Course Calendar

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19:00 BLS/CPR/AED & Medical Emergencies for the Dental Team   Availability: Places available
Title: BLS/CPR/AED & Medical Emergencies for the Dental Team (SW24-05-07-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 7 May 2024, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: A, B, C, D
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Medical emergencies
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This evening is an opportunity to refresh and review the dental team's knowledge of how to manage medical emergencies, including how to use an AED and provide BLS. Phil Jevon is a Registered Nurse and Resuscitation Council UK ALS Instructor and will be joining us to explore how the dental team can manage medical emergencies, including what emergency drugs are available and the process of CPR and using an AED.

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09:15 Paediatric dentistry: An Update   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Paediatric dentistry: An Update (SW-24-05-16-01)
Venue: Wessex Royale Hotel, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Thu 16 May 2024, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture with table top practice elements
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £150.00
Description: Please join us in Dorset for an exciting Paediatric study day covering the diagnosis of caries in primary teeth, management and the use of preformed metal crowns (theory and practical session), the management of the carious first permanent molar, trauma including a hands-on opportunity to practice making a splint and a discussion on emergency management and how to manage an open apex and stabilise a patient in pain. This course will be suitable for all members of the team who treat children in their scope of practice or who are keen to learn more about Paediatric management. It is also suitable for those colleagues working towards their performer number.

19:00 New to the Southwest and working towards your Performer Number?   Availability: Places available
Title: New to the Southwest and working towards your Performer Number? (SW24-05-16-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Thu 16 May 2024, 19:00 to 20:00
Development outcome: D
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: This informal session is for dentists in the Southwest who are working toward their Performer Numbers (PN). Please join Malcolm and Lucy for an opportunity to ask questions and discuss anything relating to working in the NHS, clinical cases and completing the portfolio. Whilst we might not have all the answers, we can point you in the right direction! This will be a small group, online meeting that we are planning to repeat each month. It's a chance for you to interact with colleagues who may well be facing the same issues as you - for example, how do I take an effective pain history? what's clinical audit? why do I run late? how do I access Script? Really, anything that you would like to discuss in a safe and supportive environment. During this session, we plan to discuss the difficulties we experience taking alginate impressions and how we might improve our techniques.

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09:30 Fundamentals of Endodontics (Hands on)   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Fundamentals of Endodontics (Hands on) (SW24-05-17-01)
Venue: University of Plymouth, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 17 May 2024, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £200.00
Description: This course is a fantastic opportunity to get to grips with modern endodontics. We will be joined in Plymouth by Jonathan Hope, who will be guiding us through endodontic treatment from diagnosis and decision making, irrigation, obturation to the importance of good coronal seal. This course will enable you to practice rubber dam placement, continuous rotation and reciprocation systems using plastic teeth in a friendly and supportive environment. There will be no more than ten dentists, ensuring plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.

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19:00 Twenty More Tips and Tricks to improve your clinical practice   Availability: Places available
Title: Twenty More Tips and Tricks to improve your clinical practice (SW24-05-21-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 21 May 2024, 19:00 to 21:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: David McCaughey, registered specialist in Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics will be joining us once again to share twenty more clinical tips that will make your life easier in 2024. David's diverse tips span a range of topics from effective biteguards that your patients will actually be happy to wear, a new way to manage gagging together with some quick and effective techniques to manage those annoying bleeding gums before impressions or crown cementation. David is an experienced specialist in the UK, and held the position of Consultant in Restorative dentistry at the University of Riyadh for five years.

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19:00 GDC Standards: The difference between 'Knowing' and 'Doing'.   Availability: Places available
Title: GDC Standards: The difference between 'Knowing' and 'Doing'. (SW24-05-22-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 22 May 2024, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: D
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: Please join Dr Mabel Saw who will be joining us virtually for the first in her series of webinars exploring GDC standards. Mabel will use case studies from her experience working as a Clinical Advisor and Development Advisor with the GDC and Expert Witness with the indemnity organisations to help us understand the GDC standards, and apply our understanding to everyday practice. All members of the dental team are welcome to join us. You may choose to attend all webinars in this series or those that interest you. This course is suitable for International Graduates working toward their Performer Number.

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09:30 Foundations of Minor Oral Surgery for the General Dental Practitioner   Availability: Only 6 places available
Title: Foundations of Minor Oral Surgery for the General Dental Practitioner (SW24-05-29-01)
Venue: Exeter Dental Education Facility, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Wed 29 May 2024, 09:30 to 16:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £200.00
Description: This hands-on course is a fabulous opportunity for dentists to practice their MOS skills using anatomical models. Pippa and Simon will be covering effective use of elevators, forceps , case selection, flap design, bone removal suturing and suturing using anatomical models for hands on practice. This will be a small group (no more than twelve dentists) with lots of opportunity for questions and discussion.

18:00 A guide to successful orthodontic referrals- when, how and whom to refer. Using the IOTN   Availability: Places available
Title: A guide to successful orthodontic referrals- when, how and whom to refer. Using the IOTN (SW-24-05-29-03)
Venue: Zoom, N/A - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 29 May 2024, 18:00 to 19:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: Jeremy Peak, Specialist in Orthodontics is repeating this webinar to help develop our understanding of how to make appropriate orthodontic referrals. He will include strategies to ensure you refer the right patient at the right time to the right provider. IOTN will be covered in detail. There will be opportunities to practice IOTN assessment using digitised study models and signposting to further resources that can be used chairside. The session is suitable for all interested members of the dental team including those applying for the performers list. It will help us to explain the referral criteria and process to our patients.

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14:00 NHS Regulations   Availability: Places available
Title: NHS Regulations (SW-24-05-31-01)
Venue: Matford Centre, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Fri 31 May 2024, 14:00 to 16:30
Development outcome: B
Course style: Lecture
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £55.00
Description: The course is designed as a definitive guide to understanding NHS rules and regulations that apply to NHS dental practice. THIS COURSE IS ONLY FOR THOSE DENTISTS NEEDING IT IN ORDER TO GET THEIR PERFORMER NUMBER.