Course Calendar

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18:30 Management of Endodontic Failures   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Management of Endodontic Failures (SW-25-02-03-01)
Venue: Zoom, N/A - N/A - Virtual
Date: Mon 3 Feb 2025, 18:30 to 20:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 2:00 hours
Cost: £20.00
Description: This online course will explain how to deal with endodontic failures from how to spot them to treatment rationales for these teeth. Rahat is a consultant restorative dentist at Liverpool Dental Hospital and works in practice dealing in endodontics. His courses are always well received and enthusiastically delivered being aimed at the general practitioner.

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09:00 Myers Briggs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Myers Briggs (DCT 2024-25 -05)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 5 Feb 2025, 09:00 to 16:45
Development outcome: B
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 7:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Effective management of self and effective management of others or effective work with others in the dental team, in the interests of patients; providing constructive leadership where appropriate.

19:00 Tier 2 without Tears – Information evening for potential Southwest Tier 2 MOS Applicants.   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Tier 2 without Tears – Information evening for potential Southwest Tier 2 MOS Applicants. (SW25-02-05-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 5 Feb 2025, 19:00 to 20:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Webinar
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: Please join Chris Bell, chair of the Southwest Oral Surgery MCN, along with current accredited Tier 2 Performers to find out more about the application process in our region. Tier 2 is a great opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive network of experienced clinicians, whilst being appropriately renumerated for delivering more complex care. This is fantastic opportunity to learn more about Tier 2 services, whether you are at the start of your career or ready to submit your application.

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10:00 Human Factors   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Human Factors (DCT 2024-25 - 13)
Venue: Zoom, N/A - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 11 Feb 2025, 10:00 to 16:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: To introduce dental professionals to human factors that are relevant to their clinical practice in order to improve patient safety

18:30 Dementia Friendly Dentistry (FREE webinar)   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Dementia Friendly Dentistry (FREE webinar) (SW-25-02-11-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 11 Feb 2025, 18:30 to 20:00
Development outcome: A, C, D
Course style: Webinar
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Please join NHS England for a FREE webinar for all members of the dental team covering information on dementia and how best we can support our patients living with dementia when they attend the dental surgery. This will include practical tips for making your practice more dementia friendly as well as tips for patient management.

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09:00 Suturing and Skin Cancer   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Suturing and Skin Cancer (DCT 2024-25 - 15)
Venue: Musgrove Park Academy, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Wed 12 Feb 2025, 09:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: Tea and coffee only
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This is a practical hands on study day that aims to increase confidence detecting and treated skin cancer

09:30 Educational supervisor day   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Educational supervisor day (FT43732)
Venue: Holiday Inn Taunton, Taunton - Somerset
Date: Wed 12 Feb 2025, 09:30 to 16:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: Meal
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: A day course for Educational supervisors to come together to look at human factors and how it affects their practice

19:00 Fast Track Referrals, Oral Lesions, Malignancy   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Fast Track Referrals, Oral Lesions, Malignancy (SW25-02-12-01)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 12 Feb 2025, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This evening is an opportunity to ensure that we fully understand the process of making fast track referrals, and can identify which lesions we should be referring via this system. Ceri Hughes (Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Bristol) will be helping us to understand the significance of intra oral lesions and their management in primary care.

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08:30 EXAMINATION PREPARATION-Including OSCE stations   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: EXAMINATION PREPARATION-Including OSCE stations (DCT 2024-25 -13)
Venue: Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Swindon - Swindon & N Wiltshire
Date: Thu 13 Feb 2025, 08:30 to 12:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: Interactive Workshop
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 4:00 hours
Cost: No charge

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19:00 Endodontics - Back to Basics!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Endodontics - Back to Basics! (SW25-02-17)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Mon 17 Feb 2025 at 19:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: £30.00
Description: This is a fantastic course, held over two evening sessions, for anyone who would like to refresh their endodontic skills. We will be joined by Dr Erlind Pepla (Endodontic Lead, Bristol University) to consider endodontic emergencies, mid treatment flare ups, access, instrumentation, irrigation and obturation. Erlind understands the challenges faced by those of us working within the NHS system, and will be helping us to decide if a case is too difficult to manage and when we should be referring. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions, discussion and clinical tips.

