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Paying forwards, paying backwards and paying forwards, again

Colin Campbell
by Colin Campbell on 05/05/19 18:00
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In 1994, qualified from dental school and I managed to secure a job as a junior House officer at Glasgow in oral surgery and oral medicine (and a bit of perio’)

It was a dream come true; it was my dream job.

I set my sights forward to sit the FDS (Fellowship in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons) in March the following year and started work in August.

Those first months as a dentist were absolutely fundamental to shaping me as a clinician and an individual and it could have gone either way and in so many ways if I had not been guided by some of the best people, I’ve ever met

One of those guys is John Sadler, he ultimately trained to be a consultant in restorative dentistry and now works at a practice in Glasgow.

As an experienced house officer, john guided me, showed me the ropes and how to be an ethical and honest practitioner, always caring for patients and always putting the patients interests first.

There was a gang of 4 at that stage, John Sadler, Geoff Readshaw, John Gibson (Dean of Edinburgh Aberdeen dental school) and Damian Petrucci, these guys made me, formed me, constructed me out of putty and sent me away on the route to a career.

They would quiz me and question me about the subjects of my primary FDS, they would drag me over the coals and give me a hard time, they are simultaneously supporting, they were looking after patients that were difficult in the midst of some of my worst mistakes.

Last year, after many years of no contact, John Sadler contacted me after he watched the Geistlich webinar, to complement me and tell me how good he thought it was.

I was completely blown away, speechless in fact, that somebody who I hold in such higher regards, even begin to complement me.

He referred a patient to us from Glasgow to Nottingham for zygomatic implants and then we had more conversations and decided to go to the Osteology conference together.

I can’t tell you what a pleasure it was to spend time again with John, who thought he was taking advice from Colin Burns and I at the Osteology conference, when not realising how much inspiration he was giving back to us. John paid it forwards to me, when I was a house officer, he didn’t have to help me, I tried to pay it forwards so that other people after that, because he taught me how to do that and he paid it forwards again.

In 1994, qualified from dental school and I managed to secure a job as a Junior House Officer at Glasgow in oral surgery and oral medicine (and a bit of perio’)

It was a dream come true; it was my dream job.

I set my sights forward to sit the FDS (Fellowship in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons) in March the following year and started work in August.

Those first months as a dentist were absolutely fundamental to shaping me as a clinician and an individual and it could have gone either way, in so many ways if I had not been guided by some of the best people, I’ve ever met

One of those guys is John Sadler, he ultimately trained to be a consultant in restorative dentistry and now works at a practice in Glasgow.

As an experienced Senior House Officer, John guided me, showed me the ropes on how to be an ethical and honest practitioner, always caring for patients and always putting the patients interests first.

There was a gang of 4 at that stage, John Sadler, Geoff Readshaw, John Gibson (Dean of Edinburgh Aberdeen Dental School) and Damian Petrucci, these guys made me, formed me, constructed me out of putty and sent me away on the route to a career.

They would quiz me and question me about the subjects of my primary FDS, they would drag me over the coals and give me a hard time, they are simultaneously supportive whilst looking after patients that were difficult in the midst of some of my worst mistakes.

Last year, after many years of no contact, John Sadler contacted me after he watched the Geistlich webinar, to complement me and tell me how good he thought it was.

I was completely blown away, speechless in fact, that somebody who I hold in such high regards, even begin to complement me.

He referred a patient to us from Glasgow to Nottingham for zygomatic implants and then we had more conversations and decided to go to the Osteology conference together.

I can’t tell you what a pleasure it was to spend time again with John, who thought he was taking advice from Colin Burns and I at the Osteology conference, when not realising how much inspiration he was giving back to us. John paid it forwards to me, when I was a house officer, he didn’t have to help me, I tried to pay it forwards so that other people after that, because he taught me how to do that and he paid it forwards again.

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