Dentistry Interview Prep

Who will teach me on the Dental School Interview course?

• Dr. Abdul Mannan and Dr. Imran Khan teach every course in person. We do not compromise the quality of our teaching 🩻

• We are fully qualified NHS doctors and look after medical students, foundation year and GP specialist training docs in our own NHS surgery, so you know the quality of your training is excellent 🏆

• In designing the course for dental school, we work with fully qualified and experienced NHS and private dentists and orthodontists who have an interest in dental education 🦷🎓

• Dr Mannan is a former undergraduate admissions tutor – but is not able to do this role any more as it is a conflict of interest 🔥

• Our NHS practice has received platinum awards for the standard of teaching from UCLAN and Manchester University 🥇 You can be assured the quality of your training will be excellent.

• We are trusted to teach hundreds of sixth-form students at some of the top UK grammar schools 🤝

• We are open and transparent 👁 We have published student testimonials and posted photos from previous courses so that you can decide whether to join us.

• Please feel free to contact us by email and telephone with complete confidence if you have any questions or are stuck. 🙋🏻 We are happy to speak to parents needing advice.

How do you teach Dental School Interview skills on the course?

We use established evidence-based teaching methods like those in university dental education 📚

Our training works and a record number of students last year obtained four offers after four interviews ✅😀

We have had students obtain university scholarships due to exceptional interview performance 📚🏆

Here are some of the topics we will cover in the dental school interview course:-

• Work experience 🦷

• Understanding of Dentistry issues and hot topics 📚

• Problem-solving and analytical skills 🛠

• Enthusiasm, interest and motivation to study Dentistry 🧬

• Ability to think critically and flexibly on your feet 🏃

• Manual dexterity skills 🔬

• Initiative, resilience and maturity 🙋‍♂️

• Creativity and spatial awareness ⚡️

• Organisation, Leadership and Teamwork 👁

• Empathy and self-insight 🔎

• Ethical reasoning ⚖️

We have feedback from thousands of former students, as well as our partner school teachers and our courses, are developed based on this experience 👨🏼‍💻

• We teach you the knowledge you need in a live, friendly classroom. 🎹 You can ask questions when you are stuck.

• 🔧 You will learn frameworks to help structure your answers and develop your critical thinking skills on the spot. 🧮 We don’t teach you ‘words and phrases’ or ‘stock answers’ – we teach you to think independently.

• We provide you with an updated dental question bank hot topics, and over 100 follow-up video tutorials to reinforce your learning 📽💾

What about practical skills and role-play in Dental School Interviews?

Now that you have the knowledge and skills, we will bring you to the front of the class and put you in the deep end 🦉

• We show you how to develop your communication skills and become more confident in your answers 🎞

• We will simulate patients and provide any practical equipment for a realistic and accurate MMI station 💡

• We will simulate practical dental MMI stations 🥁 These have an increased focus on manual dexterity and can be assessed remotely.

• Dr Mannan and Dr Khan will provide feedback on your performance 🧠 You will learn where you went wrong and how to put things right.

• You will learn from your feedback and the performance of other students 🤔

• We welcome students at all levels of training—A-level, undergraduate and postgraduate entry dentistry candidates.

• We will aim to allow each student at least one station where they can practice in person ⚠️ We recommend you combine your booking with one of our 40 stations’ mock MMI dentistry interview circuits 🔎

Dr. Abdul Mannan MBChB, DFSRH, PG Cert, MRCGP

• 👉 Dr Mannan qualified in Medicine 2000 from the University of Manchester Medical School in England. After a brief stint as a junior surgeon, Dr Mannan decided he wanted to be a GP.

• 🎓 He is trained at a Masters level in Medical Education and helps supervise medical students from local medical schools. He is also a GP trainer and educational supervisor for foundation doctors (interns in Australia) and GP specialist trainees.

• 👨‍⚕️ Dr Mannan, as well as running a successful NHS university GP training practice for many years, is also the Medical Director of the local Primary Care Network (PCN). He is currently helping with the COVID-19 vaccination role out in Rossendale. Many of his public health videos are on Hazelvalley Practice Facebook Channel.

• 🏆 As well as being a top doctor, Dr Mannan is an excellent public speaker and a talented tutor, having helped thousands of students into medical school and hundreds of junior doctors realise their dreams. He records many video tutorials and teaches in person on all our courses.

• ⚠️ Dr Mannan designs the UCAT courses and the highly successful NHS work experience placements. He also helps the local NHS Deanery with postgraduate training assessments for the MRCGP exam.

• Out of medicine, Dr. Mannan is a keen cyclist 🚲 and footballer. ⚽️

Dr. Imran Khan MBChB, LLM, DFSRH, FRCGP

• 👉 Dr Khan qualified with Dr Mannan in Medicine in 2000 at the University of Manchester. Dr. Khan initially wanted to be a physician and spent considerable time in cardiology, coronary care and oncology in hospitals in Northamptonshire, Cheshire and Merseyside, England. He then decided to become a GP.

• 🎓 He is trained in Masters level in Medication Education. He has a Masters degree in Medical Law and Ethics from the University of Edinburgh and provides training to students in these fields. He has also trained as a 🧑🏼‍⚖️GP expert witness at the University of Cardiff but tends to spend most of his time looking after patients in the practice.

• 👨‍⚕️ Dr Khan works as a GP with Dr Mannan in Hazelvalley Family Practice in Rossendale, Lancashire. He is the safeguarding and clinical lead there, supervising medical students and physician associates. He has held several leadership roles in the NHS over the years, including providing a Lead GP role in GP out of hours to over 200 doctors.

• 🏆He has previously worked as a clinical lead in the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and been a district representative for the Royal College of General Practitioners.

• Dr Khan’s interests include technology, travel and YouTube. He has a rather shy cat named Elizabeth. 😸