Course Calendar

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09:00 DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS (NWDCT231002A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Mon 2 Oct 2023, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Human Factors training with Medical Emergency simulations.

09:30 Educating the Dental Workforce of the Future   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Educating the Dental Workforce of the Future (NWN231002N)
Venue: Park Royal Hotel, Warrington - Cheshire
Date: Mon 2 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: Refreshments and Lunch
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Educator Development for those involved in educational roles in Dental Specialty Training and Dental Core Training.

18:30 WEBINAR - Examination and Treatment Planning for Dental Therapists and Dental Hygienists   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: WEBINAR - Examination and Treatment Planning for Dental Therapists and Dental Hygienists (NW231002A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Mon 2 Oct 2023, 18:30 to 20:00
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: This webinar will explore what is required in order to carry out a comprehensive dental examination and to formulate an appropriate treatment plan.

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09:30 Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice (NW231003B)
Venue: Regatta Place, Liverpool - Merseyside
Date: Tue 3 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 13:45
Development outcome: B, C
Course style: Workshop
Core topic: Medical Emergencies
Catering: Refreshments
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: This interactive practical session will cover medical emergencies that can arise in the dental practice and how to respond to them, including paediatric basic life support (BLS) and paediatric choking.

18:00 Safeguarding Adults in Clinical Practice- Level 2   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Safeguarding Adults in Clinical Practice- Level 2 (NW231003A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Tue 3 Oct 2023, 18:00 to 20:00
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: GDC Recommended Topic
Catering: None
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: Using case studies, this course will look at relevant safeguarding policies and how these fit into the standards set out by our professional bodies and local safeguarding procedures.

19:00 BSPD Lecture: Paediatric Dental Trauma – Tips and Tricks   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: BSPD Lecture: Paediatric Dental Trauma – Tips and Tricks (NW231003C)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Tue 3 Oct 2023, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: A, B, C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Members this presentation will give an overview of the management of paediatric dental trauma with some tips for management

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10:00 North West Oral Health Network Conference 2023 Oral Health Improvement – Continuing to Improve and Promote Oral Health Best Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: North West Oral Health Network Conference 2023 Oral Health Improvement – Continuing to Improve and Promote Oral Health Best Practice (NW231004B)
Venue: Haydock Park Racecourse, Merseyside
Date: Wed 4 Oct 2023, 10:00 to 15:30
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: Refreshments and Lunch
CPD: 4:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: NHS England in partnership with North West Oral Health Network presents The Oral Health Network Conference 2023.

14:00 DCT2/3 STUDY SESSION ENDODONTIC UPDATE   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCT2/3 STUDY SESSION ENDODONTIC UPDATE (NWDCT232301004A)
Venue: University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Manchester - Greater Manchester
Date: Wed 4 Oct 2023, 14:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: An overview of current best practice in endodontics from diagnoses through to restoration.

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13:00 Webinar - Healthy Living Dentistry Champion Forum - A guide to campaign planning   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Webinar - Healthy Living Dentistry Champion Forum - A guide to campaign planning (NW051023A)
Venue: Webinar, - Virtual
Date: Thu 5 Oct 2023, 13:00 to 14:00
Development outcome: B, C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: This webinar for the Healthy Living Champion will discuss the implementation, communication, and evaluation of public health campaigns.

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09:00 DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS (NWDCT231009A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Mon 9 Oct 2023, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Human Factors training with Medical Emergency simulations.

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09:30 Webinar - Dental Radiography - Legislation and your Radiation Protection File - are you Compliant?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Webinar - Dental Radiography - Legislation and your Radiation Protection File - are you Compliant? (NW231010A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Tue 10 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 11:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Radiology and Radiation Protection
Catering: None
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: The focus of this webinar is to review the key elements of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) and the Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IR(ME)R 2017) as they apply to dental radiography. The webinar will draw on the Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-ray Equipment and discuss how compliance with legislation is achieved.

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14:00 Environmental Cleaning and Maintenance in the Dental Setting   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Environmental Cleaning and Maintenance in the Dental Setting (NW231011A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Wed 11 Oct 2023, 14:00 to 16:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: GDC Recommended Topic
Catering: None
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This course is part of a series of infection control lectures on specific topics relating to infection control for the whole dental team. This session focuses on Environmental Cleaning.

