Course Calendar

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09:00 Periodontal Lecture   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontal Lecture (WI011110)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Mon 1 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Periodontics: Current Concepts. This session is aimed at the general dental practitioner or hygienist, focusing on areas where the general dental practitioner and dental hygienist/therapist are expected to have knowledge and expertise, especially diagnosis, treatment planning and non surgical periodontal therapy.

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09:00 Treatment Planning in Periodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Treatment Planning in Periodontics (CSIOW021110)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Tue 2 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 16:50
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Topics on this day will include a logical approach to periodontal treatment planning, bacterial biofilms and the importance of self-performed plaque control and how to motivate patients to clean better. There will be practical sessions on the best oral hygiene methods to use and clinical photography demystified. Discussion on stages and timing of rational periodontal treatment planning, as well as the range of treatment options available, using our treatment options Flowchart which has been developed over the last few years.

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02:00 Clinical Photography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Clinical Photography (VT041110PM)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Thu 4 Nov 2010, 02:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Clinical Photography in general dental practice

09:00 4 Handed Dentistry- Hands on   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: 4 Handed Dentistry- Hands on (VT041110BE)
Venue: Dental School, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 4 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: 4 Handed Dentistry- Hands on

09:00 Endodontics 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Endodontics 2 (VT041110W)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 4 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: To understand more advanced techniques for Endodontics

09:00 Presentation Skills   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Presentation Skills (VT041110P)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Thu 4 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Presentation skills and FD presentation of dental showcase project work

09:30 Oxon Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Cohort 4 - SS8   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oxon Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Cohort 4 - SS8 (DNNETOX041110SS8)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 4 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £100.00
Description: Supporting the dental nurse with the introduction DNBLS modules

10:00 Removable Prosthodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Removable Prosthodontics (VT041110BU)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 4 Nov 2010, 10:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Crept1. Obtain and interpret diagnostic casts, take radiographs and gather other relevant data in formulating a diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan for patients requiring prosthodontic treatment.

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09:00 Deaf Awareness in the Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Deaf Awareness in the Dental Practice (WI051110)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Fri 5 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: The session is a mixture of theory, discussions and practical exercises designed to achieve the aim and objectives delivered in a relaxed format. Interaction and participation is encouraged throughout.

09:30 CPD requirements & how to build a CPD portfolio   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: CPD requirements & how to build a CPD portfolio (SO051110)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 5 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The course will cover *The GDC requirements of CPD *Developing a portfolio of CPD, types of evidence, how to produce professional evidence, what and when to log, different sections of the portfolio etc. *How to use the new CPD requirements to yours and your practices benefit *Annual CPD returns and the GDC requirements *How to fulfil the CPD criteria *Personal development plans (PDP’s) *Mandatory CPD Topics (What will be counted as verifiable) *Verifiable & Non verifiable CPD, what this means & your responsibility to differentiate. *CPD cycles & GDC time scales *Questions and answers This course is suitable for DCP’s (Registered dental nurses, dental therapists, dental hygienists & dental technicians )

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08:30 FDs 1st Term Appraisal   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: FDs 1st Term Appraisal (VT101110BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Wed 10 Nov 2010, 08:30 to 12:40
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: FDs 1st Term Appraisal

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09:00 Dental Pain and Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Pain and Emergencies (VT111110BU)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 11 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Management of dental facial pain, Examination, diagnosis and treatment planning for the patient in pain.

09:00 DF1 First Term Appraisals / Clinical Photography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 First Term Appraisals / Clinical Photography (VT111110O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 11 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: First Term Appraisals / How to take consistently good clinical photographs, tips and techniques.

11:00 Therapist Foundation Training Study Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Therapist Foundation Training Study Day (TVT111110A)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:00 to 13:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This session will cover signs and symptoms of mucosal disease and will provide an opportunity for Q & A

11:30 Communication Module & medical/dental Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Communication Module & medical/dental Emergencies (VT111110BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Communication Module & medical/dental Emergencies

12:45 Dentistry within the NHS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dentistry within the NHS (VT111109BU)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:45 to 15:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Dentistry within the NHS. Key stakeholders Interaction between dentist and PCTs

14:00 Therapist Foundation Training Study Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Therapist Foundation Training Study Day (TVT111110B)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 11 Nov 2010, 14:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This course will focus on raising awareness of signs of child abuse and neglect and discuss the ways in which the dental team can safeguard children. The session will include a seminar with opportunity for discussion and Q & A

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09:00 Current thinking in Crown and Bridgework - Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Current thinking in Crown and Bridgework - Part 2 (BU291010PT2)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 12 Nov 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.

09:00 Oral Surgery   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Surgery (VT121110W)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 12 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Hands On Oral Surgery

09:30 Clincial Governance the whole team is responsible for getting it right   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Clincial Governance the whole team is responsible for getting it right (CSSO121110)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 12 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: Clinical Governance provides the mechanisms for standards in practice to improve and flourish. This one day course will relate the principles of sound clinical governance to everyday practice. Participants will learn how attention to Clinical Governance will improve their practice, and will relate the seven domains of Clinical Governance to everyday practice in very practical terms. It will enable participants to approach issues relating to Clinical Governance with confidence.

