Course Calendar

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09:00 Excellence in Crown & Bridgework for GDPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Excellence in Crown & Bridgework for GDPs (BE010513)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Wed 1 May 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £100.00
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. Excellent feedback from past participants.

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09:15 Introduction to NHS Module 3 - Communication, law, ethics and complaints handling   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 3 - Communication, law, ethics and complaints handling (INSO020513AA)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Thu 2 May 2013, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £23.00
Description: This course will cover: • Interpersonal skills and how to work co-operatively with others • Professionalism • GDC Standards • Current legal and ethical issues facing the dental team and how dentists are monitored • Raising concerns • Complaints handling. This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry and is essential for dentists who are undertaking Vocational Training by Assessment. This course is also suitable for dentists who are new to the NHS and dentists returning to NHS practice. Other dentists can book to attend if places remain available 14 days in advance of the course. Paula Graham - Job Manager at Womens Wisdom in Portsmouth. Nick Torlot BDS Lond FDS RCS Eng, GDC 58632 spent 19 years as assistant and the Clinical Director of Salaried Dental Services in Hampshire, while continuing to practise clinical dentistry. He has been involved in dental education as an adviser and vocational trainer with the London Deanery and as a trainer with the Winchester scheme. Nick joined the DDU as a dento-legal adviser in 2010.

10:00 DF1 Study Day - Continuing Professional Development   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Continuing Professional Development (FT020513Oa)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 2 May 2013, 10:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Professional development on a part time basis whilst maintaining a career in general dental practice

14:00 DF1 Study Day - Minor Oral Surgery   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Minor Oral Surgery (FT020513b)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 2 May 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Delivering a comprehensive MOS service in general practice today with consideration to the current General Dental Services Contract

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09:30 Minor Oral Surgery Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Minor Oral Surgery Update (OX070513)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 7 May 2013, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £95.00
Description: A day course of presentations and hands-on sessions using pigs jaws / models in order to increase the confidence and knowledge of the participants to successfully undertake minor oral surgery procedures within their own practice settings.

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18:30 Disinfection and Decontamination   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Disinfection and Decontamination (PO080513)
Venue: QuAD Centre, Portsmouth
Date: Wed 8 May 2013, 18:30 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £6.00
Description: This course will provide 2 hours of ‘disinfection and decontamination’ training - the basis for cross-infection control. The following topics will be discussed: • Infection control procedures • Personal protection and prevention • Sterilisation of dental instruments and equipment • Sterile instrument storage • Surgery disinfection • Hand washing. This course is suitable for the entire practice team. Jo Russell RDN Cert DPM Cert Ed MIfL LCGI, GDC 109492, has over 26 years of experience in the dental profession and considerable expertise in all areas of the business of dentistry. She spent 7 years in the Royal Naval Dental Service and was then appointed Area Practice Manager for a dental corporate with responsibility for a large number of practices in London and the South. Jo is a popular and enthusiastic speaker about all aspects of practice management and continuing professional development.

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09:00 TFT Study Day - Oral Mucosal Disease   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Oral Mucosal Disease (TFT090513a)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 May 2013, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This session will cover signs and symptoms mucosal disease and will provide an opportunity for a Q&A

09:30 Developing the Dental Educators - Part 3   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Developing the Dental Educators - Part 3 (OX240413PT3)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:45
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 Nurses interested in training in the future.

09:30 Infection Control Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection Control Update (BE090513TEC)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Thu 9 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This highly informative, interesting interactive day will update the whole dental team in the latest and highest standards in infection control. Dr Martin Fulford is a renowned international speaker, with extensive general dental practice experience. He is co-author of the excellent book “ Infection Control for the dental team”. Martin gives a practical and entertaining talk that makes an important but potentially dull subject relevant to practice. Consistently excellent evaluations.

10:00 DF1 Study Day - Financial Planning   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Financial Planning (FT090513)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 May 2013, 10:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Financial aspects of running a dental practice, and personal taxation and personal finance

13:30 TFT Study Day - Child Protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TFT Study Day - Child Protection (TFT090513b)
Venue: George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 May 2013, 13:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: To promote effective working to safeguard children from significant harm

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09:00 Assert Yourself with Confidence and Impact   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Assert Yourself with Confidence and Impact (BE100513)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
Date: Fri 10 May 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £22.00
Description: Do you want your patients to remember their first visit to your practice for all the right reasons?