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09:15 Qualification in Dental Radiography for Dental Nurses   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Qualification in Dental Radiography for Dental Nurses (NW231012A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
5 Sessions: Starting on Thu 12 Oct 2023 at 09:15
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Radiology and Radiation Protection
Catering: None
CPD: 0:00 hours
Cost: £180.00
Description: This is a combined course comprised of an Online course plus 5 days of webinar taught sessions. This course has been developed to ensure that dental nurses receive the knowledge & competencies to enable them to take radiographs under prescription.

09:30 Webinar - Medically Compromised Patients: The impact on patients' treatment and the health of their mouth.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Webinar - Medically Compromised Patients: The impact on patients' treatment and the health of their mouth. (NW231012C)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Thu 12 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 11:00
Development outcome: C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This lecture-based presentation gives an overview of common medical comorbidities, their effects on the oral health of our patients and the management of these patients within a dental setting.

18:30 Head and Neck urgent two week wait referrals in Lancashire & South Cumbria – an Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Head and Neck urgent two week wait referrals in Lancashire & South Cumbria – an Update (NW231012D)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Thu 12 Oct 2023, 18:30 to 20:00
Development outcome: A, B
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This webinar will introduce delegates to the new regional online referral process for all urgent (2 week wait) head and neck referrals in Lancashire and South Cumbria. It will provide an update on the criteria for referrals and the recognition of clinical presentations requiring urgent referral.

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09:00 DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS (NWDCT231013A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Fri 13 Oct 2023, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Human Factors training with Medical Emergency simulations.

09:30 Diagnosis and Management of TMD in Primary Dental Care   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Diagnosis and Management of TMD in Primary Dental Care (NW231013A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Fri 13 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 12:45
Development outcome: B, C
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: Refreshments
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £35.00
Description: This hands-on workshop will explore the management of TMD. It will outline current management options that can be carried out within primary dental care reducing the need to refer to secondary care.

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09:00 DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCT1 STUDY DAY- HUMAN FACTORS (NWDCT231016A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Mon 16 Oct 2023, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Human Factors training with Medical Emergency simulations.

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14:00 WEBINAR - Occlusion Part 1: Theory   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: WEBINAR - Occlusion Part 1: Theory (NW231017B)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Tue 17 Oct 2023, 14:00 to 16:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This webinar will cover occlusal terminology, concepts, and theories.

17:00 WEBINAR - Occlusion Part 2: Application   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: WEBINAR - Occlusion Part 2: Application (NW231017C)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Tue 17 Oct 2023, 17:00 to 19:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This webinar will cover how to assess occlusion and decide if treatment should follow a simple or complex pathway. Routine and complex techniques for recording and reproducing the occlusion on various articulators.

18:30 What the GDC wants: becoming a reflective practitioner   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: What the GDC wants: becoming a reflective practitioner (NW231017A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Tue 17 Oct 2023, 18:30 to 20:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: This session will look at how to reflect on your learning needs effectively in order to complete an appropriate Professional Development Plan, which informs your life long learning whilst meeting the GDC expected standards.

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09:30 Essential Hands On Skills for Minor Oral Surgery   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Essential Hands On Skills for Minor Oral Surgery (NW231018B)
Venue: MANDEC, Manchester - Greater Manchester
Date: Wed 18 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 16:00
Development outcome: A, B, C
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: Refreshments
CPD: 5:30 hours
Cost: £180.00
Description: This Hands-on course has been designed for Dental Practitioners who wish to develop their clinical competencies in basic extraction techniques.

13:00 WEBINAR-Introduction to Pride in Practice Award: ‘Excellence in LGBT Healthcare’   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: WEBINAR-Introduction to Pride in Practice Award: ‘Excellence in LGBT Healthcare’ (NW231018A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Wed 18 Oct 2023, 13:00 to 14:00
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: NHS England is pleased to offer this webinar training. The training is targeted at dental teams who want to develop and strengthen their team's relationship with LGBT patients.

