Course Calendar

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10:00 Introduction to the NHS Module - Legal and Ethical Issues, and Complaints Handling   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to the NHS Module - Legal and Ethical Issues, and Complaints Handling (INTRO021025)
Venue: Webinar Tutorial, Winchester
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2025, 10:00 to 13:00
Development outcome: A, D
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: Introduction to the NHS Module - Legal and Ethical Issues, and Complaints Handling - This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an Introduction to primary care NHS dentistry – essential for dentists undertaking an Educational/Clinical Support Plan (ECSP). This course is also suitable for other dentists who are new to the NHS, dentists returning to NHS practice, and any dental professional interested in learning more about the featured topics. Course additional info, aims, objectives & learning outcomes have been set. Edit View

13:15 FREE Creating a financial safety net   Availability: Places available
Title: FREE Creating a financial safety net (MKWEB021025)
Venue: WEBINAR, MK - Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2025, 13:15 to 13:45
Development outcome: D
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 0:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This is short webinar on financial planning, short, medium and long term by Mo Ahad

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09:00 Enhancing Emotional Well-being in Dentistry’   Availability: Places available
Title: Enhancing Emotional Well-being in Dentistry’ (BE031025)
Venue: Trust Education Centre, Reading - Berkshire - West
Date: Fri 3 Oct 2025, 09:00 to 16:15
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: An engaging day filled with insights and actionable techniques that will improve professional performance and personal well-being. Your job comes with unique challenges—tight schedules, complex procedures and patients with high expectations. Alongside managing patient anxieties, you’re doing your best to get along with your colleagues and look after yourself too. All of these things can take a toll on emotional well-being. This interactive day is designed to help you better understand yourself and others, and improve your ability to manage stress, using the DISC personality profiling system. This course will support you in upholding one of the nine principles of standards, performance and ethics in GDC Standards for the Dental Team: Principle Six Work with colleagues in a way that serves the interests of patients

09:00 HANDS ON DEEP CARIES MANAGEMENT/POSTERIOR COMPOSITES   Availability: Only 2 places available
Title: HANDS ON DEEP CARIES MANAGEMENT/POSTERIOR COMPOSITES (PO031025 )
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 3 Oct 2025, 09:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: C, D
Course style: Blended Learning
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £150.00
Description: Describe the latest management of caries and also carrying out posterior composite restorations

13:00 FREE DENTO-LEGAL CLIMATE   Availability: Places available
Title: FREE DENTO-LEGAL CLIMATE (MKWEB031025)
Venue: WEBINAR, MK - Milton Keynes
Date: Fri 3 Oct 2025, 13:00 to 13:45
Development outcome: A, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Legal & Ethical Issues
CPD: 0:45 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This a short lunchtime webinar on Teams, taken by Lesley Taylor from the Dental Defence Union, on todays Dental -Legal risk and strategies.

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10:00 Introduction to the NHS Module - Information Governance, Health & Safety including COSHH   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to the NHS Module - Information Governance, Health & Safety including COSHH (INTRO061025)
Venue: Webinar Intro to NHS, n/a - Oxfordshire
Date: Mon 6 Oct 2025, 10:00 to 13:00
Development outcome: C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Legal & Ethical Issues
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: Introduction to the NHS Module - Information Governance, Health & Safety including COSHH - This course concerns Information Governance, Health & Safety including COSHH. in Dentistry. It designed to provide an Introduction to primary care NHS dentistry - essential for dentists undertaking Educational/Clinical Support Plan (ECSP). This course is also suitable for other dentists who are new to the NHS, dentists returning to NHS practice, and any dental professional interested in learning more about the featured topics. Course additional info, aims, objectives & learning outcomes have been set. Edit View

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09:00 Modular Minor Oral Surgery Course (supports Level 2 competencies)   Availability: Only 9 places available
Title: Modular Minor Oral Surgery Course (supports Level 2 competencies) (BE091025-4 Part)
Venue: John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East
4 Sessions: Starting on Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 09:00
Development outcome: A, B, C
Course style: Hands-on
CPD: 21:15 hours
Cost: £550.00
Description: Interactive evidence-based modular training for GDPs & dentists with a special interest in Minor Oral Surgery, which includes training in most of the enhanced skills needed for Level 2 accreditation. DAY 1= Online webinar, do not go to Wexham Park! You must use a tablet or desk top with a mic and camera, not a phone. This is an opportunity for dentists to learn and practise the principles and techniques of minor oral surgery procedures, designed for the busy practitioner, with 3.5 training days over 4 months. Four modules cover the main aspects of dentoalveolar surgery performed in general practice, including 3 days of intensive hands on training on pig or sheep jaws: Day 1 is a morning webinar- an interactive theory session with case discussions and seminar. (PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND THE VENUE). Days 2,3 & 4 are a mixture of lectures and hands-on practice in the skills room. Please ensure you can attend all 4 dates before booking. For queries, please email the course tutor: nicola.spillane@nhs.net

