The Clinical Dental Examination & Record Keeping (PO130121)

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DescriptionThis course is designed to update dental professionals on issues surrounding the clinical dental examination and related record-keeping. Every dental professional needs to understand the principles underpinning information governance and use them in their professional practice. This webinar will be delivered on the Zoom platform : An email will be sent to you which will have the joining instructions. Please ensure that your IT supports Zoom and sign in using your Deanery registered name, which helps us to confirm attendance. Find attached a document to be read on webinar etiquette.
Additional information

A link will be shared with details on how to access the online webinar on the day of the course.

The educational programme starts at 18:30, please log on 5 minutes before to check the connection.

18:30 – 21:00: Lecture

21:00: Close.

VenueWebinar, Portsmouth - Portsmouth  View details
Date & timeWednesday 13 January 2021, 18:30 to 21:00
LecturerMrs Jo Russell  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeD
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours2:30
Cost£15.00
Aims

Overall aim:

To improve the quality and accountability of the clinical dental record.

Specific aim:

To enable dental professionals to create legally sound documents that will benefit both patient care and survive scrutiny.

Objectives

1. To define the clinical dental record according to the current guidelines.

2. To discuss the pieces of legislation that require both NHS and private practitioners to keep records.

3. To review current guidance about the clinical dental examination.

4. To provide training in auditing key aspects of the guidance recommendations.

Learning outcomes

Following this course learners should be able to:

1. Keep complete, concise and accurate patient records.

2. Keep records that comply with both legal and organisational requirements.

3. Describe the examinations/assessments which a dentist is required to undertake at the start of a course of treatment.

4. Use audit to assess the standard of record keeping against best practice and related legislative requirements so as to identify areas of improvement and staff development.