Course Calendar

November 2012

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			1 00:00 On-line training ~ Vulnerable adults and children Availability: Course has taken place Title: On-line training ~ Vulnerable adults and children (SW12-11-01-01) Venue: South West Dental Department, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset Date: Thu 1 Nov 2012, 00:00 to 01:00 Course style: Lecture Catering: Tea and coffee only Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 0:00 hours Cost: £50.00 Description: An on-line course from the Healthcare Learning company designed specifically for dental practices and complying with CQC training requirements. If you purchase this course, the Deanery will contact Smile-On the providers who will send you a link for on-line access as often as your require it. The Deanery has block purchased the acces and the fee of £50 is per practice not per person. It is a licence fee to access the material on-line. 09:30 WHEN PATIENTS BITE BACK! [Ensuring the CQC are happy with the way we handle patient complaints] Availability: Course has taken place Title: WHEN PATIENTS BITE BACK! [Ensuring the CQC are happy with the way we handle patient complaints] (SW12-11-01-1) Venue: Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E Date: Thu 1 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:00 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 7:00 hours Cost: £48.00 Description: Effective Patient Complaint Handling and Staying Confident. Patients may find an excuse not to go to the dentist. Yet if their visit goes wrong - they won't hesitate to complain! How do you cope and turn a negative into a positive situation? Let us show you... This course will help you and your team deal with complaints quickly and successfully. It will empower you to deal effectively with any complaint that arises.	2 09:30 Rubber Dam a team game Availability: Course has taken place Title: Rubber Dam a team game (SW12-11-02-1) Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W Date: Fri 2 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 12:30 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Tea and coffee only Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 3:00 hours Cost: £26.00 Description: A "Hands On" course for those wishing to learn how to place Rubber dam effectively and efficiently 13:30 Rubber Dam a team game PM Session Availability: Course has taken place Title: Rubber Dam a team game PM Session (SW12-11-02-02) Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W Date: Fri 2 Nov 2012, 13:30 to 16:30 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Tea and coffee only Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 3:00 hours Cost: £26.00 Description: A "Hands On" course for those wishing to learn how to place Rubber dam effectively and efficiently	3 09:00 Impression Taking for DCPs session 2 OSCE Availability: Course has taken place Title: Impression Taking for DCPs session 2 OSCE (SW12-11-03-1) Venue: Park Crescent House Dental Surgery, Torquay - Devon S & W Date: Sat 3 Nov 2012, 09:00 to 13:00 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Tea and coffee only Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 4:00 hours Cost: No charge Description: Only delegates who attended the first part of this course on the 1st September can apply	4
5 09:00 Hands on Oral Surgery update 'Blood without Sweat or Tears' Availability: Course has taken place Title: Hands on Oral Surgery update 'Blood without Sweat or Tears' (SW12-11-05-2) Venue: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic centre, Exeter - Devon N & E Date: Mon 5 Nov 2012, 09:00 to 16:30 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £30.00 Description: A hands on and practical course designed to develop the skills to equip a surgery and be able to undertake minor oral surgery in dental practice. Please note delegates need to allow plenty of time for parking. Need change for parking machines. Need to bring own surgical kit to be accessed on the day 09:30 'Brush, Pills and Knife-Opening Up The Options Availability: Course has taken place Title: 'Brush, Pills and Knife-Opening Up The Options (SW12-11-05-1) Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire Date: Mon 5 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 17:00 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £44.00 Description: A whole day course consisting of lectures in the morning on treatment of advanced periodontal cases with antimicrobials both localised and systemic.The afternoon will consist of lectures and videos on periodontal surgery followed by a hands on in flap raising and placemant of Emdogain and graft material into defects on models. The course lecturer is Mr Paul Renton-Harper Specialist in Periodontics and Mrs Alison Grant Tutor Hygienist.	6 09:30 Orthodontic Refresher for Clinical Assistants Availability: Course has taken place Title: Orthodontic Refresher for Clinical Assistants (SW12-11-06-1) Venue: Plymouth Medical Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W Date: Tue 6 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:30 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £30.00 Description: This is our annual invitation to those GDPs inn the region who have a special interest in orthodontics and have completed the UoB BUOLD course in orthodontics and/or have an attachment to their local Orthodontic Department. It will provide an update to what's hot and what's not in the specialty as well as case studies.	