Course Calendar

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18:00 Periodontics in the dental chair (for DCP’s)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontics in the dental chair (for DCP’s) (SO020610)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Wed 2 Jun 2010, 18:00 to 20:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The course will cover: *Acute & chronic conditions & diseases *Surgery procedures *The different treatments that are available and what they involved *Assessments, equipment & charting *The different DCP groups input *Questions & answers & evaluation This course is for DCP’s ONLY

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09:00 Clinical Governance and Health & Safety   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Clinical Governance and Health & Safety (VT030610S)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Clinical Governance and Health & Safety

09:00 Communication & Conflict Resolution for DFT   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Communication & Conflict Resolution for DFT (VT030610O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Interactive communication skills exercises and scenarios performed by professional actors, reflecting realistic scenarios from dental practice, particularly relating to conflict.

09:00 Communication & Conflict Resolution for DFT   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Communication & Conflict Resolution for DFT (VT030610ON)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Interactive communication skills exercises and scenarios performed by professional actors, reflecting realistic scenarios from dental practice, particularly relating to conflict.

09:00 Graham Smart Memorial Lecture Day: Controversies in Periodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Graham Smart Memorial Lecture Day: Controversies in Periodontics (BU030610)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This course will examine several controversial areas in contemporary periodontics, including the nature of the disease process, questioning whether periodontitis is an infection at all and looking at the evolutionary origins of the condition. We shall investigate root surface contamination, when to extract periodontally-involved teeth and the role of implants in periodontal therapy. The very latest research data will be discussed and there will be plenty of opportunity for healthy debate. A day that the late Graham Smart, former Vice-Dean and Postgraduate Tutor, would have loved to present is dedicated to his memory.

09:00 Periodontology   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontology (VT030610W)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Periodontology - Clinical

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09:00 Indirect Restorations - inlays, onlays and crowns   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Indirect Restorations - inlays, onlays and crowns (PO040610)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 4 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £70.00
Description: This one-day course will cover the fundamental aspects of inlays, onlays and crowns and will help participants to use the most appropriate techniques and materials to produce consistent results. The format of the day will be part seminar/hands-on.

09:00 Special Care Dentistry Series - Periodontal Disease/Systemic Disease/Parkinson's Disease/Dementia   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Special Care Dentistry Series - Periodontal Disease/Systemic Disease/Parkinson's Disease/Dementia (SPDCOX040610)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 4 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 15:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This is a series of courses for anyone with a particular interest in special care dentistry, who may wish to take the diploma or membership exam in special care dentistry.

09:30 Risk Assessment & the Law for the Dentist   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Risk Assessment & the Law for the Dentist (SO040610)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 4 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: Are you confident of carrying out a Risk Assessment? There are many reasons for carrying out a risk assessment. Not only is it sensible to protect the health and safety of yourself and your workforce, it is also a legal requirement. Furthermore, from April 2011, all Dental Practices, NHS and Private, will have to be registered with the Care Quality Commission. An adequate and effective risk assessment will form part of the requirements.

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17:30 An update on the IOW Orthodontic service and the use of IOTN   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: An update on the IOW Orthodontic service and the use of IOTN (CSIOW070610)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Mon 7 Jun 2010, 17:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: An update on the IOW Orthodontic service and the use of index of treatment needs (IOTN)

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09:30 Health & Safety & Conflict Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Health & Safety & Conflict Management (BU080610)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Tue 8 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: How to meet legal, ethical and professional requirements in order to protect ourselves and anyone else who may be affected.

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09:30 Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 1 (BA090610PT1)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Wed 9 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: Every organisation has a legal duty to ensure their employees work in a safe environment and that assessments must be carried out to ensure risk is managed and controlled. In healthcare this duty also extends to cover the risk to patients, visitors and contractors. To identify what legislation is relevant to your practice.

