Course Calendar

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09:30 Child Oral Health – where are we today?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Child Oral Health – where are we today? (SW13-05-01-2)
Venue: Passage House Hotel, Newton Abbot - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 1 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £24.00
Description: This course will give an overview of current trends in Paediatric Dentistry including modern preventative regimes, restoring deciduous teeth, stainless steel crowns, hypomineralisation and trauma.

09:30 Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP (SW13-05-01-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 1 May 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: 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"

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09:00 Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dental Nurse Diploma OSCE Preparation (SW13-05-04-1)
Venue: The Academy, Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Sat 4 May 2013, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: £24.00
Description: An informal practical course designed to help dental nurses approach the Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) section of the National Diploma Examination for Dental Nurses.

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09:00 impression taking for DCP's OSCE   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: impression taking for DCP's OSCE (SW13-05-11-2)
Venue: The Dentist, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Sat 11 May 2013, 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: an assessment of student who have completed the thoery part of the impression taking course and patient log book. After completeing this seesion each student will be signed off as competant to take dental impression from aprescription of their GDP within their own practices

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09:00 Surviving the Human Zoo   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Surviving the Human Zoo (SW13-05-17-1)
Venue: Thomas Sydenham Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Dorchester & W Dorset
Date: Fri 17 May 2013, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: Dental Professionals across the UK are struggling with bureaucratic burdens and concerns about having to practice defensive dentistry to avoid negligence claims. These pressures are added to by a culture driven by media fuelled consumerism in a shrinking economy. To enjoy satisfying professional and personal lives, dentists and their staff must be aware of the importance of good physical and mental health. Effective self management is understanding the implications of stress and occupational burnout and how to avoid this or reduce its effects

14:00 A DATA PROTECTION UPDATE WORKSHOP   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: A DATA PROTECTION UPDATE WORKSHOP (SW13-05-17-2)
Venue: Glazebrook Country House Hotel, Devon - Devon S & W
Date: Fri 17 May 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £7.50
Description: In today’s climate of human rights and privacy of information, and with increasing concern about personal data being “mislaid”, patients may be worried about how well personal information about them that you hold is being protected. Why do you need it? Who are you passing it to? What do you do with it? Is it accurate? How do you protect it? The Data Protection Act 1998 requires all organisations holding personal data about others to comply with a set of best practice standards, but how far do you need to go, and how do you balance compliance with the law against a pragmatic approach.

14:00 What's all this reflecting lark about?   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: What's all this reflecting lark about? (SW13-05-17-3)
Venue: The Mount Somerset, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Fri 17 May 2013, 14:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: No charge

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19:00 Neck Cancer: The Dental Team's Role   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Neck Cancer: The Dental Team's Role (SW13-05-21-1)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth - Bournemouth & E Dorset
Date: Tue 21 May 2013, 19:00 to 21:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: The number of cases of oral cancer in the UK is increasing and furthermore there is an increase in litigation with patients accusing their dentists of missing the cancer. Early detection is the key and can improve the chances of survival from 50% to 90%. These lectures will help define the dental team's role in offering information and advice on; how to manage oral cancer.

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09:30 “Anticoagulants, Endocarditis, Bisphosphonates, And All That!!”   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: “Anticoagulants, Endocarditis, Bisphosphonates, And All That!!” (SW13-05-22-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 22 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £36.00
Description: A seminar/small group course enabling practitioners to be aware of current guidelines so ensuring patient safety.

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09:30 Modern Endodontics   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Modern Endodontics (SW13-05-24-1)
Venue: Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Fri 24 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £70.00
Description: This is a hands on endodontic course for the General Dental Practitioner

14:00 Clinical Prosthetic Dentistry   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Clinical Prosthetic Dentistry (SW13-05-24-2)
Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Fri 24 May 2013, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: An interactive course with excellent educational value for everyday practice!

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09:30 Dentistry .... Wow!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dentistry .... Wow! (SW13-05-31-1)
Venue: Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter - Devon N & E
Date: Fri 31 May 2013, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £41.10
Description: Reinvigorating your ' Magnificent Obsession' for working in the dental profession!!!