Course Calendar

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09:15 Sedation Workshop (including practical) for the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Sedation Workshop (including practical) for the Dental Team (BU010313)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Fri 1 Mar 2013, 09:15 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This one-day course has been designed in response to the increasing demand for the provision of conscious sedation in dental practice. It is aimed at GDPs, Dental Therapists and Dental Nurses who already have experience in caring for patients receiving procedural sedation and who would like to update their knowledge and practical skills.

09:30 Core CPD Update in Dental Radiography IRMER   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Core CPD Update in Dental Radiography IRMER (OX010313)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 1 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This course meets the requirements of IR(ME)R 2000, fulfils the GDC criteria for 5-yearly cpd in this core subject and has been accredited by the College of Radiographers. Ian Hamilton is a practising dentist with a background in radiation protection and an MSc in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiography. His course feed-back reports consistently rate this mandatory training day as a lively and entertaining event.'

09:30 HANDS-ON Minor Oral Surgery - apicectomy UR1 and surgical extraction LR8   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: HANDS-ON Minor Oral Surgery - apicectomy UR1 and surgical extraction LR8 (PO010313)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 1 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £99.00
Description: This HANDS-ON course will cover aspects of minor oral surgery relevant to the GDP including:

09:30 Infection Control and Decontamination: An Update for the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection Control and Decontamination: An Update for the Dental Team (SO010313A)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 1 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course will assist the dental team in assessing their infection control, disinfection and decontamination procedures. Our speaker will provide information about how dental teams can achieve 'best practice' and will demonstrate how working together will satisfy HTM 01-05 and Clinical Governance requirements.

09:30 Practice Managers’ Forum   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Practice Managers’ Forum (PO010313DCP)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 1 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £24.00
Description: The following topics will be covered: • Keeping up with regulatory changes • Motivating staff • Making the best use of practice meetings • Marketing issues • Patient recruitment and retention • Meeting the 2013 CPD deadline. This course in intended for Practice Owners, Practice Managers and Business Managers. Leanne Covey RDN Cert Ed BA (Hons) MIfL LCGI GDC No 107996 has worked in the NHS for the past 18 years and was appointed DCP Tutor and Practice Facilitator for Portsmouth 7 years ago. She gained an Honours degree in Education and Training in July 2008 from the University of Portsmouth and since then has mentored dental nurse tutors across the region in successful pursuit of their Cert Ed. Leanne is currently supporting dental professionals and dental practices across Hampshire with their CPD and the business of dentistry, including PDP, CQC and Information Governance.

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09:00 Introduction to NHS Module 7 - Practical Radiography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 7 - Practical Radiography (INOX020313)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Sat 2 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £95.00
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 Endodontics: Hands on for GDPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Endodontics: Hands on for GDPs (BE040313)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Mon 4 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £93.00
Description: Please note that this is a repeat of the course held on 12 March 2012. Another chance to take part in this very practical day, with a mixture of hands-on sessions and informative lecturing, covering the use of rubber dam, rotary instrumentation and obturation.

18:00 Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (IOW040313)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Mon 4 Mar 2013, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This evening course will raise awareness about safeguarding vulnerable adults from abuse. The training reflects your own abuse, whistleblowing and professional boundaries procedures as well as that of the relevant administering authority. Our speaker will consider best practice and relevant legislation, including the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

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18:30 Equality and Diversity   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Equality and Diversity (PO060313)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 6 Mar 2013, 18:30 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This evening course will help you and your practice meet CQC requirements and the latest legislation. We will help you to identify the diversity of patients within your practice and discover how you can approach their needs effectively. Topics covered will include the Equality Act 2010 and disability discrimination audit.

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09:00 Introduction to NHS Module 8 - Infection control, decontamination and prescribing   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 8 - Infection control, decontamination and prescribing (INOX070313)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 7 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 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 Local Professional Network Dental Leadership Development Programme - Day 5   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Local Professional Network Dental Leadership Development Programme - Day 5 (OX070313)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 7 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This is an innovative, intensive six month programme designed to equip clinical members of Local Dental Professional Networks (LPN) with the basic knowledge and skills to effectively contribute to the commissioning, delivery, monitoring and improvement of dental services, oral health and patient outcomes across primary and secondary care.

10:00 TFT Study Day - Treatment of Traumatised Anterior Teeth   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Treatment of Traumatised Anterior Teeth (TFT070313)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 7 Mar 2013, 10:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The assessment, care, monitoring and restoration of traumatised teeth.

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09:00 Minimum Intervention Dentistry - To Drill or Not to Drill?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Minimum Intervention Dentistry - To Drill or Not to Drill? (PO080313)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 8 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £24.00
Description: This essential course is primarily for dentists and dental therapists but, will interest any dental professional who wants to learn about how dental practice of the future will be based on prevention and minimal invasion. The day will be packed full of practical advice that will be hugely beneficial to patients and easy to apply in everyday practice.

