Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
The Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a professional faculty within the UK surgical college 'Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow' (RCPSG). RCPSG is one of four surgical colleges within the UK and Ireland.[1][2] [3][4]RCPSG provides postgraduate medical education and offers examinations that lead to Membership and Fellowship to appropriately qualified physicians, surgeons, dental surgeons and podiatrists. The qualifications are internationally recognised.The Faculty of Dental Surgery is the professional group within the college with responsibility for dental surgeons.
History of the Dental Faculty
The four surgical Colleges in the UK and Ireland received authorisation, through legislation laid out in The Dentist Act of 1878, to establish a qualification through examination that would lead to registration on the Dentist Register.[5][6] [7] The dentist act of 1984 now supersedes this. [8]The register was held by the General Medical Council at that time. The first examination took place in 1879 and ‘the Licence in Dental Surgery’ was awarded by the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. [1][3]
In 1935, the college decided to create a Dental Committee that could provide advice on dental matters. In 1967 this committee became known as the Dental Council.[9]
1968 saw formation of the Joint Committee for Higher Training in Dentistry by the four Royal Colleges of Edinburgh, England, Glasgow and Ireland.
In 1990 a Dental Faculty was established to recognise the increasing role of Dental Fellows in the College. As a result the Convenor of Dental Council was elevated to that of Dean. [1]
Role of the Dental Faculty
The Dental Faculty set standards for dental practice through prescribing programmes of education and training, assessing their outcomes through examination, and delivering programmes of continuing professional development. [1]
| Table 1: Positions on the Dental Council | |
| Elected Members | Other Members |
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| Table 2: Conveners, | |
| Conveners | |
| 1967-69 | J.C MacDougall |
| 1969-72 | J.A.Russell |
| 1972-74 | T.C.White |
| 1974-77 | J. Ireland |
| 1977-80 | D.K.Mason |
| 1980-83 | A.F. Carmichael |
| 1983-86 | A.Cockburn |
| 1986-89 | H.D. Campbell |
| Table 3: Deans | |
| 1989-92 | D.A. McGowan |
| 1992-95 | K.F. Moos |
| 1995-98 | I.B Watson |
| 1998-01 | R.T. Reed |
| Table 4: Vice Presidents (Dental) | |
| 2001-04 | D.G. MacDonald |
| 2004-07 | W.M.M. Jenkins |
| 2007-10 | M.A.O. Lewis |
| 2010-13 | Alyson P.M. Wray[10] |
| 2013-2016 | R.R. Welbury |
| 2016- | G.R. Ogden[11] |
Examinations
Up until 1947 there was a continued demand for the Licence in Dental Surgery awarded by the Royal College. The University of Glasgow then took responsibility for undergraduate education of dental surgeons and began awarding degrees in Dentistry. [1]
The Fellowship in Dental Surgery (FDS) was first established by the RCSEng in 1947. The Glasgow College established its own FDS in 1967. Originally the FDS was the highest diploma in dentistry that could be awarded by the Colleges. [1]
In 1998 the Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) was established as a three part exam. [1]
As time progressed the MFDS was reconfigured into a two-part examination and eligibility to sit the exam was no longer restricted to those who had undertaken training in approved hospital or community posts. The MFDS is delivered jointly by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. The English and Irish colleges administer their own equivalent exams: Royal College of Surgeons England administer Membership of the Joint Dental Faculty and the Royal College Surgeons Ireland (MJDF RCSEng) administer Membership Faculty of Dentistry (MFD RCSI).
Dental Specialty Trainees have undergone Fellowship assessments since 1995, each undertaking a three year minimum duration training programme.
A history of examinations and the qualifications awarded by the College for the dental faculty are listed in table 5 below.[12]
| Table 5: Current and past Examinations | |||
| Examinations | College | Qualifications | Dates |
| Licence in Dental Surgery | RCPSG | LDS | 1879-2000 |
| Higher Dental Diploma | RCPSG | HDD | 1920-1966 |
| Diploma in Dental Orthopaedics | RCPSG | DDO/DDOrth | 1949-1989 |
| Fellowship in Dental Surgery | RCPSG | FDS | 1967-2002 |
| Membership in General Dental Surgery | RCPSG | MGDS | 1982-2007 |
| Membership in Clinical Community Dentistry | RCPSG | MCCD | 1989-2007 |
| Membership in Dental Orthopaedics | RCPSG | MDO | 1990-1999 |
| Membership in the Faculty of Dental Surgery | RCPSG | MFDS | 1999-2007 |
| Membership in Oral Maxillo-facial Surgery | RCPSG | MOMS | 2000-2012 |
| Bi-collegiate general membership examination | RCPSG
RCSEd |
MFDS | 2007-current |
| Inter-collegiate specialty fellowship examinations | RCPSG
RCSEd RCSEng RCSI |
FDS (DPH)
FDS (OM) FDS(Orth) FDS(OS) FDS(Paed Dent) FDS(Rest Dent) |
1995-current
1995-current 1995-current 1995-current 1995-current 1995-current |
| Bi-collegiate specialty membership examinations
Tri-collegiate exams administered by RCSED, RCS Eng and RCPSG respectively. The M(Oral Surg) exam superseded MSurgDent |
RCPSG
RCSEng RCPSG RCS Ed RCS Eng |
MRD
MOrth MPaed Dent MSCD MOS |
1993-current
1999-current 2012-current 2012-current 2012-current |
Bursaries and awards
Professor Thomas Cyril White, Convenor of the Dental Council 1972-1974, bequeathed his estate to the RCPSG ‘for the furtherance of postgraduate dental education and research’.
Professor White was awarded a chair in Orthodontics in 1963 at the University of Glasgow and went on to become Dean of the Dental School. Initially Professor White qualified with an Licence in Dental Surgery in Glasgow in 1933 and then Medicine and Surgery in 1935.
The Royal College holds an annual symposium and awards several prizes (Table 6) which include the T C white Medal for outstanding performance in the Part 2 MFDS examination. [13]
The college administers other awards and grant schemes from other donors listed in Table 7.
| Table 6. List of awards and grants. |
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| Table 7. List of further awards and grants |
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Jenkins WMM, Welbury R, L Cranwell, GR Ogden (June 2017). "Dental Faculty RCPSG: How a Royal College has evolved to address the needs of the dental professional". Dental Update.: 473–475.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Jenkins, W (October 2010). "Dental Faculty RCPSG: An Overview of How a Royal College has Evolved to Address the Needs of the Dental Profession". Dental Update. 37 (8): 562–4, 566. PMID 21137849.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andrew Hull and Johanna Geyer-Kordesch (1999). The history of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 1858-1999: The shaping of the medical profession. Hambledon Press. ISBN 9781852851866. Search this book on
- ↑ Parry, C (1998). "Henry Noble History of Dentistry Group" (PDF).
- ↑ "General Dental Council, Dentist Register". www.gdc-uk.org. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ↑ "Was your ancestor a dentist?" (PDF). www.bda.org. 10 November 2017.
- ↑ "The Dentist Act 1878". The Lancet. 115: 530. 10 November 2017.
- ↑ "UK Dentist Act". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ↑ Gelbier, S (Winter 2005). "125 years of developments in dentisty, 1880-2005 Part 5: Dental Education, training and qualifications". British Dental Journal. 199: 685–689.
- ↑ Oxley, B (April 2011). "A real wray of sunshine". Scottish Dental Magazine. April 2011.
- ↑ Oxley, B (December 2016). "Self Determination in Action". Scottish Dental Magazine. December 2016.
- ↑ "Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Dentistry Exams". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ↑ "Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Dentistry Homepage". RCPSG. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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