09:45 DCP Study Day, Covering Medical Emergencies, Infection Control and Periodontal Disease   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCP Study Day, Covering Medical Emergencies, Infection Control and Periodontal Disease (WI100513)
Venue: Education Centre, RHCH, Winchester
Date: Fri 10 May 2013, 09:45 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: Intended for Dental Nurses, Therapists and Hygienists Medical emergencies- Looking at the different types of medical emergencies. highlighting signs, symptoms, treatment and procedures

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10:00 DCP Core update – Legal, Ethical and Complaints 3 hours; Radiography (NOT IR(ME)R) 2 hours   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCP Core update – Legal, Ethical and Complaints 3 hours; Radiography (NOT IR(ME)R) 2 hours (BA110513)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Sat 11 May 2013, 10:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: The course will cover three specific areas: • Legal and ethical issues • Complaints handling • Basic radiography (N.B. This section is not the IRMER training for people who take x-rays, but will count towards the 5 GDC compulsory hours for DCPs who do not take x-rays). The course will ensure that DCPs understand their own responsibilities and the consequences of not following legislation; it is a DCP’s own responsibility to ensure that they are adhering to legal and ethical issues. It will cover how to handle complaints effectively, the correct procedures, guidelines and requirements. In addition, our speaker will provide information about basic dental radiography techniques, quality assurance and radiation safety, including the DCP’s role and responsibilities regarding equipment and films. All DCPs – Dental Nurses, Therapists, Hygienists, Technicians.

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09:30 Introduction to NHS Module 4 - Clinical Governance Framework and Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 4 - Clinical Governance Framework and Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (INSO130513)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Mon 13 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £23.00
Description: This course will cover: • How Clinical Governance underpins the quality assurance programme regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) • The CQC’s role in the dental profession • Key pillars of quality • Clinical audit • Risk management • Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) and patient referral This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry and is essential for dentists who are undertaking Vocational Training by Assessment. This course is also suitable for dentists who are new to the NHS and dentists returning to NHS practice. Other dentists can book to attend if places remain available 14 days in advance of the course. Verna Easterby-Smith BDS MSc, GDC 56097 is a Dental Practice Advisor for NHS Hampshire, a Specialist Clinical Dental Lead, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and the Dental Tutor for Winchester – Wessex Deanery. Ruth Evans BDS Wales MOrth RCS Eng FDS RCS Edin MScD Wales DOrth RCS Eng is the Lead Consultant in Southampton for the regional cleft lip and palate service. Her particular interests are orthognathic surgery, complex orthodontic cases and diagnostic services for general dental and medical practitioners.

13:00 DCP Lunch & Learn - Legal/Ethical Issues   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCP Lunch & Learn - Legal/Ethical Issues (BU130513)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire
Date: Mon 13 May 2013, 13:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: "Keeping on the right side of the GDC" - Learn how to protect yourself from legal challenges!

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09:00 Managing the Dental Team, and how to cope with CQC?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Managing the Dental Team, and how to cope with CQC? (MK140513)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Tue 14 May 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: How to manage a multicultural dental team and work through the CQC outcomes from a management perspective.

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09:00 Cert Med Ed - Module 3   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Cert Med Ed - Module 3 (CME150513)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 15 May 2013, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 20:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Cert Med Ed Module 3

09:30 Introduction to NHS Module 5 - Infection Control and the responsible use of antibiotics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 5 - Infection Control and the responsible use of antibiotics (INSO150513)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Wed 15 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £23.00
Description: This course will cover: • Origins and risk management of infectious diseases in the dental environment • Current infection control legislation requirements including HTM 01-05 • Personal protection and prevention • Safe management of healthcare waste • Prescribing antibiotics in primary care. This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry and is essential for dentists who are undertaking Vocational Training by Assessment. This course is also suitable for dentists who are new to the NHS and dentists returning to NHS practice. Other dentists can book to attend if places remain available 14 days in advance of the course. Dr Martin Fulford BDS MPHIL DGDP FIBMS, GDC 61504 spent 13 years in medical microbiology before qualifying as a dentist. He then combined general dental practice and research, with particular emphasis on infection control, before retiring from clinical dentistry 17 years later. Martin has published numerous peer reviewed papers and a textbook on infection control in dentistry. He is currently a member of an ISO working group on microbial contamination in dental unit waterlines and lectures extensively in the UK and worldwide on infection control in dentistry.

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09:00 Appraisal Techniques Training   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Appraisal Techniques Training (TTT160513)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 16 May 2013, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Appraisal Techniques Training

09:00 How to avoid your Periodontal Patients getting the Lawyers in.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: How to avoid your Periodontal Patients getting the Lawyers in. (BE160513)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Thu 16 May 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £23.00
Description: This course looks at how to avoid the lawyers and aims to give a fuller understanding of the importance of appropriate assessment and diagnosis of periodontal disease prior to dental intervention. Delivered by two experts, one in the legal field with over 25yrs experience, and a specialist Periodontist, again with over 20 years experience

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09:00 DF1 New Trainer Induction   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 New Trainer Induction (INT170513)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Fri 17 May 2013, 09:00 to 14:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The new trainers will have all been on Educating the Educators course so we would like to focus on the 'real life' FD training that they will need to know about.