18:30 FREE Dental Nurse Forum - Dental Nurses role in Medical Emergencies.   Availability: Places available
Title: FREE Dental Nurse Forum - Dental Nurses role in Medical Emergencies. (OX091025DNF)
Venue: Webinar Tutorial, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Thu 9 Oct 2025, 18:30 to 20:00
Development outcome: A, B, C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Medical Emergencies
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This evening is entirely devoted to Dental Nurses and Student Dental Nurses. These monthly meetings have been set up for Dental Nurses in the south region (Ox/Bucks/Berks/Hamps/I.O.W) to give Dental Nurses an ability to network and share ideas through open discussion, support their wellbeing, plus be empowered to progress and further their career if they wish to do so. This will be delivered via Webinar. Our speaker Lynn Fox takes us through the role of a Dental Nurse in Medical Emergencies. Following this will be an open forum and peer review discussion chaired by our guest speaker and the Tutor facilitating. GDC outcomes A, B & C

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19:00 Domestic abuse in the dental setting-how to protect your staff and your patients   Availability: Places available
Title: Domestic abuse in the dental setting-how to protect your staff and your patients (CAM141025)
Venue: Webinar Tutorial, Oxford - Oxfordshire
Date: Tue 14 Oct 2025, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Blended Learning
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This course is to provide dental teams with the skills and knowledge to identify victims of Domestic Abuse within the workplace and their patients and know how to act on this. You will receive an email on the day of the course with the MS TEAMs video call information to enable you to join the course.

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10:00 Introduction to the NHS Module - Communication and handling complaints   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to the NHS Module - Communication and handling complaints (INTRO161025)
Venue: Webinar Tutorial, Winchester
Date: Thu 16 Oct 2025, 10:00 to 13:00
Development outcome: A, D
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: Introduction to the NHS Module - Communication and handling complaints - This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an Introduction to primary care NHS dentistry – essential for dentists undertaking an Educational/Clinical Support Plan (ECSP). This course is also suitable for other dentists who are new to the NHS, dentists returning to NHS practice, and any dental professional interested in learning more about the featured topics. Course additional info, aims, objectives & learning outcomes have been set. Edit View

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09:00 Dental Photography and Digital Dentistry for Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists   Availability: Places available
Title: Dental Photography and Digital Dentistry for Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists (PO171026)
Venue: Dental Academy, Portsmouth
Date: Fri 17 Oct 2025, 09:00 to 16:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Blended Learning
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £75.00
Description: This course provides dental professionals with essential skills in dental photography and intraoral scanning. Participants will learn the fundamentals of intraoral and extraoral photography, camera settings, lighting techniques, and image documentation for clinical and educational purposes. The course also covers digital workflows, including 3D scanning, and digital treatment planning. Hands-on training ensures proficiency in capturing high-quality images and integrating digital tools into daily practice. By the end of the course, attendees will enhance their ability to document cases, improve patient communication, and contribute effectively to modern digital dentistry. All participants must be registered with the GDC as a Dental Hygienist or Dental Therapist. This course is not suitable for dental nurses or clinical dental technicians.

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10:00 Introduction to the NHS Module - Use and Audit of Dental Record Keeping   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to the NHS Module - Use and Audit of Dental Record Keeping (INTRO201025)
Venue: Webinar Intro to NHS, n/a - Oxfordshire
Date: Mon 20 Oct 2025, 10:00 to 13:00
Development outcome: C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Legal & Ethical Issues
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: This course is one of a number of courses designed to provide an Introduction to primary care NHS dentistry – essential for dentists undertaking Educational/Clinical Support Plan (ECSP). This course is also suitable for other dentists who are new to the NHS, dentists returning to NHS practice, and any dental professional interested in learning more about the featured topics.

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13:15 FREE Capacity & Consent   Availability: Places available
Title: FREE Capacity & Consent (MKWEB301025)
Venue: WEBINAR, MK - Milton Keynes
Date: Thu 30 Oct 2025, 13:15 to 13:45
Development outcome: A, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Legal & Ethical Issues
CPD: 0:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This is a brief webinar by one of their liaison officers from the DDU on the Teams platform on Capacity and Consent.