Course Calendar

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09:00 Advanced Restorative   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Advanced Restorative (VT010611BU)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 1 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Treatment planning including practical demonstrations; • Aesthetics • Crowns • Bridges • Veneers • Inlays • Onlays • Informed consent • Tips to help a DF1 moving into DF2/ Associate jobs. • Implant restoration (revisited) • Use of loupes for restorative work.

09:00 Topical Application of Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 3   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Topical Application of Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 3 (WI260511PT3)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Wed 1 Jun 2011, 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 Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - NVQ 3 OXON SS10   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - NVQ 3 OXON SS10 (DNNETOX010611SS10)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 1 Jun 2011, 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 Dental Presentation Skills and Media Training   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Presentation Skills and Media Training (VT020611W)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 2 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: To offer advanced communication consolidating and developing current skills towards complex presentations and dealing with difficult situations

09:00 Further Restorative Options   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Further Restorative Options (VT020611O)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 2 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This day course will provide the delegates a detailed insight into the theory, techniqes and materials that can be use for more advanced restorative and aesthetic cases. Emphasis will be placed on minimising invasive techniques via a multidisciplinary approach.

09:00 Topical Application of Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 4   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Topical Application of Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 4 (WI260511PT4)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 2 Jun 2011, 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.

09:15 Exit Interview & Care Quality Commission   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Exit Interview & Care Quality Commission (VT020611BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 2 Jun 2011, 09:15 to 14:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Exit Interview & Care Quality Commission

09:30 Introduction to the NHS - Module 8 : AM. Practical Periodontics and PM. Treatment Planning   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to the NHS - Module 8 : AM. Practical Periodontics and PM. Treatment Planning (INSO020611)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Thu 2 Jun 2011, 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 Current thinking in Crown and Bridgework - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Current thinking in Crown and Bridgework - Part 1 (BE030611PT1)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Fri 3 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £190.00
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.

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09:00 Mandatory CPD for Dental Technicians   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Mandatory CPD for Dental Technicians (BE040611)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Sat 4 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: In the morning we will cover Mandatory CPD; Legal and Ethical, specific to Dental Technicians and Dental Laboratories

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18:00 Customer Service and Communication * Linked to CQC outcomes 1,2,4   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Customer Service and Communication * Linked to CQC outcomes 1,2,4 (SO060611)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Mon 6 Jun 2011, 18:00 to 20:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The course will cover: * Who are the customers * Customer expectations and how to meet them * Communication written & spoken * Managing abusive patients * Mission statements Linked to CQC outcomes 1,2,4 and can also be linked to most outcomes. N.B All course CPD certificates can be used as supporting evidence for CQC outcomes 12,13 & 14

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10:00 Becoming and Associate   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Becoming and Associate (VT070611BU)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Tue 7 Jun 2011, 10:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: . To understand what to look for in a dental practice 2. To have a clear working knowledge of your clinical, communication, professional, management and leadership responsibilities.

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17:30 Medical Emergencies   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies (BA080611)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Wed 8 Jun 2011, 17:30 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
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.

18:30 Handling Complaints (CORE) & (CQC)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Handling Complaints (CORE) & (CQC) (PO080611)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 8 Jun 2011, 18:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: By attending this course you may be able to generate evidence to meet outcomes for the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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09:00 Case Based Discussions   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Case Based Discussions (VT090611O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Case Based Discussions

09:00 Developing Dental Educators Course - Part 4   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Developing Dental Educators Course - Part 4 (OX060411PT4)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:30
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 also be suitable for Educational Supervisors, GDPs and Dental Care Professionals interested in training in the future.

09:00 DF1 QM scheme visit & VDP presentations and Trainers Appraisal   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 QM scheme visit & VDP presentations and Trainers Appraisal (VT090611BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 9 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: DF1 QM scheme visit & VDP presentations and Trainers Appraisal

09:00 Exit Interviews/#Case Presentations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Exit Interviews/#Case Presentations (VT090611W)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: FDs to present Case Presentations to Peers

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09:00 How to help patients stop smoking!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How to help patients stop smoking! (BE100611)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Fri 10 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: A great chance to attend a morning session with an International speaker on how to help and instigate a discussion with patients on how to stop smoking.

09:30 Cross Infection Control , Decontamination and Prescribing : GDC CORE & CQC O/C 8,9,13,14   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Cross Infection Control , Decontamination and Prescribing : GDC CORE & CQC O/C 8,9,13,14 (SO100611)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 10 Jun 2011, 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 dentists 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. The course concludes with an examination of correct prescribing practice.