09:30 Rough Guide to Good Prescribing Habits   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Rough Guide to Good Prescribing Habits (SO170513)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 17 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course is intended for General Dental Practitioners , Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists.This will be a day of 2 halves - our speaker will cover facts, risks and controversies about local anaesthesia in the morning, and medicine management issues in the afternoon. By the end of the course, participants will have knowledge of: * New developments in dental local anaesthesia * Differences between Lidocaine and Articaine * Role of the vasoconstrictor * Local anaesthesia failure * Special injection techniques * Local anaesthesia and the medically compromised patient * Common medicine management issues * Common oro-dental infections * Current guidelines for antimicrobial prescribing * Implications of current prescribing practices * Possible drug interactions. This essential course will bring you up-to-date with the latest developments in the fields of dental local anaesthesia and antimicrobial prescribing, enabling you to incorporate best practice standards and achieve compliance against CQC outcomes. James Wise BDS (Lond) LDS RCS (Eng) MFGDP (UK) MGDS RCS (Eng) FFGDP (UK), GDC 56232 is a General Dental Practitioner with an expansive CV. * 6 years as a Board member for the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), Divisional and National Seat * Vice Chair FGDP (UK) Finance Committee, past Chair External Affairs Committee, past Vice Chair External Affairs, Examinations * Member BSGDS * Part-time Private Practice (own) * Part-time Postgraduate Lecturer for 4 Deaneries * Exa

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17:30 Medical Emergencies Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies Update (BA200513)
Venue: ARK Centre, Basingstoke
Date: Mon 20 May 2013, 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.

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06:00 Hands-on CPR and Medical Emergency Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Hands-on CPR and Medical Emergency Update (IOW210513)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, IoW, Newport - Isle of Wight
Date: Tue 21 May 2013, 06:00 to 21:15
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: As per GDC guidelines, all members of the dental team must undergo training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) so they can quickly and effectively respond to any medical emergency in the dental setting. This session will focus on the theoretical knowledge surrounding the management of the sick casualty and ‘hands on’ CPR techniques.

18:15 Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults - Level 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults - Level 2 (OX210513)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 21 May 2013, 18:15 to 20:45
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This course is to raise awareness about your roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults within your organisation.

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09:00 Developing the Dental Educators - Part 4   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Developing the Dental Educators - Part 4 (OX240413PT4)
Venue: Health Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 23 May 2013, 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 also be suitable for Educational Supervisors, GDPs and Dental Care Professionals Nurses interested in training in the future.

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09:30 Introduction to NHS Module 6 - Safeguarding Children/Adults and Employment Law for the dental team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to NHS Module 6 - Safeguarding Children/Adults and Employment Law for the dental team (INSO240513)
Venue: Education Centre, RSHH, Southampton
Date: Fri 24 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £23.00
Description: This course will cover: • Key standards of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults • How to recognise symptoms of abuse • How to manage and respond to concerns, allegations and disclosures about abuse • Child/vulnerable adult protection legislation, guidance and procedures • UK employment legislation and contracts. This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an introduction to NHS dentistry and is essential for dentists who are undertaking Vocational Training by Assessment. This course is also suitable for dentists who are new to the NHS and dentists returning to NHS practice. Other dentists can book to attend if places remain available 14 days in advance of the course. Lindsay Voss RGN BN (Hons) is the Consultant/Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Lead for domestic abuse and children in care – Southampton. She is currently undertaking a clinical doctorate focusing on the multiagency response to childhood sexual abuse. James Goldman qualified as a barrister in 1994 and gained a wealth of commercial experience working in a variety of industry sectors before he was appointed Senior Legal Adviser for the British Dental Association.

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09:30 Excellence in Crown & Bridgework   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Excellence in Crown & Bridgework (OX290513)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Wed 29 May 2013, 09:30 to 17:00
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.

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09:30 Implant Study Day for the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Implant Study Day for the Dental Team (MK300513)
Venue: Milton Keynes Postgraduate Centre, Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 30 May 2013, 09:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This one day Course aims to increase the understanding of dental implantology for all the dental team. Indications and contraindications for implant treatment will be outlined, with clear guidance of how, when and what to refer.

10:00 DF1 Study Day - Restorative Options   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DF1 Study Day - Restorative Options (FT300513)
Venue: Kadoorie Centre, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 30 May 2013, 10:00 to 17:00
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Hands on Skills development day to practice existing and new restorative skills including minimal invasive techniques, crown preparation, bridge preparation including RRB designs.