7 09:30 CIEH Level 2 Certificate in Health & Safety Availability: Course has taken place Title: CIEH Level 2 Certificate in Health & Safety (SW12-11-07-1) Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset Date: Wed 7 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 17:30 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 7:00 hours Cost: £82.00 Description: A one day course leading to the level 2 certificate awarded by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. This course is suitable for all members of the dental team but will be of particular interest to practice and laboratory owners, and managers. The course fee includes certification with CIEH. 09:30 Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP Availability: Course has taken place Title: Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP (SW12-11-07-2) Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W Date: Wed 7 Nov 2012, 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 cover 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"	8	9 13:45 Hands on Successful Partial Denture Designs Availability: Course has taken place Title: Hands on Successful Partial Denture Designs (SW12-11-09-1) Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset Date: Fri 9 Nov 2012, 13:45 to 16:30 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Tea and coffee only Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 2:30 hours Cost: £22.00 Description: This is a practical hands-on course on the design of removable partial dentures, in a relaxed but informative setting. Rob Jagger is Consultant Senior Lecturer University of Bristol.	10 09:30 Ionising Radiation Availability: Course has taken place Title: Ionising Radiation (SW12-11-10-1) Venue: The Academy, Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare - Bristol & N Somerset Date: Sat 10 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:30 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £42.00 Description: This course, based on the key principles of the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) of justification, optimisation and limitation. A comprehensive course in dental radiography and radiation protection satisfying the requirements of the GDC and covering all the specific IR(M)ER topics including the essential legal requirements of both the IR(ME)R2000 and IRR99 regulations. Dentists and all DCP's welcome 09:30 Ionising radiation for DCP's who do not take radiographs Availability: Course has taken place Title: Ionising radiation for DCP's who do not take radiographs (SW12-11-10-02) Venue: The Academy, Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare - Bristol & N Somerset Date: Sat 10 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:30 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection CPD: 5:30 hours Cost: £30.00 Description: This course is aimed at DCP's who do not take radiographs, but who are required to complete core Ionising Radiation training in accordance with GDC guidlines	11
12	13	14 09:30 'They Moan - We Grow' Complaints Handling Availability: Course has taken place Title: 'They Moan - We Grow' Complaints Handling (SW12-11-14-1) Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset Date: Wed 14 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:30 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £40.00 Description: Sometimes it feels as if all people do is complain.However, there might be vital information contained within their complaint which will help you improve your services. By effectively managing our reaction to the situation itself we find that complaints become less stressful and more beneficial. A complaint dealt with smoothly and efficiently can create a potential customer / patient for life. This workshop has NO role play, but will give you the skills to handle a range of complaints. 15:00 Ionising Radiation Update for DCP's who do not take radiographs Availability: Course has taken place Title: Ionising Radiation Update for DCP's who do not take radiographs (SW12-11-14-3) Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset Date: Wed 14 Nov 2012, 15:00 to 20:00 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection CPD: 5:00 hours Cost: £36.00 Description: This is an opportunity to attend a highly successful course run by Mrs Nikki Rogers, DCP teacher of the year 2010. The course is tailored specifically for DCPs with teacher led instruction, non threatening group work and lively discussion. The UK GDC requires practitioners and operators to undertake at least 5 hours of verifiable CPD in Radiography / Radiation Protection over a 5 year cycle. Attendance at this course will satisfy requirements. This course is run by the PG department in conjunction with the Bristol Section of the BDA   15:00 Ionising Radiation Update for Dentists Availability: Course has taken place Title: Ionising Radiation Update for Dentists (SW12-11-14-2) Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset Date: Wed 14 Nov 2012, 15:00 to 20:00 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection CPD: 5:00 hours Cost: £36.00 Description: This is a new and updated course organized run by two highly respected specialists in the South West, Dr Jane Luker and Dr Rebecca Davies. The speakers will cover core material in a clinically relevant manner and will also be over-viewing the newer concepts such as Cone Beam Computerised Tomography (CBCT). The UK GDC requires practitioners and operators to undertake at least 5 hours of verifiable CPD in Radiography / Radiation Protection over a 5 year cycle. Attendance at this course will satisfy requirements. This course is run by the PG department in conjunction with the Bristol Section of the BDA 18:30 Surgical Removal of Roots Availability: Course has taken place Title: Surgical Removal of Roots (SW12-11-14-4) Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset Date: Wed 14 Nov 2012, 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 Surgical Removal of Roots course in order to assist those who attend to build their confidence in the surgical removal of roots. Delegates will need to bring the following: 1) Needle holder 2) Tissue forceps 3) Periosteal elevators	15 18:00 2020 Vision - the future of dentistry Availability: Course has taken place Title: 2020 Vision - the future of dentistry (SW12-11-15-1) Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall Date: Thu 15 Nov 2012, 18:00 to 21:00 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 3:00 hours Cost: No charge Description: Alasdair Miller - South West Postgraduate Dental Dean, Peter Hodgkinson - Vice-Chair GDPC and Secretary of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Dental Committee and Robert Witton—Dental Public Health Advisor to Devon and Cornwall gather together to discuss the future of Dentistry in Cornwall. The overall aim of the evening is to inform dentists and DCPs of the direction of travel of dental care in the next decade. A joint meeting with Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Dental Committee.	