Miss Clare McIlwaine

Biography

Role

I am the BSc Dental Therapy and Hygiene Programme Lead and Year 3 (DTH) Lead. My role also includes Module Lead for Developing Clinical Practice 1 & 2 Module.

Qualifications

DHDT (KCL 2008)
PGDip Clinical Education (PU 2015)
Prescribing radiographs (2011)

Professional membership

GDC (General Dental Council) Registration Number: 141436
DPS (Dental Protection Society)
BSDHT (British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy)
BADT (British Association of Dental Therapists)
FHEA (Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy)

Roles on external bodies

Member of the Dental Hygiene and Therapy Directors Board UK

Teaching

Teaching interests

Inter-Professional Education

Self Assessment and Reflection

Simulated Clinical Dentistry

Staff serving as external examiners

External Subject Examiner for the Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Therapy, University of Sheffield (April 2016-April 2020)

External Subject Examiner for the BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Therapy, University of Central Lancashire (March 2017-March 2021)

Research

Research interests

Current research:

MSc (Clinical Education) proposal: Self-assessment in the Simulated Dental Learning Environment

Salivary LPS Activity as a Biomarker for Chronic Periodontitis

Student and staff perceptions of an integrated clinical and scientific BDS and DTH curriculum

Grants & contracts

Oral & Dental Research Trust OHI Previser Award May 2016

Profiles

Lecturer in Oral Health Sciences

Peninsula Dental School (Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry)