‘Steer away from blind alleys’

Dental Mentors UK is a new web-based initiative to promote mentoring for all dental professionals living and working in the UK. By supporting dental professionals who are mentors to be the best they can be and by making it easy for those seeking a mentor, Dental Mentors UK is pushing forward excellence and accessibility of mentoring.

Dental Mentors UK was developed by two senior dental professionals: Dr Janine Brooks MBE and Dr Jane Davies-Slowik MBE. Jane and Janine are experienced dentists and both have worked in dentistry for more than 30 years. Janine says: ‘We feel very strongly that all dental professionals can benefit from working with a mentor. We also want to help improve the quality of mentoring available in dentistry. That's why we felt it was important to include supervision for mentors and offer them continuing professional training and qualifications. By doing so, we hope to improve mentoring for those who seek it. Our own careers have been – and are – varied and we have considerable knowledge of the breadth and depth of opportunities that dentistry can offer professionals. We both have experience in post-graduate and under-graduate dental education and are mentors and coaches.’