Record Keeping (SO090312)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectCore Skill
DescriptionGood clinical records are vital in all areas of clinical practise. They are vital medico-legally to justify and detail treatments provided, and to demonstrate enough data was collected to allow the patient to exercise informed consent. There are standards expected by the GDC, and guidelines from the FGDP that can cause medico-legal pitfalls for the dentist and the dental team if they are not followed. If a practitioner leaves a practice suddenly, they are vital for continuity of patient care.
Additional informationThis course will provide a comprehensive overview of the subject of record keeping. It is presented by a practising GDP, fully acquainted with the requirements of, and difficulties encountered with, current guidelines.

This course can be used to provide supporting evidence for CQC outcomes 21 (Records) specifically, but also provides supporting evidence for CQC outcomes 1a-c, 1e-j, 2a-e, 3a-f, 4a-c, 4e, 6a-c, 6e-g, 9a, 16a-e, 17a-e, 21a-b, 24, 25a-b.

Dr Richard J Snoad qualified as Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Dundee University in 1980. After a decade in general dental practise he joined the Royal Army Dental Corps. He served as an Anaesthetics Support Officer in the first Gulf War and gained his Membership in General Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCS (Ed.)) in 1992.
He gained a Master of Science (with distinction) in Periodontology from the Eastman Dental Institute (EDI) in 1996.
He was First Commanding Officer of the tri-Service Defence Dental Agency Training Establishment for Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and while in this role he combined teaching with an extensive periodontal referral service for military and civilian dental practices throughout the south of England and was a member of the Directors of Schools of Dental Hygiene and Therapy Group.

During this period, he was admitted onto the Register, at its inception, as a Specialist in Periodontics by the General Dental Council (GDC) and was an examiner and member of Examination Boards of the RCS (Ed.) and the Central Examining Board for Dental Hygienists of the GDC. He retired from the Army in June 2001 to become Head of Periodontics for ORA Dental Group, London.

In 2003 he gained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Richard has published academic research and lectured internationally and is a past Member of Council of the British Society of Periodontology. From 2003 to date Richard has combined freelance specialist practise with his research and teaching. He is also experienced as a medico-legal Expert in Periodontology and is a professional panel member for the GDC’s Dental Complaints Service for private patients. In addition, he is a member of the Editorial Board of Preventive Dentistry Magazine. In summer 2007 he was elected to the Board of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), RCS (Eng) as Director SW, Thames Division.


VenueEducation Centre, RSHH, Southampton  View details
Date & timeFriday 9 March 2012, 09:00 to 13:30
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours4:00
Cost£5.00
Aims
  1. The Aim is for delegates to recognise which records to keep, and how to keep them, and thus comply with current legal, ethical and practise based requirements
  2. To describe GDC standards and FGDP guidelines with respect to record keeping and data collection.
  3. To discuss the recording of data necessary to justify Diagnosis, Prognosis and Risk assessment, necessary to allow informed consent to treatment
  4. To discuss appropriate methods of recording data and common pitfalls encountered in record keeping.