SUPPLEMENTARY OUTCOME

UNIT 1

APPENDIX C

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP)

Personal development planning is a process which prompts you to reflect on your development in a
purposeful way. This is a simple written plan which asks you to evaluate your achievements, sets out
medium to long term aims and plan future development including lifelong learning and continued
professional development.
Your PDP should be reviewed regularly and updated as your career develops. Dental Nurses are expected
to be able to identify their learning needs and plan for their personal development throughout their
careers including during the training phase.
Learning and development goals should be decided on the basis of reflective practice, witness/tutor
feedback and / or reported developments in the practice of dentistry. Students should include copies of
the reflective accounts and feedback on which they are basing their development targets (e.g.
unsatisfactory PERS) in their PDP.

NAME DATE

1. COURSEWORK

GOAL HOW I WILL COMPLETE DATE ACHIEVED

Hand on time the coursework To be complete in the first few
days after is being given
To be complete with the best of Completely focusing on the work
my ability

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 GOAL
To be sure that I understand my
course work
To get better in understanding
prior and modern methods of
Dental nursing
To be sure that I stick to the task
in hand and not deviate
HOW I WILL COMPLETE DATE ACHIEVED
To ask questions if unsure and
make sure I check my homework
Covering all types of past and
current articles
Make sure I proof read all my
work

2 POTENTIAL BARRIERS

GOAL POTENTIAL How you will What support you Actual barriers
BARRIER overcome. What feel you need to faced. (to complete
action needs to be achieve the goal once goal is
taken. achieved)

To hand work My work in a dental Dedicating certain I need more

on time practice interfering amount of tie to my support from my
with my coursework tutor
coursework

To make sure Not able to Do researching and Receiving more

that I complete understand some by looking at my information on
work correctly things when writing coursebooks and what I’m doing by
about Roe asking questions if my tutor and
unsure employer

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3 SHORTER TERM AIMS

What I want to achieve in the next 12 months

I would like to complete the Dental nursing course and become qualified Dental Nurse, have better
understanding in dental nursing and Dentistry in general

4 MEDIUM TERM AIMS

What I would like to achieve in the next 2-5 years

I would like to become a Sedation and Implant nurse and work my way up the practice

5 CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN

DEVELOPMENT NEEDS HOW TO ADDRESS DATE TO ACHIEVE

Time keeping By making sure that I focus my

time myself between coursework
and work

Not to be distracted whist doing By making sure that my attention

my coursework and preparing for is focused when completing my
my exams coursework

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