09:30 Introduction to the NHS - Module 9 : Cross Infection Control , Decontamination and Prescribing   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to the NHS - Module 9 : Cross Infection Control , Decontamination and Prescribing (INSO100611)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 10 Jun 2011, 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.

14:00 Legal & Ethical Health & Safety (ref CQC)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Legal & Ethical Health & Safety (ref CQC) (BE100611PM)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Fri 10 Jun 2011, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This session will ensure understanding of the Health and Safety requirements in particular with regarding the current CQC Regulations. Understand the Health and Safety at work Act 1974.

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09:30 AM : Medical Emergencies PM: The Dental Treatment of Medically Compromised Patients CORE CPD & CQC   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: AM : Medical Emergencies PM: The Dental Treatment of Medically Compromised Patients CORE CPD & CQC (SO130611)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: A Medically themed study day, with the morning session dedicated to the identification and treatment of Medical Emergencies in General Practice.

09:30 Introduction to the NHS- Module 10: Medical Emergencies & Treating Medically Compromised Patients   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to the NHS- Module 10: Medical Emergencies & Treating Medically Compromised Patients (INSO130611)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 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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18:30 Disinfection & Decontamination (CORE) & (CQC)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Disinfection & Decontamination (CORE) & (CQC) (PO150611)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 15 Jun 2011, 18:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: Attending this course may help you generate evidence for outcomes relating to the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

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09:00 Aesthetic Clinical Skills Day/FDs basic life support skills   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Aesthetic Clinical Skills Day/FDs basic life support skills (VT160611W)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: To develop practical skills in the Aesthetic Restoration of teeth with a number of restorative materials

09:00 Continuing CPD whilst maintaining a career in GDP / Finance Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Continuing CPD whilst maintaining a career in GDP / Finance Part 2 (VT160611O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Professional development on a part time basis whilst maintaining a career in general dental practice / Finance follow on

09:00 Hands on Endodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Hands on Endodontics (VT160611BU)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Continuing update on: Crt7. Perform non-surgical root canal treatment and retreatment on single and multirooted teeth, and understand when referral is appropriate.

09:00 Medical Emergencies for the Dental Team (Outcome 4 - CQC)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies for the Dental Team (Outcome 4 - CQC) (BU160611)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: 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. This lecture style will cover subjects as:

09:00 TFT - Trainers Recruitment & Selection Workshop   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT - Trainers Recruitment & Selection Workshop (TVT160611)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 22:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Refresher workshop regarding equality and diversity and equal opportunities prior to the local selection centre

09:00 X-ray/Diagnostic imaging techniques/IT systems,Non Surgical management Hard/soft tissue of the head   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: X-ray/Diagnostic imaging techniques/IT systems,Non Surgical management Hard/soft tissue of the head (VT160611BE)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: X-ray/Diagnostic imaging techniques/IT systems,Non Surgical management Hard/soft tissue of the head and Antibiotic Cover

12:45 Complaints Handling - Aggressive Patients and Art of Negotiation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Complaints Handling - Aggressive Patients and Art of Negotiation (OX160611)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 12:45 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: The NHS complaints procedures introduced in April 2010 advise practices to discuss patients complaints with them . It is possible that practice teams may encounter patients who are irate and potentially aggressive. How well could you cope with such situations, and achieve a positive outcome ?

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09:30 Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - NVQ 3- SS9   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Apprenticeship Training Programme - NVQ 3- SS9 (DNNETBU170611SS9)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 17 Jun 2011, 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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08:30 Appraisals and Practice Systems for Successful Management - Workshops for CQC outcome 14 and 21   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Appraisals and Practice Systems for Successful Management - Workshops for CQC outcome 14 and 21 (BE240611)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Fri 24 Jun 2011, 08:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Join us for two half day workshops for CQC outcomes 14 and 21 The morning session delivered by Ronel, is a course for individuals who have the responsibility of managing people and their performance. Effective performance management of each individual member of the team is critical in today’s increasingly competitive environment.

10:00 TFT Study Day - Interview Technique Skills & CV Writing   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Interview Technique Skills & CV Writing (TVT240611)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 24 Jun 2011, 10:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 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 Improve your Crown & Bridge - Lecture   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve your Crown & Bridge - Lecture (WI300611)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 30 Jun 2011, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: This is a clinically oriented one day course on the subject of crown and bridgework. The day is a series of four lectures covering treatment planning, case selection, bridge design, tooth preparation, temporisation, impression systems, occlusion, try-in and fitting of conventional crowns & bridges.