer (RCO) by a dental volunteer People queuing to see the volunteers in the rural tooth camps wait patiently for hours after walking for several km. More RCO training - January 2010 July 19-25, 201030 Events United Kingdom Edition T he Bridge2Aid Dental Vol- unteer Programme (DVP) was developed to allow qualified dental professionals to pass on their skills to local health care personnel in Tanzania. Each 13-day trip has spaces for up to 12 dentists and eight nurses (or hygienists willing to act as hygienists/nurses) who are willing to work in remote ru- ral clinics developing the skills of clinical officers and deliver- ing basic dental services to the community. Places get filled up fast but there are some spaces left, although a minimum of one full years’ post-graduate expe- rience for dentist applicants is required. To apply for your place, read onto the bottom of this page! History of the B2A DVP The Bridge2Aid Dental Volun- teer Programme was developed in partnership with Dentaid during2004,andweareverygrate- ful for their support in helping to establish the visits. Since then we have run the pro- gramme ourselves. Questions about DVP? Dentist Liz Stringer closed her Knebworth practice while she went out on the February 2008 DVP with her two nurses - Su Mills and Tracey Evans. She loved every minute of her expe- rience. ‘Having started the plan- ning of this trip more than a year ago, I must admit that, as we set out for Heathrow Airport on that Saturday morning, I was more than a little anxious. I have never been away from the family on my own for more than a few days and so this was definitely a big step into the unknown. My fears, however, were quickly dispelled. Our team, comprising fourteen dentists and eight nurses, rap- idly became close friends, with whom we shared amazing expe- riences, some of them extremely emotional. Far from being de- pressing, it was a truly uplifting and rewarding time.’ To read more, visit www.bridge2aid.org/ cm/general/dvpexp1. Who will oversee my trip? Administration of these events is carried out by Ruth Bowyer, our visits administrator in the UK. If you have any questions not answered in the FAQ sec- tion of the website, or to find out more about specific areas of the programme, call Ruth on 07748 643006. Book your place Places are now being booked on the January and February 2011 trips. You will need to download an application form from the Bridge2Aid website. Visit www. bridge2aid.org/cm/general/dvp and scroll down the page and click on the button ‘download your application pack’. DT Care in the community Pass on your skills to local healthcare personnel in Tanzania with Bridge2Aid PracticeWorks R4 Practice Management Software Being able to access your practice management system from your smart phone is just one of the new software innovations we’re rolling out this year. Book your demonstration now and see just how advanced R4 is. Access your practice data on your iPhone or Blackberry Another breakthrough from PracticeWorks For more information or to place an order please call 0800 169 9692 or visit www.practiceworks.co.uk PracticeWorks © PracticeWorks Limited 2010

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