Course Calendar

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09:00 Impression taking for DCPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCPs (SW12-09-1-1)
Venue: Park Crescent House Dental Surgery, Torquay - Devon S & W
Date: 2 day event starting on Sat 1 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 10:00 hours
Cost: £87.60
Description: Impression taking for DCPs - 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 (03.11.12). 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, (evidence needed) In current employment, Have the written support of his/her employer,Evidence of 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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09:30 Infection control and Decontamination in Dental Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Infection control and Decontamination in Dental Practice (SW12-09-03-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Mon 3 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Disinfection and decontamination
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £42.00
Description: Dr Martin Fulford originally trained as a microbiologist and spent 13 years as a practical medical microbiologist. Retrained as a dentist in his mid thirties and then spent 17 years working as a general dental practitioner in the UK. During this time he managed to combine clinical dentistry with research, mainly in the field of infection control. He has recently completed a thesis entitled: ‘Microbial Contamination of Dental Unit Water Systems in General Dental Practice’. Although now retired from clinical practice he is still active in research and is currently part of a team investigating the possibility of the transmission of vCJD via contaminated dental instruments. Martin is also a scientific adviser, with a particular interest in infection control, to the British Dental Association. A popular speaker in the South West, Martin returns to Cornwall to deliver his excellent presentation.

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09:30 Internal Auditing and Health and Safety Awareness in Preparation for a CQC Practice Visit   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Internal Auditing and Health and Safety Awareness in Preparation for a CQC Practice Visit (SW12-09-07-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Fri 7 Sep 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: Jane returns to Cornwall to deliver a new course on internal auditing and health and safety awareness with a particular eye on CQC visits.

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09:15 Dental Nurse diploma Examination preparation day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse diploma Examination preparation day (SW12-09-08-1)
Venue: The Academy, Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Sat 8 Sep 2012, 09:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: An informal practical and theory course designed to help dental nurses approcah both sections of the National Diploma Examination for Dental Nurses.

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09:30 Digital Dental Photography   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Digital Dental Photography (SW12-09-11-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Tue 11 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: This is a new hands on S63 course, in our Clinical Skills Laboratory, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, by Adrian Watts, "Digital Dental Photography" Adrian will do a basic introduction to macro photography, going back to first principles of close up photography, demonstrate taking dental photographs, help to calibrate your cameras, look at equipment required, and discuss storage, data protection etc... *All delegates must bring along cameras please* This course is mainly aimed at digital SLR cameras, although we welcome all camera users!

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09:00 Improve your crown preparations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve your crown preparations (SW12-09-12-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 12 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £60.00
Description: A great hands on day that you will be able to exercise your preparations and benefit from the tips and valuable knowledge of the lecturers.

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14:00 Child Protection, Vulnerable Adults and Mental Capacity to Consent   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Protection, Vulnerable Adults and Mental Capacity to Consent (SW12-09-14-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Fri 14 Sep 2012, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £11.00
Description: There are currently 'noises' about CQC visits being hot on child protection, vulnerable adults and mental capacity to consent. This course will provide you with verifiable CPD as proof of your training in these areas.

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19:00 Dentistry 2020 & beyond   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dentistry 2020 & beyond (SW12-09-19-01)
Venue: RNLI College - West Quay, Poole, POOLE - Bournemouth & E Dorset
Date: Wed 19 Sep 2012, 19:00 to 21:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:30 hours
Cost: £5.00
Description: An evening meeting looking at trends in dental care and how dental practices may have to adapt to trends in the future delivery of dental care

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18:00 Treatment Planning and Restoring the Compromised Dentition   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Treatment Planning and Restoring the Compromised Dentition (SW-12-09-20-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 18:00 to 21:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £23.00
Description: An evening workshop with a practical element. Tony Vaughan will cover complex treatment planning, show us some of his completed case studies and will provide patient records for discussion and planning in small groups. The evening can be fairly flexible and delegates are welcome to bring along their own patient records of any cases from practice to discuss.

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09:15 The aetiology and management of tooth wear   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: The aetiology and management of tooth wear (SW12-09-21-1)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Fri 21 Sep 2012, 09:15 to 16:45
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £37.00
Description: A whole day course with Professor Jeremy Rees, consultant restorative dentist at Cardiff Dental School.The course will cover causes of tooth surface loss, sensitivity and strategies to manage and treat them including the Dahl technique and adhesive strategies to restore posterior worn teeth.

09:30 Back Pain and How To Avoid It   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Back Pain and How To Avoid It (SW12-09-21-2)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 21 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
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!

09:30 An Update in Oral Medicine for the GDP   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: An Update in Oral Medicine for the GDP (SW12-09-21-3)
Venue: Thomas Sydenham Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Fri 21 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: An all day course designed to provide an oral medicine refresher for the general dental practitioner. It will cover ulcerative and blistering conditions, dry mouth and burning mouth problems, oral pre-malignancy and malignancy. Our speaker is a Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Oral Medicine at Birmingham Dental Hospital and School. The course runs from 09.30 to approximately 16.30 providing 6.00 hours of CPD. Registration is from 09.00. The course fee includes lunch and teas/coffees.

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09:30 impression takinfg for DCP';s OSCE   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: impression takinfg for DCP';s OSCE (SW12-09-22-1)
Venue: Hathaway Dental Practice, Chippenham - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Sat 22 Sep 2012, 09:30 to 13:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: to assess each student to sign them off as competant to dental impressions with in theirpractices

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09:00 Justification, Optimisation and Limitation - an IR(ME)R course on dental radiography and radiation protection   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Justification, Optimisation and Limitation - an IR(ME)R course on dental radiography and radiation protection (SW12-09-28-1)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 28 Sep 2012, 09:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Radiography and radiation protection
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This course, based on the key principles of the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) of justification, optimisation and limitation, is designed as 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 as well as providing an update on new developments in dental radiology