Course Calendar

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09:00 BDTA Dental Trade Show   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: BDTA Dental Trade Show (VT021008W)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Visit to BDTA Trade Show

09:00 Dental Therapist VT Scheme   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Therapist VT Scheme (TVT021008)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: AM An introduction into clinical photography; theory and hands on. PM Practical Radiography

09:00 Prosthodontics - When, Why and How on the NHS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Prosthodontics - When, Why and How on the NHS (VT021008N)
Venue: Kettering General Hospital, Kettering - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This day will cover all aspects of Prosthodontics - additions/repair, anatomy, materials, over denture, partial dentures. Design, survey articular, implant based dentures, repair in laboratory and in surgery, F/F, treatment planning with crowns and dentures

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09:00 Excellence in Root Canal Preparation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Excellence in Root Canal Preparation (BE031008)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Fri 3 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £75.00
Description: A hands-on course that will help you prepare root canals to a very high standard, improving quality and outcomes for your patients.

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09:30 Conscious Sedation Course for the Dental Team Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Conscious Sedation Course for the Dental Team Part 1 (WI061008)
Venue: Dental School, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Mon 6 Oct 2008, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £60.00
Description: The course will provide an Introduction to Sedation with ‘Hands On’ training for Dentists and Dental Nurses principally working within NHS Salaried Services in particular for patients with Special Needs.

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09:30 Conscious Sedation Course for the Dental Team Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Conscious Sedation Course for the Dental Team Part 2 (WI071008)
Venue: Dental School, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 7 Oct 2008, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £60.00
Description: The course will provide an Introduction to Sedation with ‘Hands On’ training for Dentists and Dental Nurses principally working within NHS Salaried Services in particular for patients with Special Needs.

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08:45 Justification, Optimisation and Limitation - an IR(ME)R course   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Justification, Optimisation and Limitation - an IR(ME)R course (OX081008)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 8 Oct 2008, 08:45 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: The aims of this course are to provide dental practitioners and DCPs with an update course in dental radiography and radiation protection, - a ‘core’ CPD subject as recommended by the General Dental Council in 2006 and covering the IR(ME)R topics specified in the Department of Health’s 2001 Guidance Notes booklet. This course is intended for GDPs and Dental Nurses

09:00 Removable Prosthodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Removable Prosthodontics (VT081008O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 8 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Removable Prosthodontics

09:30 A Team Approach to Oral Surgery in General Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A Team Approach to Oral Surgery in General Practice (BU081008)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Wed 8 Oct 2008, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £45.00
Description: This hands-on course provides an overview of dento-alveolar surgery (including implantology) with particular reference to the differing roles of the clinician and nursing staff in this discipline. DENTISTS MUST BRING THEIR NURSES WITH THEM - 2 PLACES MUST BE BOOKED

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09:00 MJDF Exam Structure and Expectations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: MJDF Exam Structure and Expectations (VT091008N)
Venue: Kettering General Hospital, Kettering - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The session will cover the scope of the examination including Key Skills, Case Presentation and Viva

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19:00 So you want to be a Trainer? (North - Oxford)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: So you want to be a Trainer? (North - Oxford) (OX131008)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Mon 13 Oct 2008, 19:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: An introduction and overview to being a dental trainer for a trainee and meet the aims of vocational training for GDPs (this may interest potential therapist trainers as well).

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09:00 Infection Control in Dentistry - an update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection Control in Dentistry - an update (OX141008)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 14 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: Infection Control in Dentistry - update

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09:00 Successful and Predictable Endodontics for the General Dental Practitioner   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Successful and Predictable Endodontics for the General Dental Practitioner (OX151008)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 15 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: The course will inivolve both lectures and hands on. Participants will prepare and oburate both plastic blocks and extracted teeth using rotary instruments and warm gutta percha techniques.

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09:00 Clinical Audit/Management of Dental Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Clinical Audit/Management of Dental Emergencies (VT161008O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 16 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: What is Clinical Audit and what PCTs require in terms of Clinical Governance and Audit.

09:00 Orthodontics/Dental Finance   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Orthodontics/Dental Finance (VT161008W)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Thu 16 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: (am) Understand the role of a General Dental Practitioner when assessing the need for Orthodontic intervention

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09:00 An Update in Clinical Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: An Update in Clinical Dentistry (BA171008)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Fri 17 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: This full day lecture programme is aimed at the busy General Dental Practitioner who would like to keep abreast of recent developments in dentistry. The course is very clinically orientated and is full of useful tips and tricks to improve your technique in a wide range of treatment procedures.

