Ionising Radiation (SW14-03-24-2)

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SubjectRadiography and radiation protection
DescriptionThis course, based on the key principles of the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) of justification, optimisation and limitation. A comprehensive course in dental radiography and radiation protection satisfying the requirements of the GDC and covering all the specific IR(M)ER topics including the essential legal requirements of both the IR(ME)R2000 and IRR99 regulations. This course is for dentists and DCPs who take radiographs.
VenueEngineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset  View details
Date & timeMonday 24 March 2014, 09:30 to 16:30
LecturerMr Ian Hamilton  View details
Target audience

Mandatory: Dental nurse, or Dentist, or Hygienist, or Therapist

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Catering Meal
Core topicRadiography and radiation protection
CPD hours6:00
Cost£42.00
Aims

1. To meet the GDC requirement that all Dentists and DCPs should carry out 5 hours of verifiable continuing professional development in Radiology and Radiation Protection as part of their 5–yearly recertification cycle.

 

COURSE CONTENT

 

2. The 1-day course covers the core subjects recommended for continuing training and education as contained within para A 3.7 of the NRPB Guidance Notes for General Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-Ray Equipment, June 2001 (which remains extant despite the NRPB having being subsumed into the Health Protection Agency – which has become Health Protection England):

 

         (a) the principles of radiation physics;

         (b) risks of ionising radiation;

         (c) radiation doses in dental radiography;

         (d) factors affecting doses in dental radiography;

         (e) the principles of radiation protection;

         (f) statutory requirements;

         (g) selection criteria;

         (h) quality assurance.

 

3. Whilst there is no requirement within the Guidance Notes for operators to study selection criteria, the course is intended to be suitable for both Dentists and Dental Care Professionals – the GDC has recommended that radiography and radiation protection should form one of the core subjects for DCPs since the introduction of compulsory CPD for them in July 2008.


Objectives

a. Understand what statutory legislation is applicable to        Dental Radiology/Radiography (IRR 99, IR(ME)R 2000,          IR(ME)Amending Regulations 2006) and what specific       roles and responsibilities are laid down within these          Regulations (with particular regard to Local Rules and         Pregnancy).

 

         b. Revise the nature of and specific hazards associated        with   ionising radiation in order that all members of the          Dental team understand the need to protect both        themselves and their patients.

 

         c. Understand the principles of Radiation Protection and      how these   are translated into practice. Revise the election          Criteria for Dental Radiography in accordance with the        FGDP(UK) Guidelines so that both dentists and DCPs          understand the need for justification of every exposure.

 

         d.  Understand the requirement for a Quality Assurance       programme and the need for (and benefits gained from)          auditing image quality at appropriate intervals. Revise positioning techniques for both intraoral and panoramic          radiography.