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

Human Resources Dental 2008 Data General Dental Practitioners 5430 Specialists 302 Oral Hygienists 926 Dental Therapist 320 Dental Assistants 1553

Current Students Output 2009 Dentists Annually Dentists Annually Dental Therapist 30 Dental Therapist 30 Oral Hygienist 50 Oral Hygienist 50 Specialists 10 Specialists 10

POST GRADUATE TRAINING 88 Specialist training post in the 4 Dental Schools 88 Specialist training post in the 4 Dental Schools 77 filled posts Nationally 77 filled posts Nationally 11 vacant posts ALL at UWC 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

POST GRADUATE TRAINING RACEMEDUNSAUPWITSUWCTOTAL%UWC AFRICAN % COLOURED % ASIAN % WHITE % VACANT TOTAL * UWC POST 41%32%

Unfilled Posts per University

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

Undergraduate Output 2009 Nationally RACEMEDUNSAUPWITSUWCRSA AFRICAN COLOURED ASIAN WHITES OTHER TOTAL

Undergraduate Numbers per University 2009

UWC FACULTY ENROLLMENT Dental Students501 Dental Students501 Oral Hygienist 60 Oral Hygienist 60 Specialist 22 Specialist 22 Other Post Graduate181 Other Post Graduate181 Total768 Total768

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