Course Calendar

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08:45 Update and Refresh 2: Oral Surgery   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Update and Refresh 2: Oral Surgery (SW11-12-02-2)
Venue: Burwalls Education Centre, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: 2 day event starting on Fri 2 Dec 2011, 08:45 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 13:00 hours
Cost: £70.00
Description: In this the second of 4 courses, Specialists in their disciplines, will deliver a series of engaging and thought provoking presentations covering most areas of Oral Surgery and Medicine of relevance and interest to the GDP. From Bristol Dental Hospital, Professor Stephen Prime will discuss Facial Pain of non Dental Origin, Tony Brooke the treatment of the Medically Compromised patient and Oral Pathology and Chris Bell the Management of dental infection and surgical complications. Mr Charles Perkins, a Consultant Oral Maxillofacial surgeon will discuss the assessment of the impacted third molar and finally, Professor StJohn Crean will discuss the relevance of medical conditions to the safe treatment of patients 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 nearest hotels to Burwalls).

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09:30 Impression taking for DCPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCPs (SW11-12-03-1)
Venue: Padstow Dental Practice, Padstow - Cornwall
Date: 2 day event starting on Sat 3 Dec 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £60.00
Description: Additional Skills Dental Nurse Training, Impression taking course for DCPs. DCPs attending this course will be required to attend an OSCE day 9 weeks later (04.02.12). Only those attending the 1st part will be able to participate in the OSCE. The OSCE is included in the course fee. Criteria of students entering the course, Registered dental nurse with the General Dental Council, In current employment, Have the written support of his/her employer, Professional Indemnity cover, Evidence of appropriate up to date CPD (eg BLS, Medical Emergencies), Not all participants will have undertaken a Dental Nurse Training course which has equivalence to NVQ 3. However it is felt that all students will have the ability to engage in the level of work required to successfully complete this course. DCPs attending this course will be expected to take impressions in their place of work and to fill out a record of experience document, cooperation from their Dentist is essential.

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14:00 Child protection for the dental team (level 2)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child protection for the dental team (level 2) (SW11-12-06-1)
Venue: Gipsy Hill Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Tue 6 Dec 2011, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:30 hours
Cost: £10.00
Description: A course to look at the issue of child abuse and what we as dental professionals need to know about. It is an area that all health care professionals are required to be aware of and what to do if they have concerns about it.

17:45 Minor Oral Surgery - "I've Started, So I'll Finish"   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Minor Oral Surgery - "I've Started, So I'll Finish" (SW11-12-06-2)
Venue: Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:45 to 20:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £25.00
Description: A hands-on course to demonstrate extraction techniques and allow participants to practice forceps extractions on models. Recommended instruments will be discussed, as well as indications, contraindications and complications of dental extractions, with a view to increasing participants' confidence to tackle dental extractions in a primary care environment.

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18:30 Dental Extractions - Simples!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Extractions - Simples! (SW11-12-08-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset
Date: Thu 8 Dec 2011, 18:30 to 21:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £35.00
Description: Our Dental Tutor for the Area Mr Steve Doman has kindly agreed to teach a Dental Extraction course in order to help those who need to build their confidence in simple exodontia. Delegates will need to bring 1) extraction forceps upper and lower and 2) Couplands elevators or luxators.

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09:30 Restoration Of The Broken Down Tooth   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Restoration Of The Broken Down Tooth (SW11-12-09-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 9 Dec 2011, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £50.00
Description: A restorative small group hands on study day for GDP's on "Restoration Of The Broken Down Tooth" by Mr Nigel Fisher, Associate Dean for secondary care, London Deanery. An update on techniques, post & core systems, use of adhesive materials, surgical techniques and advanced operative procedures.

14:00 Child protection update for the whole dental team   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child protection update for the whole dental team (SW11-12-09-2)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Fri 9 Dec 2011, 14:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £3.00
Description: This half-day session is open to all members of the dental team and will be a mixture of didactic teaching, group-work and interactive sessions.

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09:00 Infection Control and Decontamination in Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection Control and Decontamination in Dental Practice (SW11-12-15-1)
Venue: Thomas Sydenham Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Thu 15 Dec 2011, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Disinfection and decontamination
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: An all day course covering the risks in dental practice of acquired infection and strategies for decontamination. The course is open to all practice staff and includes lunch.