The following accreditations of New Zealand programmes were conducted in September 2015.
The site evaluation team reports have been considered by the Australian Dental Council/Dental Council (New Zealand) Accreditation Committee and the Council.
In future, all final accreditation reports will be published on the Council’s website.
Dental technology programmes
The site evaluation team members who conducted the review were:
- Associate Professor David Thomson (Chair) – Associate Professor, Academic Clinical Director, University of Queensland, Prosthodontists registered in Australia
- Mr Brent Norton – Clinical Dental Technician and Dental Technician registered in New Zealand, Wellington
- Ms Leah Taylor – Clinical Dental Technician and Dental Technician registered in New Zealand, Auckland
- Ms Phyllis Huitema – Lay member, Hamilton.
The Council made the following accreditation decisions:
- University of Otago Bachelor of Dental Technology and Bachelor of Dental Technology (honours) programmes: re-accredit for five years, ending 31 December 2020
- University of Otago Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dental Technology: re-accredit for five years, ending 31 December 2020.
Various quality improvement recommendations were made for the programmes – these are available in the accreditation reports, available here.
DClinDent (oral surgery)
The site evaluation team members who conducted the review were:
- Associate Professor David Thomson (Chair) – Associate Professor, Academic Clinical Director, University of Queensland, Prosthodontists registered in Australia
- Dr David Chrisp – Oral Surgeon registered in New Zealand, Tauranga
- Dr Stephen Cox – Senior Lecturer and Head of Discipline of Oral Surgery, University of Sydney, Oral Surgeon registered in Australia
- Dr Don Macalister – Oral Surgeon registered in New Zealand, Auckland
- Mr John Robertson – Lay member, Strategic Projects Ltd, Auckland.
The Council accredited the University of Otago DClinDent (oral surgery): accredit for five years, ending 31 December 2020.
The quality improvement recommendations for the programme is contained in the accreditation report, available here.