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09:00 Oral Mucosa in Health and Disease for Primary Care Dental Practitioners   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Mucosa in Health and Disease for Primary Care Dental Practitioners (IOW110313)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Mon 11 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: The rising trends in oral cancer has been reflected by the General Dental Council’s decision to include oral cancer- Improving early detection as a recommended topic in its CPD scheme. There is a renewed call for a primary dental care practitioners like dentists, dental therapists and hygienists to be able to recognise oral tissues in health and in disease, identify lesions that could be potentially cancerous and assess patients’ risk factors for developing malignant disease.

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18:00 Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults (SO120313)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Tue 12 Mar 2013, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: The course will cover: * Recognising Abuse - What, How and When * How to respond to concerns * Different categories of abuse * The law and appropriate action * Documentation The course is for the entire practice team including, Dentists, Dental Nurses, Therapists, Hygienists, Practice Managers, Receptionists, Business Managers and Dental Technicians. Lindsay Voss qualified as Registered Nurse in 1981 and following a career in hospital nursing then became a community based school nurse in 1992. Having completed the Diploma in Community Nursing and a Degree in Nursing Studies at the University of Southampton in the 1990s, Lindsay became a School Nurse Team Leader in Southampton in 1996 and in 2000 undertook a one year secondment as the Named Nurse for Child Protection at Southampton University Hospitals Trust. In 2001 she undertook a further secondment as Adviser to the Area Child Protection Committee. In 2002 she returned to the community as Named Nurse for Child Protection, working closely with health visitors, GPs and other community based health services. In 2007 she was appointed the Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Children Team Manager and has continued to work closely with health professionals and colleagues from other agencies through membership of the Local Safeguarding Children Board. She currently works for Southampton PCT and manages a team of specialist nurses including the Designated Nurse for Children in Care. She has continue

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09:00 Core CPD Update in Dental Radiography IRMER   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Core CPD Update in Dental Radiography IRMER (BE140313)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Thu 14 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Overview of the implications for radiation detriment to the patient of various radiographic techniques and alternative imaging modalities.

09:00 DCP Study Day; Radiography Non Irmer/ Legal Ethical and Complaints Handling; CORE CPD   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCP Study Day; Radiography Non Irmer/ Legal Ethical and Complaints Handling; CORE CPD (BE140313A)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Thu 14 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: MORNING This course is for Dental Care Professionals only, and intended as a refresher on this important core subject. It offers 3 hours CPD on Dental Radiography, and runs at the same time and venue as GDPs, Therapists, Hygienists (and Dental Nurses with Radiography qualification) on the IR(MER) course, to enable a Team Day.

09:00 Introduction to NHS Module 9 - Periodontal assessment, diagnosis and referral criteria   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 9 - Periodontal assessment, diagnosis and referral criteria (INOX140313)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 14 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 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 Successful and Predictable Endodontics for the General Dental Practitioner   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Successful and Predictable Endodontics for the General Dental Practitioner (OX140313ENDO)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 14 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £95.00
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.

10:00 DF1 Study Day - Mock GDC Hearing   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Mock GDC Hearing (VT140313O)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 14 Mar 2013, 10:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The conduct of a mock GDC disciplinary hearing

14:00 DF1 Study Day - Implants   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Implants (VT140313Oa)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 14 Mar 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Implants relevant to foundation dentists

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09:00 Introduction to NHS Module 10 - Minor Oral Surgery Hands on   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 10 - Minor Oral Surgery Hands on (INOX150313)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 15 Mar 2013, 09:00 to 16:15
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £95.00
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 Oral Cancer   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Cancer (SO150313)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 15 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course is intended for the entire practice team. The GDC now recommends that you keep up-to-date by doing CPD in ‘Oral cancer: improving early detection”. This course will provide valuable training in this important subject and we are grateful to the invited patient who will share their experiences with us during the day.

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05:30 Appraisals - The Benefits and Procedures From All Sides of the Fence!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Appraisals - The Benefits and Procedures From All Sides of the Fence! (SO200313A)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Wed 20 Mar 2013, 05:30 to 20:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: Appraisals are essential to enhance staff development and are a PCT requirement. The training is designed to help appraisers and appraisees.

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18:00 Radiation and Radiation Protection Non IR(ME)R - Core and CQC   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiation and Radiation Protection Non IR(ME)R - Core and CQC (IOWDCP210313)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Thu 21 Mar 2013, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £12.00
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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09:30 Periodontics – Surgery for the Non-Diseased Patient   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Periodontics – Surgery for the Non-Diseased Patient (OX220313)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 22 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £95.00
Description: An initial presentation on indications and techniques for pre-restorative surgery is followed by a practical session on pigs jaws, incorporating surgical techniques. This is followed by an extensive presentation of treated human cases. The afternoon session is devoted to periodontal plastic surgery, combining the theory and practice (again on the pigs jaw) of grafting techniques, including free gingival grafts and connective tissue grafts.

09:30 Radiography and Radiation Protection - NON IR(ME)R   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Radiography and Radiation Protection - NON IR(ME)R (SO220313A)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 22 Mar 2013, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This core course will provide information about radiography and radiation protection for dental professionals who do not take radiographs.

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10:00 DF1 Study Day - Video Consultations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Video Consultations (VT280313)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 28 Mar 2013, 10:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Presentation of Video Consultations by foundation dentists.