Oxford Section - Confident Conversations: The Mindset and Skills for Success in Dentistry
IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Oxford Section
What to expect
This event will equip dentists and dental teams with the confidence, communication skills, and resilience needed to navigate challenging conversations, build trust with patients and increase treatment acceptance. By focusing on both mindset and practical communication strategies, this course empowers dental professionals to overcome anxiety, improve patient engagement and achieve greater success in their practice.
Timings
18:30 Registration and networking
18:45 Lecture - Jane Lelean
21:00 Ends
Learning objectives
- Recognise and manage their own stress and anxiety in clinical settings
- Develop resilience strategies to maintain confidence and composure in practice
- Feel more confident
- Apply effective communication techniques to build stronger relationships.
Development outcomes
A, B and D
Meet the speaker
Jane Lelean Dental business coachJane Lelean is a globally recognised dental business coach, trainer, and communication expert. With a background as a practising dentist and over 34 years of experience owning and managing a successful mixed dental practice, Jane understands first-hand the challenges of patient communication, treatment acceptance, and managing a busy practice.
Since transitioning from practice ownership Jane has worked with hundreds of dentists and dental teams to improve their confidence, communication skills, and business success. Jane specialises in helping dental professionals overcome anxiety, build resilience, and develop the skills needed to have confident, patient-centred conversations. She has trained extensively in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Motivational Interviewing, and Thinking Pattern Profiling, equipping her with a unique set of tools to support dentists in refining their communication strategies.
More information
We are looking for enthusiastic members to join the Oxford Section committee. A role on the committee is a great way to get involved in the BDA at a local level and to help provide and shape local educational and networking events. It’s also great to have on your CV!
A brief description of the different roles in a committee is available here
The Section has the support of the centrally-based Local Services team who are on hand to help and advise on any aspect of running the Section and planning events.
If interested, or for more information, please contact us at [email protected]
If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.
If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.
Peartree Roundabout, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 8JD
Parking: Parking charged at £6.00 per 24 hours
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Very informative, pleasant atmosphere, excellent delivery
Tutor knowledgeable, interactive and approachable. Really relevant content
The lecture content was great and the lecturer provided a lot of useful theory and cases to supplement this
