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Mentoring, mind-sets and errors

BDJ In Practice volume 36, pages 26–27 (2023)Cite this article

In the last of a mini-series of articles, authors Mabel Saw and Janine Brooks MBE discuss how mind-sets affect the mentoring journey. It explores different aspects of mind-sets and discovers how mind-sets can help us learn from our mistakes

Any of us can find ourselves facing a Fitness to Practise (FtP) process with the General Dental Council (GDC). This usually concerns a complaint that often involves a clinical error or an error in judgement.

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  1. Cambridge, UK

    Mabel Saw

  2. CEO of Dentalia, Northamptonshire, UK

    Janine Brooks

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Saw, M., Brooks, J. Mentoring, mind-sets and errors. BDJ In Pract 36, 26–27 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-023-1904-2

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