Course Calendar

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09:30 Occlusion: Why, When and How?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Occlusion: Why, When and How? (SW11-10-03-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Mon 3 Oct 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £32.00
Description: Interactive hands-on day.

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09:30 Orthodontic Refresher for Clinical Assistants   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Orthodontic Refresher for Clinical Assistants (SW11-10-07-1)
Venue: Plymouth Medical Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 7 Oct 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: The annual course run by the Plymouth Orthodontic Consultants for those dentists with a special interest in orthodontics who have undergone the BUOLD course in Orthodontics or its successor run by the British Orthodontic Society.

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09:15 Examination Preparation Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Examination Preparation Day (SW11-10-08-2)
Venue: Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Sat 8 Oct 2011, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: An informal practical day aimed at dental nurses sitting the national examination in November 2011 or May 2012

09:30 NEBDN Examination Preparation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: NEBDN Examination Preparation (SW11-10-08-1)
Venue: The Gables Hotel, Gloucester - Gloucestershire
Date: Sat 8 Oct 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: Title National Examination Preparation Day Description An informal practical day aimed at dental nurses sitting the national examination in nov2011

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09:30 Aspects of Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Aspects of Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP (SW11-10-12-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 12 Oct 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £80.00
Description: This course will covers aspects of MOS relevant to the GDP: includes effective use of elevators , forceps , case selection, flap design, bone removal suturing and suturing using anatomical phantom jaws for the "surgery"

18:00 Medical Emergencies & Resuscitation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Medical Emergencies & Resuscitation (SW11-10-12-4)
Venue: Brook Madison Hotel, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:00 to 20:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Medical emergencies
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £12.00
Description: A lecture based course on management of medical emergencies in the dental environment. Current resuscitation techniques will be demonstrated, including use of automated external defibrillators.

18:00 Safeguarding Children - a Dental Update   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Safeguarding Children - a Dental Update (SW11-10-12-2)
Venue: Thomas Sydenham Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:00 to 20:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This is an evening course on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults for all staff working in dental practice. This popular course will run between 18.30 - 20.30 with registration and a cold buffet from 18.00. Our speaker, Allison Ryder, will cover signs of child neglect and the responsibilities of the dental team appropriate to Level 2 training. Allison is Lead Nurse in Paediatrics and Named Nurse for Safeguarding at Dorset County Hospital

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09:30 Dental Acupuncture for the Dental Team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Acupuncture for the Dental Team (SW11-10-14-2)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Fri 14 Oct 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £27.50
Description: Acupuncture is another technique whereby diseases can be either cured or alleviated - or put in other words - an extra tool in a dentists toolbox. It has been known in China for the last 3-4000 years, and the technique has been able to demonstrate results that even today are surprising.

09:30 Toothwear: Aetiology & Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Toothwear: Aetiology & Management (SW11-10-14-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 14 Oct 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: A restorative dentistry small group study day, lectured by Dr Alex Milosevic, interesting discussions on toothwear and dental erosion, treatment planning, the "Dahl Concept" etc...

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08:45 Update & Refresh 1: Periodontology and Removable Prosthodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Update & Refresh 1: Periodontology and Removable Prosthodontics (SW11-10-21-1)
Venue: Burwalls Education Centre, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: 2 day event starting on Fri 21 Oct 2011, 08:45 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 13:00 hours
Cost: £70.00
Description: In this the first of 4 courses, Specialist presenters will deliver a concise and informative review of current knowledge and treatment options in Periodontology and Removable Prosthodontics. On the Friday Neil Millington will discuss the benefits of an integrated, occlusion based approach to the provision of partial dentures. Neil has an extensive background in advanced restorative care and has been an especially popular presenter on this course for the last 8years. On Saturday Sarah Manton, Sarah Duffy and Professor Nicola West will together present on current concepts on the histopathology of periodontal disease, surgical and non surgical therapy and the periodontal/restorative interface. The emphasis will be very much on prevention and interventions, which work in general practice. (See under aim & objectives for further information on the course series and for a list of city centre and Clifton hotels see course documents. The Avon Gorge and Rodney Hotel are the closest hotels to Burwalls).

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09:15 Examination Preparation Day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Examination Preparation Day (SW11-10-22-1)
Venue: Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Sat 22 Oct 2011, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: An informal practical day aimed at dental nurses sitting the national examination in November 2011 or May 2012

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09:30 Ionising Radiation Update 2011   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Ionising Radiation Update 2011 (SW11-10-26-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Wed 26 Oct 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: This course is for dentists and DCPs who have undergone training to take radiographs. It should allow them to fulfil the GDC recommendation that such persons should undergo 5 hrs of CPD relating to ionising radiation in each 5yr CPD cycle.

13:00 Complaints - What complaints?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Complaints - What complaints? (SW11-10-26-2)
Venue: Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:00 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: Interactive session exploring how to reduce the number of complaints through improving your communication with patients and staff. How to manage complaints when they do occur

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09:00 "Your Get Out of Jail Card - Free!"   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: "Your Get Out of Jail Card - Free!" (SW11-10-28-1)
Venue: Brook Madison Hotel, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Fri 28 Oct 2011, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £35.00
Description: This lecture based course will demonstrate the way that dentists are monitored by various bodies such as the CQC, GDC and PCTs and the reasons for this monitoring. Proposed CQC inspection plans will be discussed and risk profiled. The importance of good record keeping will be discussed and what good records should contain, along with the role of records in a patient complaint and how the CQC uses records to demonstrate compliance with its outcomes.