16 09:30 Posterior Tooth Preparation for Cuspal Protection Availability: Course has taken place Title: Posterior Tooth Preparation for Cuspal Protection (SW12-11-16-3) Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W Date: Fri 16 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:30 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £90.00 Description: A “Hands-on” day, comprising practical tooth preparation, temporisation and impression taking regarding preparations for providing cuspal protection. We will cover 3 /4 - 7/8 crowns MO/MOD onlays with cuspal coverage “Top Hat” restorations for gold, indirect composite and ceramic restorations. The practical sessions will be interspersed with mini lectures and discussions on: Patient/tooth assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning. Managing cracked teeth. Materials choice. Bonding systems. Participants are asked to bring posterior extracted teeth, including those with large restorations for use in the treatment planning and practical sessions.	17	18
19	20	21	22	23 14:00 Cross Infection Availability: Course has taken place Title: Cross Infection (SW12-11-23-1) Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire Date: Fri 23 Nov 2012, 14:00 to 17:00 Course style: Lecture Catering: Tea and coffee only Core topic: Disinfection and decontamination CPD: 2:30 hours Cost: £5.00 Description: Having foreseen that many practitioners and their dental teams will be seeking professional assistance in order to meet best practice goals, Optident Hygiene Solutions have now put together a fully comprehensive training programme that addresses virtually all aspects relating to effective cross infection controls within the dental practice. The structure and content of the course has been carefully vetted by Dr. Michael Martin and Dr. Martin Fulford, who will immediately be recognized as leading experts of cross infection control in dentistry.	24	25
26	27	28 09:30 What I need to worry about and Why[an update on Oral Medicine and Medical conditions for the dental team] Availability: Course has taken place Title: What I need to worry about and Why[an update on Oral Medicine and Medical conditions for the dental team] (SW12-11-28-1) Venue: Gipsy Hill Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E Date: Wed 28 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:00 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £42.00 Description: This will look at the range of current medical and associated pharmacological problems and how they can effect the patients we meet on a daily basis	29 09:15 Your backs your future Availability: Course has taken place Title: Your backs your future (SW12-11-29-1) Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire Date: Thu 29 Nov 2012, 09:15 to 16:30 Course style: Hands-on Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £37.00 Description: Description: Back pain is a serious subject. Did you know that dentists are four times more likely than doctors to retire early on health grounds, with back and other musculoskeletal pains high on the list of causes? As a dual qualified osteopath (13 years) and dentist (20 years), I am uniquely placed to understand and advise on avoiding and treating back pain. Despite the serious content, this is an enjoyable course; with 20 practical tips, demonstrations and exercises (come prepared to move around, stand, kneel, lie down...). Some of you will even be stronger by the end of the day! Course style: lecture and practical. 09:30 A Proper Yes - Communication Matters Availability: Course has taken place Title: A Proper Yes - Communication Matters (SW12-11-29-2) Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall Date: Thu 29 Nov 2012, 09:30 to 16:30 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 6:00 hours Cost: £42.00 Description: This workshop aims to demonstrate the range of skills needed for effective communication with people with disabilities. People come in all shapes, sizes and abilities and communicating with them can put our skills to the test. Flexibility in communication style is essential for anyone working with people with disabilities and we have many more approaches to it than we first realise. Ensuring we have consent is one of the most fundamental aspects of carrying out treatment. However, how can we be sure the patient understands what we are talking about and can make sense of it – enough to make an informed decision? We explore all the elements of gaining consent and ensuring that the patient knows enough to make the right decision. (This session ties in with the Mental Capacity Act).	30 08:45 Update & Refresh 2 - Oral Surgery & Medicine Availability: Course has taken place Title: Update & Refresh 2 - Oral Surgery & Medicine (SW12-11-30-1) Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset Date: 2 day event starting on Fri 30 Nov 2012, 08:45 to 17:30 Course style: Lecture Catering: Meal Core topic: Not a core topic CPD: 13:00 hours Cost: £90.00 Description: In this the second of 2 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 from Cheltenham & Gloucester Hospitals Healthcare Trust, will discuss the assessment of the impacted third molar and finally in an enjoyable interactive format, Professor StJohn Crean, from the UCLan, will discuss the relevance of medical conditions to the safe treatment of patients in general practice. This course is a must for clinicians, who wish to avoid the stress of the unexpected medical, or treatment associated complication.

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