So You Want to be an Academic?

From Volume 30, Issue 4, May 2003 | Pages 187-193

Authors

Brendan J.J. Scott

BDS, BSc, FDS, PhD

Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant, Unit of Restorative Dental Care and Clinical Dental Sciences, Dundee Dental Hospital and School.

Articles by Brendan J.J. Scott

Abstract

Academic dentistry offers a rewarding and varied career in which the practice of dentistry can be combined with teaching and research. This article outlines the activities that academic staff undertake, discusses the routes by which entry into an academic post can be made, and the ways in which progression and development can take place.

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