09:30 Oxford Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Exam Preparation 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oxford Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Exam Preparation 1 (DNNETBU171008EXAMPREP1)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 17 Oct 2008, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £100.00
Description: This full day course is exam preparation session for dental nurses who have been following the DNNET dental nurse training programme.

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09:00 Endodontics - Latest Techniques for 2008   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Endodontics - Latest Techniques for 2008 (BA211008)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Tue 21 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £110.00
Description: This course is designed to update you and your nurse on the latest techniques and treatments for dealing with endodontic disease. This will include irrigation, medication and practical techniques using a combination of hand and Pro Taper rotary instruments for cleaning and shaping root canal systems. The aim is to maximise the mutual skills of both dentist and nurse by showing you how to work together to improve the flow of the treatment, boost your confidence and increase your enjoyment of treating endodontic cases. Obturation techniques, producing predictable results, will be demonstrated and practised. Treatment using a microscope will be demonstrated and digital radiographs will be taken.

19:00 MJDF Introductory Evening   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: MJDF Introductory Evening (MJDF211008)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 21 Oct 2008, 19:00 to 22:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: A review of the structure and objectives of the MJDF examination by the Chief Examiner, Peter Thornley.

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09:00 Complaints Handling/Clinical Photography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Complaints Handling/Clinical Photography (VT231008O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 23 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Overview of the complaints handling procedure in general dental practice today.

09:00 Oral Surgery in Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Surgery in Practice (VT231008W)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Thu 23 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: To develop confidence in Oral Surgery in the General Practice environment

09:00 Risk Management in General Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Risk Management in General Dental Practice (VT231008N)
Venue: Kettering General Hospital, Kettering - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 23 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A mixture of lectures and audience participation and small group discussion to identify risks in general dental practice, how to reduce risk and how to deal with problems or difficulties which arise.

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09:00 Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 1 (WI241008PT1)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 24 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: „« Health & Safety Law „« Welfare Requirements „« Work Equipment „« Violence in the workplace

09:00 Risk Management in General Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Risk Management in General Dental Practice (VT241008O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 24 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A mixture of lectures and audience participation and small group discussion to identify risks in general dental practice, how to reduce risk and how to deal with problems or difficulties which arise.

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09:00 Dealing with Difficult people and complaints handling   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dealing with Difficult people and complaints handling (BE271008)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Mon 27 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This interactive workshop will enable you to use simple techniques for difficult practice situations, use non-violent communication to build more constructive relationships with colleagues and create and implement effective complaints handling procedures in your practice. This course meets GDC CPD mandatory requirements for complaints handling.

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09:00 Pre-Induction: refresher in cavity preparation techniques   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Pre-Induction: refresher in cavity preparation techniques (PO281008)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 28 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: A hands-on course that will help you regain confidence in techniques used for cavity preparation. Excellent feedback from this course when held in November 2007. This course is best suited for those who are looking to return to a career in primary care dentistry. If oversubscribed , priority will be given to those dentists living in or intending to work in the South Central SHA area, who have PDPs demonstrating a clear intention to return to practice, and within that group, to those returning to practice soonest.

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09:00 Clincal Photography, Clinical Audit , Open & Shut Case   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Clincal Photography, Clinical Audit , Open & Shut Case (VT301008N)
Venue: Kettering General Hospital, Kettering - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 30 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Reasons why you should take clinical photographs And introduction to Clinical Audit as used in Dental Practice

09:00 Hands-on Endodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Hands-on Endodontics (VT301008O)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 30 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A one-day hands-on course on current canal preparation and obturation techniques.

09:00 How to use Hypnosis and NLP for calmer patients .... and a calmer you   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How to use Hypnosis and NLP for calmer patients .... and a calmer you (VT301008W)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Thu 30 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Use basic hypnosis techniques and teach nervous patients how to relax

09:30 Oxford Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Exam Preparation 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oxford Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Exam Preparation 1 (DNNETOX301008EXAMPREP1)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 30 Oct 2008, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £100.00
Description: This full day course is exam preparation session for dental nurses who have been following the DNNET dental nurse training programme.

09:30 Recruitment & Selection Workshop   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Recruitment & Selection Workshop (OX301008)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 30 Oct 2008, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This workshop is for GDPs, Practice Managers, potential new Trainers, and anyone in the Practice Team involved with recruitment.

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09:00 Hands-on Endodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Hands-on Endodontics (VT311008O)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Fri 31 Oct 2008, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A one-day hands-on course on current canal preparation and obturation techniques.

09:30 Oxford Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Support Session Two   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oxford Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Support Session Two (DNNETBU311008SS2)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 31 Oct 2008, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £100.00
Description: This full day course is a support session for dental nurses who have been following the DNNET dental nurse training programme.