Embodying Leadership: Public Speaking Tactics for Dentists

About This Course

Enhance your public speaking skills with our course for dentists. Learn to craft engaging speeches, overcome fear, and establish credibility on-stage. Explore advanced strategies and long-term benefits.

Why Take This Course?

Many dental professionals struggle with public speaking, as it is not always a skill that is developed during their education and training. However, being able to effectively communicate with patients, colleagues, and other professionals is crucial for success in the dental field. This course addresses this challenge by providing comprehensive training in all aspects of public speaking, from overcoming fear to developing engaging content and utilizing visual aids. By improving their public speaking skills, dental professionals can establish credibility, build confidence, and ultimately improve patient satisfaction and outcomes.

The course on public speaking for dentists is beneficial because it covers a wide range of topics that are essential for delivering effective speeches. It provides dentists with the necessary skills to overcome their fear of public speaking, build confidence on-stage, and establish credibility. Additionally, dentists will learn how to assess audience needs, develop interaction and engagement techniques, and utilise visual aids to enhance their speeches. The course also covers advanced strategies such as voice modulation and storytelling, as well as leadership concepts and personal branding. Ultimately, dentists will gain the confidence and motivation to deliver impactful speeches that benefit their practice reputation and instill confidence in their teams.

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How This Course Supports GDC Enhanced Dental CPD

“Dental professionals have a duty to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. A primary qualification is only the first step in their education and development which should last throughout their professional life” General Dental Council

Learning Objectives	Anticipated Outcomes
1: By the end of this course, learners will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role and importance of communication within a dental practice.	#REF!
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to differentiate between verbal and non-verbal communication and provide appropriate examples of each in a dental setting.
3: Participants will demonstrate their ability to identify common barriers to effective communication in dental practices and discuss potential impacts on patient care and team dynamics.
4: By the final session, learners will have mastered strategies for effective interprofessional communication within the dental team, contributing to better coordination and patient care.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to apply their learned communication strategies within their own practices, improving patient interactions and team cohesion.

Regulatory Standards

GDC	CQC
✅ A – Effective Communication ✅ B – Effective Management ✅ C – Maintenance in Field of Practice ✅ D – Maintenance in Patient Confidence	✅ Caring ✅ Effective ✅ Leadership ✅ Responsive ✅ Safe

🕐 90 minutes of Enhanced Dental CPD

Course Description

The course on public speaking for dentists covers defining public speaking and its importance, key skills required, overcoming fear, crafting engaging speech content, building confidence on-stage, establishing credibility, understanding communication styles, personal presentation, notable public speaking performances in dentistry, assessing audience needs, developing interaction and engagement techniques, utilising visual aids, dealing with difficult questions, advanced strategies such as voice modulation and storytelling, controlling stage space, leadership concepts, personal branding and practice reputation, instilling confidence and motivation in teams, and exploring the long-term benefits of public speaking.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of the course focuses on the basics of public speaking, including defining public speaking and its importance in dentistry, key skills required for effective public speaking, overcoming the fear of public speaking, and the art of crafting engaging speech content. The section also includes a role play exercise for crafting and presenting a short speech.

Section 2

Section 2 of the course focuses on building confidence on-stage through establishing credibility, understanding body language, different communication styles, and the importance of personal presentation and appearance. The section also includes a case study analysis of notable public speaking performances in dentistry.

Section 3

Section 3 of the course focuses on enhancing audience engagement through assessing audience needs, developing interactive techniques, utilising visual aids, and dealing with difficult situations, along with advanced public speaking strategies such as voice modulation, using humour and storytelling, controlling stage space, and embodying leadership through public speaking.

Section 4

Section 4 covers advanced public speaking strategies such as opening and closing speeches for maximum impact, voice modulation techniques for effective delivery, utilizing humor and storytelling in speeches, controlling and using stage space efficiently, and delivering a comprehensive presentation on a dental topic through role play exercise.

Section 5

Section 5 of this course explores the concepts of leadership in public speaking, how public speaking enhances personal branding and practice reputation, instilling confidence and motivation in your team through speeches, exploring the long-term benefits of public speaking for dentists, and revisiting key concepts and tactics for public speaking in dentistry.

Course Reviews

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This course helped me improve my public speaking skills and gave me the tools to create engaging presentations. The section on voice modulation was particularly helpful.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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The course was comprehensive and covered all aspects of public speaking for dentists. I particularly appreciated the focus on personal branding and practice reputation.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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I found the section on handling difficult questions to be invaluable. The course provided practical strategies to navigate challenging situations with confidence.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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