Course Calendar

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10:00 Dentistry and Domestic Violence   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dentistry and Domestic Violence (SW14-05-01-1)
Venue: Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro - Cornwall
Date: Thu 1 May 2014, 10:00 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: What has dentistry got do with domestic violence? The Dental profession has a particular contribution to make because it is one of the services with which victims of domestic violence may come into contact. There will be many dentists who have seen patients whom they suspect are being abused at home but who have not known what to do about it. It can seem daunting to raise the question with the patient but all research done with survivors identifies that they very much want someone to ask them about what was happening at home and to be given a chance to talk about it.

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09:00 Getting the Best Out of your Staff - Motivational and Appraisal Skills   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Getting the Best Out of your Staff - Motivational and Appraisal Skills (SW14-05-02-1)
Venue: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury - Salisbury & S Wiltshire
Date: Fri 2 May 2014, 09:00 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: Cascade Theatre Company has been working with Dental Professionals for fifteen years. We believe in delivering training which is of immediate practical use to the participants. From this workshop you will have a great deal of new information and new techniques that actually work, and insight. You will know more about how others tick and how to make appraisals a much easier process. The session is designed to be enjoyable, interactive and best of all there is no role play!

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18:00 MOS "The Next Step"   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: MOS "The Next Step" (SW14-05-07-1)
Venue: Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Wed 7 May 2014, 18:00 to 20:15
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £40.00
Description: This is a hands-on course using models and hand pieces to practice sectioning teeth and bone removal to facilitate tooth and root removal. The course is a follow on from previous courses using elevators and forceps.

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13:30 Orthodontic Update for GDPs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Orthodontic Update for GDPs (SW14-05-09-1)
Venue: Lyngford House, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Fri 9 May 2014, 13:30 to 16:30
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This course is a great opportunity to update our Orthodontic knowledge. Helen Griffiths, Consultant Orthodontist will ensure we are familiar with current orthodontic concepts and comfortable discussing orthodontic assessment and referral with our patients.

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09:30 Bug busting the Biofilm!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Bug busting the Biofilm! (SW14-05-12-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Mon 12 May 2014, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £48.00
Description: This course will deliver the latest information on how biofilms play a vital part in periodontal disease and practical sessions on how to improve our delivery of oral health advice and non surgical periodontal treatment in general dental practice. ALL WELCOME

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09:00 Back to the Future- reciprocating files revisited   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Back to the Future- reciprocating files revisited (SW14-05-14-1)
Venue: Clinical Skills Lab, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset
Date: Wed 14 May 2014, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £98.00
Description: A rare 'Hands On' opportunity to benefit from specialist advice and to gain experience with hand NiTi, rotary and the latest reciprocating instruments

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09:30 Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Practical Minor Oral Surgery for the GDP (SW14-05-19-1)
Venue: Phantom Head Room-Derriford Hospital, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Mon 19 May 2014, 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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08:30 Oral Surgery update for the General Dental Practitioner   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Oral Surgery update for the General Dental Practitioner (SW14-05-30-1)
Venue: The Barn Function Centre, Berkeley - Gloucestershire
Date: Fri 30 May 2014, 08:30 to 16:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £55.00
Description: A full day course to update on minor oral surgery in general practice with the course being essential for general dental practitioners who want to improve their skills and gain more confidence in dento-alveolar surgery. The course speaker is Stephen Taylor who is in specialist practice as well as working at the Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth. The course will cover hints and tips on extraction technique, complications and which cases to refer. Attendance will also provide evidence of compliance with some of the requirements of CQC- Outcome 4- Care and welfare of people who use services. Outcome 6- Co-operate with other providers.

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09:00 Impression taking for DCP's OSCE   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Impression taking for DCP's OSCE (SW14-05-31-1)
Venue: The Dutch Barton Dental Surgery, Bradford-on-Avon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Sat 31 May 2014, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: An assessment of students who have completed the theory part of the impression taking course and patient log book. After completing this session each student will be signed off as competent to take dental impressions from a prescription of their GDP within their own practices