Course Calendar

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09:00 impression taking for DCPs session 2 OSCEs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: impression taking for DCPs session 2 OSCEs (SW13-01-5-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Devon - Devon S & W
Date: 2 day event starting on Sat 5 Jan 2013, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 0:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Only delegates who attended the first part of this course on the 27th October can apply

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13:15 Drug interactions encountered in dental practice including bisphosphonates and herbal products.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Drug interactions encountered in dental practice including bisphosphonates and herbal products. (SW13-01-09-1)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:15 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £17.40
Description: Kenneth Wilson is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry in Birmingam. Kenneth has experience of treating patients with a wide range of special needs but has a particular interest in dental care for people with mental health problems. He will give practical solutions to the day to day issues which occur when treating patients in practice.

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09:00 Dental Sedation & Pain Management   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Sedation & Pain Management (SW13-01-10-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bath - Bath & NE Somerset
Date: Thu 10 Jan 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £72.00
Description: A one day refresher course design with theory and practical sessions.

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17:30 Resin Retained Bridgework Refresher   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Resin Retained Bridgework Refresher (SW13-01-15-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Devon - Devon S & W
Date: Tue 15 Jan 2013, 17:30 to 20:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: A small group hands on/practical evening session, to update and refresh your skills and knowledge in resin retained bridgework, lectured by Mr Anthony Vaughan, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry.

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09:15 Protect yourself, protect your patients   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Protect yourself, protect your patients (SW13-01-23-1)
Venue: Leigh Court, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 09:15 to 16:15
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Disinfection and decontamination
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: Protect Yourself - The control of infection in dental practice is of vital importance to protect the health and safety of the dental team and their patients. It is, however, sometimes difficult to know exactly what is practical and safe. This one day course is designed for the whole dental team and its 5 hours verifiable CPD will be sufficient for all the CPD core topic requirement necessary for DCP registrants and dentists by the General Dental Council. All of your five years CPD requirement on decontamination in one day! Not only that, but the course will be presented with exceptional style and good humour by one of the country’s leading experts on decontamination. The course will cover all aspects of infectious diseases relevant to dentistry including: ... their relative risks and recommended preventive action. l Surgery design, with infection control in mind, will be discussed together with the debate on central versus surgery sterilisation facilities. l The use of automated methods of decontamination will be dealt with practical hints on how they should be used. l The proper use of disinfectants suitable for each area of the surgery will be discussed in detail and water line decontamination will be covered. l At the end of the course participants should have gained a thorough knowledge of infection control and decontamination procedures and be able to practice it safely in their surgeries to the standard required by HTM01-05.

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09:30 Improve your crown preparations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Improve your crown preparations (SW13-01-25-2)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 25 Jan 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £96.00
Description: A course aimed at General Practitioners wishing to improve preparations to their patients' benefit

13:30 TMJ: Successful Management in Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: TMJ: Successful Management in Practice (SW13-01-25-1)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Fri 25 Jan 2013, 13:30 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £14.50
Description: A half day course with an evidence based approach to aid general dental practitioners to diagnose and treat TMJ problems in practice. There will be a hands-on component in addition to discussion. The course will be delivered by Mr Robert Jagger -consultant in restorative dentistry at Bristol Dental Hospital.

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09:30 Impression taking for DCPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCPs (SW13-01-26-1)
Venue: Mount Wise Dental Practice, Devonport - Devon S & W
Date: 2 day event starting on Sat 26 Jan 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 10:00 hours
Cost: £85.00
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 8 weeks later (23.3.13). 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.