Course Calendar

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18:00 Equality & Diversity   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Equality & Diversity (PO110112)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 11 Jan 2012, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The Care Quality Commission change from standards to regulations based on outcomes has resulted in a shift away from policies, systems and processes towards a quality experience for staff and users of healthcare services. Organisations are now measured and assessed on what people say and their actual experience, rather than what systems they put in place. In addition, there is a clear focus on outcomes, based on patient experience, and the regulations now require providers to ensure that care and treatment is provided to service users with due regard to their age, gender, religious persuasion, sexual orientation, racial origin, cultural and linguistic background and/or disability.

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09:00 Introduction to the NHS - Module 1 : NHS Structure, Regulations, Contract & NICE   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to the NHS - Module 1 : NHS Structure, Regulations, Contract & NICE (INSO120112)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Thu 12 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
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.

10:00 TFT Study Day - Management of the Grossly Carious Primary Tooth   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Management of the Grossly Carious Primary Tooth (TFT120112)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This hands on course is designed to assist the dental therapist vocational trainers in treatment planning, appropriately referring managing the grossly carious primary tooth. The course will include a practical hands on element relating to pulp therapy of the primary tooth and placement of stainless steel crowns. Paediatric behaviour management will be discussed with an opportunity for question and answer.

17:30 Medical Emergencies for the Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies for the Dental Practice (WI120112)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Thu 12 Jan 2012, 17:30 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
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 Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 1   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 1 (OX130112PT1)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 13 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: This course will 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 Health and Safety for the Dental Team and Patients Linked to CQC outcomes 10 & 11   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Health and Safety for the Dental Team and Patients Linked to CQC outcomes 10 & 11 (SO130112)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 13 Jan 2012, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The course will cover: * Health and Safety Law * Managing stress, violence and aggression at work * COSHH * Risk Assessments * RIDDOR

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09:00 Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 2 (OX130112PT2)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Sat 14 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: This course will 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 Child Oral Health: an overview of communication and behaviour theory   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Oral Health: an overview of communication and behaviour theory (IOW170112)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Tue 17 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Skill in communication and behaviour is essential in establishing good relationships between dentists and patients.

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09:00 WHEN PATIENTS BITE BACK - Effective Patient Complaint Handling and Staying Confident. CQC Outcome 17   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: WHEN PATIENTS BITE BACK - Effective Patient Complaint Handling and Staying Confident. CQC Outcome 17 (BU190112)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Thu 19 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Patients will find any excuse to not visit the dentist. But if their visit to your clinic goes wrong...they won't hesitate to complain!

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09:00 Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 3   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 3 (OX130112PT3)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 20 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: This course will 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 Demystifying complete dentures   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Demystifying complete dentures (PO200112)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 20 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £28.00
Description: This course will enable the general dental practitioner to achieve predictable, functional and aesthetic complete dentures every time.

09:30 AM: Medical Emergencies PM: Treatment of Medically Compromised Patients GDC CORE & CQC O/C 2,6,9,13   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: AM: Medical Emergencies PM: Treatment of Medically Compromised Patients GDC CORE & CQC O/C 2,6,9,13 (SO200112)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 20 Jan 2012, 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 2: Medical Emergencies & Treating Medically Compromised Patients   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to the NHS- Module 2: Medical Emergencies & Treating Medically Compromised Patients (INSO200112)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 20 Jan 2012, 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.

09:30 IR(ME)R Radiology course   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: IR(ME)R Radiology course (WI200112)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Fri 20 Jan 2012, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: Understand the principles of radiation physics Know the risks of ionising radiation and the principles of radiation protection in dental radiology

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09:00 Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 4   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Application of Topical Fluoride by Dental Nurses - Part 4 (OX130112PT4)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Sat 21 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: This course will 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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09:30 Excellence in Crown & Bridgework   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Excellence in Crown & Bridgework (OX250112)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 25 Jan 2012, 09:30 to 17:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £95.00
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.

18:00 Disinfection & Decontamination (CORE)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Disinfection & Decontamination (CORE) (PO250112)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 25 Jan 2012, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The aim of this course is to enable delegates to define disinfection and decontamination, be effective in their procedures and implement HTM 01-05.

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09:30 Introduction to the NHS - Module 3 : Communicating with patients CQC 1,4,13,14.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to the NHS - Module 3 : Communicating with patients CQC 1,4,13,14. (INSO260112)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Thu 26 Jan 2012, 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.

09:30 Creating the Aesthetic Smile   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Creating the Aesthetic Smile (MK260112)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 26 Jan 2012, 09:30 to 16:15
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £65.00
Description: This practical course aims to provide dental practitioners with the necessary skills and knowledge to provide high quality functional dental restorations with optimum aesthetic value. Delegates will have the opportunity to work with Professor Brian Millar (from Kings College London) in learning to plan and create aesthetic anterior restorations for their patients. The course will be part lecture, with practical work on models, using the latest materials.

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09:00 Information Governance: The March 31 Deadline : Are you ready. ( CQC O/C 21 )   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Information Governance: The March 31 Deadline : Are you ready. ( CQC O/C 21 ) (SO280112)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Sat 28 Jan 2012, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: NHS Dental Practices have to complete the NHS "Connecting Health" Information Governance Toolkit by 31 March 2012.