Obtaining Pateint Consent and Record Keeping in General Dental Practice (SW15-02-24-1)
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Subject | Medico-legal / ethics | ||||
Description | The General Dental Council stipulate that good communication skills are integral to successful patient care. Good record keeping should demonstrate patient assessment, patient consent, treatment and effective team working. The Learning outcome of this workshop is through scenario based discussion, develop a consensus among the group as to what constitutes informed consent and how it forms an integral part of the record-keeping process. | ||||
Additional information | Session lead by
Marina Harris is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth dental academy, in addition to being a local dental advisor for Dental Protection Ltd. Marina has over 30 years’ experience of general dental practice, clinical teaching and research. Holding a Master’s degree in Law she lectures widely on consent and records keeping. | ||||
Venue | Village Urban Resort Bournemouth, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset View details | ||||
Date & time | Tuesday 24 February 2015, 18:15 to 20:45 | ||||
Lecturer | Ms Marina Harris View details | ||||
Target audience | Recommended: Hygienists/Therapists & Dentist | ||||
Development outcome | No development outcome | ||||
Course style | Interactive Workshop | ||||
Catering | Light buffet | ||||
Core topic | Not a core topic | ||||
CPD hours | 2:00 | ||||
Cost | £15.00 | ||||
Aims | Ensure that you are obtaining consent from a patient before undertaking treatment at each appointment and are recording the correct information even for very basic procedures. | ||||
Objectives | learn the principles of consent and shared decision making understand the process of shared decision making and its importance in effective dentist-DCP patient relationships gain an understanding of what leads to complaints and claims related to clinical decision making gain a detailed understanding of what to right in your patients notes, even for the simplest common procedure | ||||