Course Calendar

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09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 1 How the NHS works   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 1 How the NHS works (INSO011010)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 1 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry essential for dentists who are undertaking vocational training by assessment.

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15:00 How to make your NHS Pension Choice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How to make your NHS Pension Choice (MK041010)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: All dentists working within the NHS, both GDPs and salaried, will shortly be receiving letters asking whether they wish to join the new 2008 NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS), or remain in the current 1995 scheme. Making this decision is probably the single most important decision one will ever ne asked to make regarding NHS Pension membership. Making the wrong decision at this point could mean suffering a lower pension upon retirement than would be the case if the right decision was made for that particular individual.

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13:00 Child Protection Basic Awareness   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Protection Basic Awareness (BU051010)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Tue 5 Oct 2010, 13:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: On completion of this training staff must be able to:- 1) Identify potential indicators of child abuse or neglect

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09:30 Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS2 (DNNETOX061010SS2)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 6 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This teaching session will provide the student dental nurse with the underpinning knowledge required to achieve the NVQ level 3 in dental nursing and the technical certificate.

18:00 Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 1 (WI051010PT1)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Wed 6 Oct 2010, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This 2 part course will deliver the following; Health & Safety Law Welfare Requirements

18:30 Radiological and Radiation Protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiological and Radiation Protection (PO061010)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 6 Oct 2010, 18:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £6.00
Description: To help delegates appreciate the use of radiation, its regulations and the ways in which the dental team can protect themselves and their patients

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09:00 4 handed dentistry hands on course   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: 4 handed dentistry hands on course (VT071010BU)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Thu 7 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: 1. Work effectively as part of a team. 4. Provides treatment for patients from all age groups and situations in an organised and efficient manner through the appropriate interaction with other members of the clinical team.

09:00 Caries,Detection & Minimal ToothPreparation &Clinical Audit/Peer review&evaluation of new techniques   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Caries,Detection & Minimal ToothPreparation &Clinical Audit/Peer review&evaluation of new techniques (VT071010BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 7 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Caries and Detection and Minimal Tooth Preparation & Clinical Audit/Peer review and evaluation of new techniques

09:00 Oral Surgery Hands on   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Surgery Hands on (VT071010P)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Thu 7 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Hands on oral surgery

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 (OX071010)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 7 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: The course will involve both lectures and hands on. Participants will prepare and obturate both plastic blocks and extracted teeth using rotary instruments and warm gutta percha techniques.

09:00 Therapist Foundation Training Study Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Therapist Foundation Training Study Day (TFT071010)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 7 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 4:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: 1. Dental Radiography in Practice 2. Dealing with Medical Emergencies

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09:00 Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 1 (OX081010PT1)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 8 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 16:45
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: This course is intended to provide registered Dental Nurses with the knowledge and additional skills necessary to safely apply fluoride varnish as set out in the GDC Scope of Practice document and NHS PCC guidance.

09:30 Dental Deanery DCP Study Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Deanery DCP Study Day (MK081010)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Fri 8 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This is the first DCP Study Day supported by the Oxford & Wessex Dental Deanery.

09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 2 Hands on Endodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 2 Hands on Endodontics (INSO081010)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 8 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry essential for dentists who are undertaking vocational training by assessment. This course is designed to provide delagates with an update on current materials and techniques for successful endodontic treatment.The course is also suitable for dentists who are new to the NHS or who are returning to NHS dental practice.

09:30 Mandatory CPD, Legal & Ethical/Complaints Handling   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Mandatory CPD, Legal & Ethical/Complaints Handling (BE081010)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Fri 8 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Mandatory CPD for Dentists, Dental Nurses, Dental Thereapists/Hygenists and Dental Technicians in Legal and Ethical issues and Complaiants Handling

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09:00 Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 2 (OX081010PT2)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Sat 9 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 16:45
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: This course is intended to provide registered Dental Nurses with the knowledge and additional skills necessary to safely apply fluoride varnish as set out in the GDC Scope of Practice document and NHS PCC guidance.

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18:00 Appraisals - For the Dentist   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Appraisals - For the Dentist (CSSO131010)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Wed 13 Oct 2010, 18:00 to 20:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: All dentists and dental team members should receive appraisal annually, and have a Personal Development Plan ( PDP).

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09:00 Key Skills   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Key Skills (VT141010O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: How to undertake and prepare for the FGDP(UK) Key Skills programme.

09:00 Oral Surgery – Hands-On & Review   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Surgery – Hands-On & Review (VT141010BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Oral Surgery – Hands-On

09:00 Periodontology   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontology (VT141010W)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: To apply principles of Periodontology in General Dental Practice

09:00 Video Consultation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Video Consultation (VT141010BU)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: No information

13:00 Financial Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Financial Management (VT131010BU)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 13:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: No information

17:45 MEDICAL EMERGENCIES FOR THE DENTAL TEAM   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES FOR THE DENTAL TEAM (MK141010)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 17:45 to 20:45
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: Speaker: Mr Jon White,Senior Resuscitation Officer for Milton Keynes Hospital This course is an update on Medical Emergencies in the Dental Surgery. This is based on the wider subject of medical emergencies as included in the GDC “core subjects” for CPD.

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09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 3 Medical Emergencies and Basic Life Support   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 3 Medical Emergencies and Basic Life Support (INSO151010)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 15 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry essential for dentists who are undertaking vocational training by assessment.