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09:00 4-Handed Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: 4-Handed Dentistry (VT100610O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 10 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Hands on training for working with your nurse

09:00 Implants & Facial Pain   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Implants & Facial Pain (VT100610N)
Venue: Kettering General Hospital, Kettering - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 10 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Two lectures covering Case Scenarios and Facial Pain

09:30 Treatment Planning in Periodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Treatment Planning in Periodontics (BA100610)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Thu 10 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
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 (be prepared to clean your own teeth!) and clinical photography demystified (it’s cheap and easy!). 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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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 (BU110610PT1)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 11 Jun 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.

09:00 Essential Periodontics – Module 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Essential Periodontics – Module 2 (BU110610)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Fri 11 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This module picks up from Module 1 and starts by looking at the evidence relating to the assessment of prognosis before discussing periodontal treatment planning in detail. The initial discussion on prognosis will be followed by a series of mini presentations interspersed with discussions on case histories and short practical sessions. Topics 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.

09:30 NHS Dentists Induction Course Module 4 - Ethical Treatment Planning; Working within NHS Framework   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: NHS Dentists Induction Course Module 4 - Ethical Treatment Planning; Working within NHS Framework (INOX110610M4)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 11 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Will include ethical treatment planning; working within the NHS Framework - Your questions answered

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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 (BU110610PT2)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Sat 12 Jun 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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09:00 Developing Dental Educators, Course C - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Developing Dental Educators, Course C - Part 1 (OX160610PT1)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 16 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This course is mandatory for DF1 Foundation Trainers and Therapist VT Trainers. It would be very suitable for GDPs and Dental Nurses interested in training at a future time and Educational Supervisors.

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09:00 Developing Dental Educators, Course C - Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Developing Dental Educators, Course C - Part 2 (OX160610PT2)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 17 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This course is mandatory for DF1 Foundation Trainers and Therapist VT Trainers. It would be very suitable for GDPs and Dental Nurses interested in training at a future time and Educational Supervisors.

09:00 Exit Interviews and Case Presentations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Exit Interviews and Case Presentations (VT170610W)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 17 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Exit Interviews and Case Presentations

09:30 NHS Dentists Induction Course Module 5 - Communication Skills   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: NHS Dentists Induction Course Module 5 - Communication Skills (INOX170610M5)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 17 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: Communication Skills

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09:30 Effective Communication & Influence in Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Effective Communication & Influence in Dentistry (WI180610)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Fri 18 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: How to Handle Difficult People and remain assertive How to read Non Verbal Communication

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09:30 Introduction to NHS - Module 11 - Practical Radiography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS - Module 11 - Practical Radiography (INSO190610)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Sat 19 Jun 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 suitable for dentists who are undertaking vocational training by assessment.

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17:30 Medical Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies (BA210610)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Mon 21 Jun 2010, 17:30 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 Case Based Discussions, Equal Opportunities and Progress Testing   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Case Based Discussions, Equal Opportunities and Progress Testing (VT230610O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 23 Jun 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Equal Opportunities Progress Testing Case Based Discussions

09:30 Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Health & Safety in the Dental Practice - Part 2 (BA090610PT2)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Wed 23 Jun 2010, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: To work through a case study to determine and identify the failures that lead up to a number of court cases where people have been injured.

18:30 A1 Customer Satisfaction   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A1 Customer Satisfaction (PO230610)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 23 Jun 2010, 18:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £6.00
Description: This evening is open to any of the dental team dentists, dental nurses, hygienists, receptionists and technicians and will enable delegates to be able to effectively communicate, listen to and analyse the patient journey with the view to gaining great ‘customer satisfaction’

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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 (BU110610PT3)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 25 Jun 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.

10:00 Therapist VT Scheme Study Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Therapist VT Scheme Study Day (TVT250610)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 25 Jun 2010, 10:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This session will aim to prepare the TVT for employment at the end of the TVT scheme. The session will focus on interview skills and CV enhancement and will involve a practical element and group work.

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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 (BU110610PT4)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Sat 26 Jun 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.