Staff Profile

Current Positions

• Clinical Fellow, Newcastle University

Previous Positions

• Dental Associate in General Dental Practice (2012-16)
• Dental Officer (DF2), Northumbria Community Dental Services (2012)
• Senior House Officer (DF2), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle (2011-12)
• Foundation Dentist in General Dental Practice (2010-11)

Qualifications

• Certificate in Advances Studies in Academic Practice (Newcastle University, 2021)
• Newcastle Teaching Award (Newcastle University, 2017)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Conscious Sedation with Merit (Newcastle University, 2014)
• Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 2012)
• Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Merit in Clinical Dentistry and Merit in Academic Dentistry (Newcastle University, 2010)

Honours and Awards

• Newcastle University Vice-Chancellor's 'Celebrating Success', 2020
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2017
• Awarded the TC White Medal, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 2012
• Winner of Annual FGDP(UK) Key Skills Prize for the Northern Deanery, 2011
• Sopwith Prize in Restorative Dentistry, Newcastle University, 2010

Memberships

• Faculty of Dental Trainers
• British Dental Association
• The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry
• Dental Sedation Teachers' Group
• International Association for Dental Research
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• British Society of Paediatric Dentistry

Informal Interests

I have been a keen netball player for many years, having previously represented England at a number of junior levels.  I currently play netball in a local league and am a qualified Level 2 Coach.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Deputy Director of Examination and Assessment
• Member - Board of Studies
• Member - Admissions Panel
• Board of Examiners - various
• Internal examiner BDS Stages 1-5, BSc ODHS Stages 1-3

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

• Personal Tutor for undergraduate students
• Clinical teaching for Stage 3, 4 and 5 students on the Department of Child Dental Health
• Delivery of lectures and seminars to students
• Key Clinical Skills Paediatric Dentistry Theme - Lead

BSc Oral and Dental Health Sciences

• Clinical teaching for Stage 2 and 3 students on the Department of Child Dental Health
  
• Delivery of lectures and seminars to students
• Key Clinical Skills Paediatric Dentistry Theme - Lead

• PhD - Sedation in Under 16s to Manage Maxillary Impacted Teeth (SUMMIT)
• Projects relating to:

              - interprofessional undergraduate education to enhance dental care for patients with limited English proficiency

              - undergraduate dental examination, assessment and feedback

              - safety and efficacy of patient care provided under conscious sedation

Research Interests

• Clinical - paediatric dentistry, dental anxiety management, behavioural management/support, service design and provision, primary care-based research
• Dental education - examination and assessment, feedback, inter-professional education, student support and progression

Research Roles

• Member of the Centre for Oral Health Research (COHR), Newcastle University
• Member of Oral Health Care and Epidemiology Research Group, Newcastle School of Dental Sciences
• Member of Dental Education Research Group (DERG), Newcastle School of Dental Sciences

• Stamp AJ, Rolland SL, Wilson KE, Vernazza CR. Conscious sedation in children: the need to strengthen the evidence base remains. Evidence-Based Dentistry 2019, 20(2), 62-63.
• Stamp AJ, Tzemou E, Holmes RD, Rolland SL. Enhancing Communication and Professionalism: Aligning Learner and Patient Feedback Priorities. In: IADR/PER General Session. 2018, London, UK.
• Stamp AJ, Taylor GD. Research with the Adolescent Patient - Working Alongside Young People to Plan Dental Research. In: Dental Sedation Teachers' Group Symposium. 2018, Newcastle, UK.
• Stamp AJ. Extractions under sedation.....developing skills to manage the child and the tooth. In: Association for Dental Education in Europe. 2017, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Stamp AJ, Dorman ML, Vernazza CR, Deeming G, Reid C, Wilson KE, Girdler NM. Can intravenous conscious sedation with midazolam be effective at facilitating surgical dentistry in adolescent orthodontic patients? A service evaluation. British Dental Journal 2017, 222(2), 113-119.
• Stamp AJ, Rolland SR, Finch TL, Vernazza CR. Surgical canine exposures in young people: behavioural management techniques employed to facilitate care. In: The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry Annual Symposium. 2019, Manchester, UK: SAAD.
• Hale O, Tzemou E, Du B, Stamp AJ. Consultation with patients who have limited English proficiency: Perspectives of trainee dental professionals and interpreters. In: Association for Dental Education in Europe Annual Meeting 2021. 2021, Strasbourg / Online.
• Stamp AJ, Rolland SL, Finch TL, Vernazza CR. Surgical Canine Exposures in Young People: Behavioural Management Techniques Employed to Facilitate Care. In: The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry. 2019, Manchester, UK.