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09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 5 - Practical Radiography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 5 - Practical Radiography (INSO131110)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Sat 13 Nov 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 suitable for dentists who are undertaking vocational training by assessment

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09:30 Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS3   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS3 (DNNETBU151110SS3)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Mon 15 Nov 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.

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09:00 Hands on Endodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Hands on Endodontics (VT181110BU)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Thu 18 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Crt7. Perform non-surgical root canal treatment and retreatment on single and multirooted teeth, and understand when referral is appropriate.

09:00 Prosthetics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Prosthetics (VT181110O)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 18 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The delivery of prosthetics general dental practice

09:30 Communication   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Communication (VT181110W)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 18 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Communication with patients, peers and professionals

13:00 HOT TOPIC A DCP’s role in Oral Medicine   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: HOT TOPIC A DCP’s role in Oral Medicine (MK181110)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 18 Nov 2010, 13:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This course will provide an overview of the common oral medicine conditions seen in dental practice. It will give participants understanding of the role of the dental team in oral screening for premalignant and malignant lesions.

18:00 Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 2 (WI051010PT2)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 18 Nov 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

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09:00 Communication - Patients Peers Professionals   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Communication - Patients Peers Professionals (VT191110P)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 19 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Cascade - Communication, patients, peers, professionals.

09:00 Risk Management in General Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Risk Management in General Dental Practice (VT191110O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 19 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Management and risk reduction in the delivery of dental care in general dental practice

09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 6 Treatment of Periodontal Disease   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 6 Treatment of Periodontal Disease (INSO191110)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 19 Nov 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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05:15 Medical Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies (BA221110)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Mon 22 Nov 2010, 05:15 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The GDC has stated that all dentists and their teams must be able to respond to medical emergencies that may occur in their practice. It is also now mandatory to include medical emergencies training in the five year CPD cycles. The medical emergencies course will provide the dental practitioner theoretical underpinning for a range of commonly encountered emergency conditions and explore best practice.

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09:00 Periodontics - Module 1 – Assessment and Diagnosis - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontics - Module 1 – Assessment and Diagnosis - Part 1 (OX231110PT1)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 23 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: This first module sets the scene for all the subsequent modules and covers the aetiology of periodontal conditions, their diagnosis and assessment. The day also covers risk factors for periodontitis in depth and there is an introduction to the concept of assessing periodontal prognosis for individual teeth.

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09:30 Improving Aesthetics - Anterior Composite Layering Technique   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improving Aesthetics - Anterior Composite Layering Technique (OX241110)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 24 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: An overview of all forms of tooth discoloration and the various techniques used to treat them will be covered. In addition the theory of shade taking for both restorations fabricated in the mouth and in laboratories will be discussed. The various techniques will be shown on natural and artificial teeth for the hands on part of the course. Participants will be able to perform the various techniques for themselves. The course will concentrate on in surgery immediate build up using the latest composite techniques in conjunction with the use of silicone indices and various stains/effects to produce natural looking teeth.

09:30 Infection Control in the Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection Control in the Dental Practice (BA241110)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Wed 24 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This course is designed as an update in infection control for the whole dental team. The risk of surgery acquired infection will be examined along with risk management protocols designed to reduce these risks.

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09:00 Children's Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Children's Dentistry (VT251110P)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Thu 25 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: An update on the treatment of children in general dental practice

09:00 Periodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontics (TVT251110)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 25 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Evidence based delivery of periodontal care in general dental practice

09:00 Periodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontics (VT251110O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 25 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Evidence based delivery of periodontal care in general dental practice

09:00 Removable Prosthodontics- Hands on   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Removable Prosthodontics- Hands on (VT251110BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 25 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Removable Prosthodontics- Hands on

14:00 Child Protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Protection (VT251110PM)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Thu 25 Nov 2010, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Child Protection issues in general dental practice

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09:00 Hands-on: Cutting edge root canal preparation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Hands-on: Cutting edge root canal preparation (PO261110)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 26 Nov 2010, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £73.00
Description: This one-day course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the causes of endodontic disease and its treatment. It will provide hands-on training in some of the materials, techniques and equipment available to the general dental practitioner today. This will enable you to undertake root canal therapy on permanent teeth with confidence.

09:30 Bucks Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Cohort 4 - SS8   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Bucks Dental Nurse Blended Learning Scheme - Cohort 4 - SS8 (DNNETBU261110SS8)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 26 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £100.00
Description: Supporting the dental nurse with the introduction DNBLS modules

09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 7 Hands on Periodontics, Treatment Planning & Record Keeping   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 7 Hands on Periodontics, Treatment Planning & Record Keeping (INSO261110)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 26 Nov 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: MORNING - HANDS ON PERIODONTICS Please note that attendance at the hands-on day is conditional on attendance at the whole day lecture.

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09:30 Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS3   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - Cohort 5- SS3 (DNNETOX291110SS3)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Mon 29 Nov 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.