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09:00 Excellence in anterior composites   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Excellence in anterior composites (BE181010)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Mon 18 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £70.00
Description: Improve your skill and confidence in the use of anterior composites. This course will cover the use of layered composite (HFO) to change and improve patients’ smiles - a minimally destructive way of improving anterior aesthetics. Includes hands on experience of a stratified composite technique and in valuable hints and tips.

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09:30 Recruitment & Selection Workshop   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Recruitment & Selection Workshop (OX201010A)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 20 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The session will be delivered by John Limbert, offering up to date fair recruitment and selection legislation and guidance for Committee Members. This will be an interactive session with opportunities to question John on issues related to the selection as a Committee panelist.

13:30 Recruitment & Selection Workshop   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Recruitment & Selection Workshop (OX201010B)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 20 Oct 2010, 13:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The session will be delivered by John Limbert, offering up to date fair recruitment and selection legislation and guidance for all Enhanced Trainers involved in the selection of Foundation Dentists. This will be an interactive session with opportunities to question John on issues related to the selection of Foundation Dentists and other related issues within a training practice.

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09:00 Radiation Protection Update Seminar for the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiation Protection Update Seminar for the Dental Team (BA211010)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Thu 21 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Radiation Protection Update Seminar for the Dental Team. This seminar fulfills the compulsory GDC verifiable CPD, IR(ME)R registration requirements.

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09:00 Infection Control for the Dental Team – an Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection Control for the Dental Team – an Update (OX221010)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 22 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This course is designed for the whole clinical practice team to bring the participants knowledge up to date and look critically at the latest recommendations for infection control in primary dental care.

09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 4 Communicating with Patients   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 4 Communicating with Patients (INSO221010)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 22 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry essential for dentists who are undertaking vocational training by assessment.

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18:00 Basic Oral Health Promotion – Are you giving the right messages?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Basic Oral Health Promotion – Are you giving the right messages? (SO251010)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Mon 25 Oct 2010, 18:00 to 20:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The course will cover: •Oral health promotion topics covering: Sugars, labelling and food products, oral health products, myths and facts, fluoride, oral hygiene regimes, erosion etc. •The oral health messages that should be delivered. •Advice for individual groups i.e. children, mother and baby, elderly, teenagers, learning difficulties, patients within the practice, groups, •Understanding the hidden depths of oral Health promotion •Negotiating and working with your patients to get results •Career paths for oral health education •Q & A and evaluation This course is suitable for DCP’s (Dental nurses, dental therapists, dental hygienists & dental technicians)

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09:30 Excellence in Crown & Bridgework   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Excellence in Crown & Bridgework (OX271010)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 27 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £70.00
Description: Improve your confidence and competence in crown and bridgework by attending this very comprehensive course, run by local specialist in Prosthodontics, Dr Ross MacFarlane. During this enjoyable day, you will revise and review your knowledge of theory and procedures in crown and bridgework, through a combination of lecture and hands-on practice.

17:45 Core – Handling Complaints   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Core – Handling Complaints (PO271010)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 27 Oct 2010, 17:45 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £6.00
Description: This course follows the Ethical Issues course due to take place on Wednesday 29th September. These evening course are being offered for DCPs who find it difficult to attend day courses.

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09:00 Visit to GDC and BDA   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Visit to GDC and BDA (VT281010W)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Visit to GDC and BDA

09:30 BDA Visit   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: BDA Visit (VT281010P)
Venue: Dental School, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A visit to the British Dental Association

10:00 Healthcare Interact   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Healthcare Interact (VT281010BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Healthcare Interact

10:00 TFT Study Day - Healthcare Interact   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Healthcare Interact (TVT281010)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: healthcare Interact

14:00 GDC Visit   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: GDC Visit (VT281010PM)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 14:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: GDC visit and case observation

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09:00 Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 3   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 3 (OX081010PT3)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 29 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: This course is intended to provide registered Dental Nurses with the knowledge and additional skills necessary to safely apply fluoride varnish as set out in the GDC Scope of Practice document and NHS PCC guidance.

09:00 Current thinking in Crown and Bridgework - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Current thinking in Crown and Bridgework - Part 1 (BU291010PT1)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 29 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 12:00 hours
Cost: £140.00
Description: This practical course will update dentists on the current practice of crown and bridgework. Treatment planning, tooth preparation, impression technique, temporisation, try-in and cementation will be covered by short lectures. The phantom head practical sessions will mainly involve tooth preparation for veneers, crowns and bridges and will be practised to reach a high standard.

09:30 Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS2 (DNNETBU291010SS2)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 29 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This teaching session will provide the student dental nurse with the underpinning knowledge required to achieve the NVQ level 3 in dental nursing and the technical certificate.

09:30 Infection Control, Disinfection & Decontamination – working as a team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection Control, Disinfection & Decontamination – working as a team (CSSO291010)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 29 Oct 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: The introduction of “HTM 0105 Decontamination in Primary care dental practices” has presented fresh challenges for all dental practices. This course will assist all dental practice teams to re-assess their infection control, disinfection and decontamination procedures, and to move their practices towards “best practice”. It will demonstrate how practice teams can work together to satisfy HTM 01 05, and Clinical Governance requirements.

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09:00 Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 4   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride Varnish by Dental Nurses - Part 4 (OX081010PT4)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Sat 30 Oct 2010, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: This course is intended to provide registered Dental Nurses with the knowledge and additional skills necessary to safely apply fluoride varnish as set out in the GDC Scope of Practice document and NHS PCC guidance.