Sustainability in the NHS Part 1 (DCT26NOV25)

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DCT2 SusQI reading list 2025-26 v1.0Email sent 07.11.2025
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SubjectDental Core Trainee Training
DescriptionNo description given
Additional information

This course is aimed at DCT2, DCT3 and ST1. 

VenueBlackboard Collaborate, - Virtual  View details
Date & timeWednesday 26 November 2025, 09:00 to 17:00
LecturersGeorge Emms, Matthew Fairless, Mr Adam Jones, Mr Stephen mulligan & Sheryl Willmott  View details
Target audience

Mandatory: Dental Core Trainee, or Dental Specialty Trainee

Course styleLecture
CategoryDental Core Training
CateringNo catering
Development outcomeA, B, C, D
CPD hours6:00
CostNo charge
Aims

Learn how the delivery of dentistry impacts the climate and the environment, and what you can do to reduce that impact.

Objectives

1. To develop an understanding of the health impacts of climate change and the impact that the health sector has on the environment.

2. To introduce Sustainable Healthcare and Sustainable Dentistry

3. To introduce Sustainable Quality Improvement (SusQI) and the ‘triple bottom line’

Learning outcomes

1. Self-directed learning of pre-course material

2. Defining a problem and setting sustainability goals

3. Studying the system and assessing resource use locally

4. Applying the principles of sustainable clinical practice to dentistry

5. Measuring ‘sustainable value’ using a multi-dimensional approach of environmental, social, financial and patient outcomes at the micro and population-level

6. Developing initial ideas for dental sustainability projects that will be presented at the DCT2 ‘Sustainability in the NHS’ presentation day next year.