Speakers for this event:

Becky Cox

Becky is a GP specialist working in gynaecology and an academic GP with an interest in violence against women. As a survivor of domestic abuse as well as sexual harassment and assault at work she advocates and campaigns to end the culture of misogyny in healthcare. From lecturing at Oxford University to medical students on domestic abuse, writing and publishing scientific papers, national and international speaking, and charitable work she has worked to bring a focus to violence against women in the healthcare sector. From sharing her own experience of sexual violence and abuse she recognises the power of survivor stories in bringing forth change.

Chelcie Jewitt

Chelcie is an dual trainee in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. She is interested in health inequalities, particularly those faced by women. Throughout her training she has been a victim of, and witness to, multiple incidences of sexism and misogyny. This prompted her to found the Sexism in Medicine project, which has led to the hard-hitting report published with the BMA in August 2021. She campaigns for equality in the workplace, speaking at national and international conferences, collaborating with multiple organisations in order to tackle this issue. This latest campaign, focuses of giving victims of workplace misogyny a voice, bringing about change through the power of their testimony.

Karl Walker-Finch

Karl is a general dentist with an interest in digital dentistry and implantology. He qualified from the University of Liverpool in 2010 and completed a Masters in Dental Implantology with distinction in 2017. Karl owns Smiles in Tandem, an climate conscious dental practice in Huddersfield with his wife Marisa, a psychotherapist with the aim of caring for both patients dental and mental wellbeing, in tandem.

With a passion for inspiring others with his enthusiasm for all things dental, Karl is a mentor and lecturer on the Dental Implantology MSc programme at ICE with the University of Salford. He is also an active member of the ADI and has multiple scientific publications in the field of implant dentistry.

In 2023 he wrote and published the personal development book In The Loupe: The Secrets to Finding a Passion in Dentistry, the sales of which raised over £2000 for Confidental, a charity who support dentists and their teams in times of need.

Karl is as passionate about his life outside of dentistry as he is inside it, with a young family and a long list of hobbies and interests, the latest of which includes fronting a rock band.?

To provide an opportunity to discuss factors when creating a safe and supportive learning environment and explore our purpose and motivation in our careers.

Learning Objectives

The session will cover

• An introduction to the new NHS Safe Learning Environment Charter and how we can implement it across primary and secondary dental care

• A discussion regarding sexual safety and first disclosure training

• An introduction to Ikigai and how understanding our own passions and drivers can influence the learning environment for our trainees

By the end of the session delegates will be able to

• Recall the NHS Safe Learning Environment Charter

• Discuss factors in improving sexual safety for our trainees and how to respond to a first disclosure

• Recall tools to help them examine their own passions and drivers, as well as that of their trainees

GDC Learning Outcomes: A, B, C, D