14:00 DCT 2/3 STUDY SESSION Treatment planning and toothwear   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: DCT 2/3 STUDY SESSION Treatment planning and toothwear (NWDCT23231018A)
Venue: University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Manchester - Greater Manchester
Date: Wed 18 Oct 2023, 14:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: An overview of Treatment planning and toothwear

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13:00 Practice Manager/Senior Nurses Forum- Conflict Resolution   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Practice Manager/Senior Nurses Forum- Conflict Resolution (NW231019B)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Thu 19 Oct 2023, 13:00 to 14:00
Development outcome: A, B, C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: This course is for Practice Managers and Senior Nurses. This session will review and discuss workplace conflict and how that applies to the dental setting. The causes of conflict, handling conflict and strategies to resolve conflict will be included.

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13:30 Perio Made Easy - Part A   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Perio Made Easy - Part A (NW231023B)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Mon 23 Oct 2023, 13:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: A, C
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 0:00 hours
Cost: £60.00
Description: Implementing Healthy Gums Do Matter

18:30 Avoidance of Doubt: Maximising UDAs in the provision of phased courses of treatment - Information to support the GM Premium Access Programme.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Avoidance of Doubt: Maximising UDAs in the provision of phased courses of treatment - Information to support the GM Premium Access Programme. (NW231023A)
Venue: MS Teams, Webinar
Date: Mon 23 Oct 2023, 18:30 to 19:30
Development outcome: C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: This 1 hour webinar will support dental teams to clarify where it might be appropriate to provide phased treatment over several courses of treatment. This will enable efficiencies that improve access to high quality NHS dentistry to meet the needs of patients.

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09:30 Aesthetic Alternatives to Amalgam for the Failing Dentition - Session 1 Direct Restorations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Aesthetic Alternatives to Amalgam for the Failing Dentition - Session 1 Direct Restorations (NW231024A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Tue 24 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 13:45
Development outcome: B, C
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: Refreshments
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: £160.00
Description: This 2 hour webinar and 1/2 day course using phantom heads will provide an update on current thinking and techniques for the placement of direct, non-metal restorations to restore the failing dentition.

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09:15 A practical, 'Hands On' guide to placing rubber dam AM   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A practical, 'Hands On' guide to placing rubber dam AM (NW231025B)
Venue: MANDEC, Manchester - Greater Manchester
Date: Wed 25 Oct 2023, 09:15 to 12:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 3:15 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: This event will recognise the place for rubber dam in every day dental practice and familiarise participants with quick and easy techniques for the placement of rubber dam.

09:30 Aesthetic Alternatives to Amalgam for the Failing Dentition - Session 2 Indirect Restorations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Aesthetic Alternatives to Amalgam for the Failing Dentition - Session 2 Indirect Restorations (NW231025A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Wed 25 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 13:45
Development outcome: B, C
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: Refreshments
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: £160.00
Description: This 2 hour webinar and 1/2 day course using phantom heads will provide an update on current thinking and techniques for the placement of indirect, non-metal restorations to restore the failing dentition.

13:15 A practical, 'Hands On' guide to placing rubber dam PM   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A practical, 'Hands On' guide to placing rubber dam PM (NW231025C)
Venue: MANDEC, Manchester - Greater Manchester
Date: Wed 25 Oct 2023, 13:15 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 3:15 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: This event will recognise the place for rubber dam in every day dental practice and familiarise participants with quick and easy techniques for the placement of rubber dam. PM SESSION

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09:30 ES Development Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: ES Development Day (NWDCT231030A)
Venue: Regatta Place, Liverpool - Merseyside
Date: Mon 30 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 16:00
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: Lecture
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: None
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Development for those involved in educational roles within Dental Core Training and completion of the relevant portfolio of the DCT so they can satisfactorily complete the year.

09:30 Improving Posterior Indirect Restorations in General Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improving Posterior Indirect Restorations in General Dental Practice (NW231030A)
Venue: Whiston Education, Training & Conference Centre, Whiston - Merseyside
Date: Mon 30 Oct 2023, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Core topic: Not a core topic
Catering: Refreshments
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £140.00
Description: This full day course consisting of a lecture and phantom head training aims to give a greater understanding of the variety of materials, and restoration designs in the planning and provision of posterior crowns, onlays and bridgework in General Dental Practice and when to utilise them