Oral Health Training & Human resources

1. Oral Health Training & Human resources Prof MH Moola Dean – Faculty of Dentistry University of the Western Cape October 2009

2. Human Resources Dental2008 Data • General Dental Practitioners 5430 • Specialists 302 • Oral Hygienists 926 • Dental Therapist 320 • Dental Assistants 1553

3. Current Students Output 2009 • Dentists Annually 220-250 • Dental Therapist 30 • Oral Hygienist 50 • Specialists 10

4. POST GRADUATE TRAINING • 88 Specialist training post in the 4 Dental Schools • 77 filled posts Nationally • 11 vacant posts ALL at UWC • Posts are unfunded by Provincial Government of the Western Cape • Thus we have a 31 % Vacancy Rate due to non funding

5. POST GRADUATE TRAINING

6. Unfilled Posts per University

7. Post Graduate Training • UWC train as many African registrars • Medunsa • UP and Wits combined • Train more coloured registrars than the other facilities combined • UP have >60 % of registrars White

8. Undergraduate Output 2009 Nationally

9. Undergraduate Numbers per University 2009

10. UWC FACULTY ENROLLMENT • Dental Students 501 • Oral Hygienist 60 • Specialist 22 • Other Post Graduate 181 • Total 768

11. Conclusion • Specialist training at UWC is grossly underfunded – 31 % unfilled posts • 11 Vacant posts of 36 available • UWC produces the largest number of • Specialists • Undergraduate students • Funding gap exists between UWC and the other dental schools