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14:00 The orthodontic and oral surgery interface   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: The orthodontic and oral surgery interface (DCT 2024-25 - 12)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 18 Feb 2025, 14:00 to 17:00
Development outcome: B, D
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge

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09:15 Back to practice - a refresher course for dentists and dental therapists   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Back to practice - a refresher course for dentists and dental therapists (SW25-02-19-01)
Venue: University of Plymouth- SDLE, Plymouth - Devon S & W
Date: Wed 19 Feb 2025, 09:15 to 17:00
Development outcome: C
Course style: Hands-on
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: £200.00
Description: If you’re thinking of returning to clinical dentistry, but worried that your handpiece skills are rusty – this is the day for you. Malcolm will be leading an informal session for dentists, dental therapists, those preparing for ORE and anyone thinking of rejoining the register after a break. We understand this can feel daunting. This is a friendly, non-judgmental opportunity to practice cavity preps, handle materials, explore matrix systems and wrestle with rubber dam. We will be using plastic ‘teeth’ in phantom heads. For more information, please contact lucy.silk3@nhs.net This will be a small group of no more than ten people, so plenty of time for questions, discussions – and absolutely no tests.

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18:30 Break the habit, not the teeth: manage your bruxist   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Break the habit, not the teeth: manage your bruxist (SW-25-02-25-01)
Venue: Webex, .... - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 25 Feb 2025, 18:30 to 19:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: £15.00
Description: Bruxism is not a disease or disorder. Bruxists should be able to brux but we have to help them avoid tooth damage. In this hour long webinar Professor Brian Millar will show us how to identify, manage, advice and treat these patients. This is a demonstration webinar. There will not be a power point presentation but a workbook will be available to accompany the online session. Prof. Brian Millar is repeating his popular webinar series. This webinar can be booked as a stand alone session. Please be aware there may be some reinforcement of the content from other topics in the series.

19:00 An Introduction to Somerset ICB for Dental Teams   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: An Introduction to Somerset ICB for Dental Teams (SW25-02-25-02)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Tue 25 Feb 2025, 19:00 to 20:00
Development outcome: A, B, D
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: Somerset ICB would like you to join them for an informative hour to share their vision of primary care dentistry in Somerset. This is your opportunity to meet Jenny Albiston - Dental Strategy Clinical Lead, Matt Mills - Head of PODs, Sukeina Kassam - Head of Primary Care and Bernie Marden - Chief Medical Officer. There Team will be discussing how the ICB can support you in practice, e.g. Infection Prevention, Safeguarding, Quality Improvement and the potential impact we can make together to improve oral health in our region. This event is aimed at the whole dental team.

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13:00 Navigating Dento-Legal Pitfalls   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Navigating Dento-Legal Pitfalls (DCT 2024-25 - 14)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 26 Feb 2025, 13:00 to 14:00
Development outcome: A, C, D
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:00 hour
Cost: No charge
Description: To provide an update on some of the common dento-legal issues faced by dental teams in hospitals and community dental services.

19:00 Managing Oral Cancer Patients in Primary Care   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Managing Oral Cancer Patients in Primary Care (SW25-02-26)
Venue: MS Teams, Virtual - N/A - Virtual
Date: Wed 26 Feb 2025, 19:00 to 20:30
Development outcome: C
Course style: E- learning
Catering: None
Core topic: Not a core topic
CPD: 1:30 hours
Cost: £15.00
Description: This evening is an opportunity to ensure that we are offering the best possible care to our patients in practice that have a history of head and neck cancer. Mark Singh (Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Bristol) will be helping us to understand the effects of oral cancer treatment, associated morbidities and how we might manage these in primary care.