Course Overview
Previous delegates from IAS Academy’s Advanced Diploma Training or Clear Aligner Diploma are invited to an informal masterclass with IAS Academy’s prof. Ross Hobson.
The one-day event is an opportunity to recap, revisit and revise the course’s main themes to apply to real-life cases, and discuss any issues attendees have faced since completing the course.
The masterclass also is a chance to meet and socialise with fellow professionals undertaking CGDent’s diploma. Attendees will discuss their chosen topics from the Advanced Training syllabus and review cases where they have put new skills into practice.
**Delegates must complete Advanced Training before booking**
Course Benefits
- Delegate-led learning and revision - you set the syllabus
- Review and get valuable feedback on your treated cases
- Prepare for CDGent’s DipPCOrth qualification
- Socialise and build your professional network
- Discuss issues faced in practice with various cases since the course
Upcoming Course Dates
Meet the Lecturers
Ross Hobson
Prof* Ross Hobson BDS, MDS, PhD, FDS, MDOrth (RCPS), FDS (RCS Ed), FDS (RCS Eng), SFHEA
Ross graduated from the University of Newcastle, has Fellowships from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Glasgow, Edinburgh and England. His MDOrth is from the RCPS Glasgow). He was the first dentist to be awarded the prestigious Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. His specialist orthodontic training was completed in Dundee. He has published over 60 refereed articles on Orthodontics, hypodontia, dental materials and education. He was appointed to the Chair in Orthodontics at UClan to develop part-time specialist orthodontic training in primary care.
1992 – 2009: Newcastle upon Tyne University, Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Head of Department and the MSc/ Specialist training program in orthodontics.
2004-2008: Chair of CCDAS (the BDA academic committee) and a member of the BDA Executive Board.
2010: He was awarded the BDA Fellowship in recognition of his work for the profession.
2012: He and his partners established Windmill Orthodontic Group, the North of England’s first 7 private multidisciplinary specialist practices
*Ross is a former retired professor of UClan.
- Specialist orthodontist
- Senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Former chair in orthodontics at UCLan