The Clinical Dental Examination & Record Keeping (PO251119)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectOther
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.
Additional information

18:00 – 18:30: Registration

The educational programme starts at 18:30.

18:30 – 21:00: Lecture

21:00: Close.

Lecture room will be clearly signposted as you enter the Education Centre.

VenueLecture Room, Education Centre, Portsmouth  View details
Date & timeMonday 25 November 2019, 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£25.00
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.