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Personal Development Plan (PDP) handbook

Reflection

Development Outcomes

You will need to use these development outcomes when completing your PDP.


Development Outcome

 Example of CPD Content
A - Effective communication with patients, the dental team, and others across dentistry, including when obtaining consent, dealing with complaints, and raising concerns when patients are at risk.
  • Communication skills
  • Consent
  • Complaints handling
  • Raising concerns
  • Safeguarding
B - Effective management of self, and effective management of others or effective working with others in the dental team, in the interest of patients at all times; providing constructive leadership where appropriate.
  • Effective practice management
  • Business management
  • Team working
C - Maintenance and development of knowledge and skills within your field of practice.
  • Clinical and technical areas of study
  • Radiography
  • Cross infection control
  • Medical emergencies and CPR
  • CPD on quality assurance for MHRA
  • CPD specific for your daily role/s
  • Upskilling opportunities
D - Maintenance of skills, behaviours and attitudes which maintain patient confidence in you and the dental profession, and put patients interests first. 
  • Ethical and legal issues and developments
  • Professional behaviours
  • Equality and diversity training
Any PDP must include: 
 
  1. The development needs you have
  2. How these relate to development outcomes described by the GDC
  3. The timescale over which the development goals should be achieved

On the next page you will find modified GDC forms to help you to construct your own PDP. Consideration of your developmental needs is related to your field of practice and a separate form is required by the regulator for this aspect.