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The resi- dential was compulsory for all students and started with an overview of the remainder of the course by Fiona Clarke from Manchester University. The diversity of the student group was evident – I met stu- dents from Kenya, India and Qa- tar, as well as the many different nationalities working in the UK – it made for fascinating lunch- time conversations! There is also a real mix of age-groups and experience, from young NHS associates to the not-so- young (myself included) private practice owners. For many of us, learning about the thesis was nerve- wracking but essential! We are to start thinking about possible topics for this research project which will be a structured clini- cal review rather than a clini- cal or laboratory based project. This is to fit in with the distance- learning nature of the course. Fiona advised us that the thesis comprises the last six months of the course starting in May 2011 but we should start collecting references and sources as we come across them. We will be assigned a tutor in due course who will make suggestions and offer guidance but this is a major undertaking – there was some nervousness about the un- known nature of this expressed by participants. This nervousness was quick- ly overtaken by the realisation that this is a clinical MSc – we seem to have had it fairly easy in the first unit which has con- sisted of lectures and assess- ments. Now, the dentistry is re- ally going to be evaluated – we have 26 clinical cases to sub- mit for Units 2-3 of the course! A lot of time was spent on photography and being sure that we could all take the correct photos and are able to upload them onto our learn- ing plan and send them to be evaluated. I am pleased to report that after a slight panic about how to attach my flash, my photography came flooding back to me – I managed fine al- though must book myself in for a whitening after seeing my caf- feine tinged lower incisors on the big screen! The clinical cases so far include six whitening cases, simple orthodontics, restoration of the endodontically treated teeth and single tooth indirect restorations. I think we are going to have lectures in the practical techniques but at this point I’m not sure. The cur- rent unit’s lectures are mostly about communication, legal record-keeping etc – we have two with Kevin Lewis coming up on Thursday. After photography, Chris Orr covered treatment planning and shade taking with an eye-cross- ing exercise in matching values on the computer. All of this with Covent Garden beckoning out- side and an ash cloud to disrupt our homeward travel – the joys of CPD. DT