Qualification in Dental Radiography for Dental Nurses (NW190626A)

Application Form

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This course is open to GDC registered dental nurses working in an NHS practice only.

An application form will need to be completed to gain entry on to this course please find a PDF version attached above, you can either send completed applications by email to elaine.douglas@hee.nhs.uk or post  to Elaine Douglas, Dental Team, Health Education England, 1st Floor Regatta Place, Summers Road, Brunswick Business park, Liverpool, L3 4BL.

Closing date for applications: Friday 24th May 2019

We can only accept 1 nurse per practice

Once your application has been accepted, confirmation will be sent by email,  a contribution of £160 is required to secure your place.

When the online course and the practical work are successfully completed, a prompt to pay a further £124 for the examination fee will be given.

The taught sessions will be held at Royal Lancaster Infirmary. By registering for this course the student agrees that they are free to be released from practice for each teaching session and will be expected to attend ALL the sessions.

• Wednesday 26th June 2019
• Friday 20th September 2019
• Friday 4th October 2019
• Friday 11th October 2019
• Friday 8th November 2019

in addition students will be expected:

• To bring notes to each taught session.
• Be prepared for each session
• Bring a list of any questions that may be from either the material that has been covered or from experiences in practice.

Exam date: Saturday 23rd November 2019. 

To gain the qualification students will need to:

• Attend ALL study days
• Gain clinical experience in taking radiographs by completing a practical portfolio
• Take a 1 hour true/false & best answer examination on the theoretical aspects of dental radiography
• Complete a practical work based portfolio

For the practical portfolio, students must take a minimum of 40 radiographs under supervision, which must include the following types of radiographs:

• 20 periapicals (using the paralleling technique)
• 10 pairs of bitewings
• 10 panoramic radiographs

These radiographs are not required to pass the qualification & will not contribute to the student's final grade, but will be recorded in the student's transcript to demonstrate their experience.

Please note this qualification is subsidised by Health Education England. If for any reason you are unable to complete the course you will be liable for the full cost, amounting to a further £435 being invoiced to you.

The qualification will be awarded by the BDA  

Mandatory: Dental Nurse

The aims of the course are to:

• Produce competent dental radiographic operators who are aware of their own responsibilities and limitations.
• Promote acquisition of the skills, attitudes & behaviours that facilitate effective and safe use of radiation in dental practice.
• Fulfil the legal requirements of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2018 with regards to “adequate training” of operators.
• Fulfil the requirements of the syllabus in dental radiography for dental nurses as approved by the British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology (BSDMFR).
• Prepare candidates for assessment by the British Dental Association (BDA Education).
• Foster the knowledge & understanding, skills & attitudes that will promote effective lifelong learning & support professional development.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Radiation Physics
• Radiation Protection
• Practical Techniques, apparatus and equipment
• Films and Processing
• Quality Assurance and the Law

Delegates will be equipped to gain the BDA Qualification in Radiography.