Dental The Division of Behavioural Sciences co-ordinates a substantial course in behavioural science for B.D.S. students. The course was amongst the first to be established in the U.K. and is one of very few to have professional examination status. The Division is actively involved in discussions regarding its input to the new Dental Curriculum proposed for 1999. There are currently 52 specialist registrar posts in the West of Scotland, the numbers having increased by 19 posts during the implementation of the specialist registrar grade. Ten of these were centrally funded and nine obtained by conversion of career Registrar posts, most of which were then replaced by the Trusts as senior house officer posts.
Placements are available within Glasgow and throughout the West of Scotland.
Trainees spend at least one year within Glasgow and one year outside the city, with the third year being negotiable, depending on individual needs. Individual placements are negotiated with the trainee, the scheme organiser and the specialty tutor, as appropriate. The arrangements for this are dealt with on an individual basis, account being taken both of training needs and of people's domestic commitments in the exact placement. There are a wide variety of different services and both research and training opportunities within the West of Scotland, which consists of half the population of Scotland. Supervision of training is through the West of Scotland Postgraduate Committee in Psychiatry, with two interviews in the first year and thereafter assessments at yearly intervals.