Dr Michael Smith (BEd, PGCM, PhD)
Administrator
Tel: 0114 22 68648
Email: michael.smith@sheffield.ac.uk
Address: School of Clinical Dentistry, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2TA
Administrative Role
Outreach Training Programme Administrator
Research Interests
My research interests are in the educational benefits of training dental students in primary care placements away from the dental school, or outreach training as it is called, and the perceptions of outreach training´s stakeholders.
My objectives are to understand the students´ learning on work placement and its role in their preparation for working on qualification.
That understanding informs the preparation of students and development of placement staff for engagement in the programme.
Recently published papers
Smith, M., Lennon, M.A., Brook, A.H., Blinkhorn, F.A., Blinkhorn, A.S. and Robinson, P.G. A randomised controlled trial of the effect of outreach placement on treatment planning by dental students. British Dental Journal 2006; 201(Education sup): 27-31.
Smith, M., Lennon, M.A., Brook, A.H. and Robinson, P.G. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Outreach Placement´s Effect on Dental Students´ Clinical Confidence. Journal of Dental Education 2006; 70(5): 566-570.
Smith, M., Lennon, M.A., Brook, A.H. and Robinson, P.G. Perspectives of staff on student outreach placements. European Journal of Dental Education 2006; 10(1): 44-51.
Smith, M., Lennon, M.A., Brook, A.H., Ritucci, L. and Robinson, P.G. Student perspectives on their recent dental outreach placement experiences. European Journal of Dental Education 2006; 10(2): 80-86.
Smith, M. An educational package for trainers in dental outreach placements. A miniproject update in the LTSN-01 newsletter 2004; June: 8-9.
Freeth, D., Hammick, M., Reeves, S., Koppel, I. and Barr, H. (2005) Effective Interprofessional Education: Development, Delivery and Evaluation. Oxford: Blackwell. Contributor of case study.
Other information
Organiser of the symposium 'Outreach Training Programmes: What do the data say?' at the International Association for Dental Research, Pan-European Conference in Dublin 2006
Workshop facilitator for 'Outreach Teaching: Education Policy development, Implementation and Evaluation' at the 2006 General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, Brisbane