Cmec Courses

 

Monday 10 May 2010 Lecture 9.30am – 4.30pm PAEDIATRIC DENTAL TRAUMA Cost: £40.00 The day’s programme covers, Luxations, Root Fractures, Crown Fractures, Ca(OH)2 and MTA and Hands on Treatment of non-vital immature teeth. Speaker: Dr Jennifer Parry, BDS, FDS (Paed) RCS, Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry and Dr Jo Johnson 

Tuesday Tue sday May–2010 Workshop Worksh op18 9.30am 1.00pm PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PLANNING   Cost: £20.00 CPD, PDPs – what will they mean to me? I’m unsure where to start? Where do I find the training? What is a personal Development Plan? Don’t I know everything I need to know?

You are very welcome to attend our personal development planning training morning at the Postgraduate Medical Centre, St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester. This course is suitable for all members of the dental dent al team, registered with the GDC or not. The cost of £20.00 includes your own Personal Development Portfolio to take away with you at the end of the session. ses sion. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE BRING AN UP TO DATE CV AND JOB DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION WITH YOU. Speaker:  Marnie Hayward

 

Thursday 27 May 2010 Lecture 9.30am – 4.30pm PERIODONTICS PERIODONTI CS MODULE 4 Evidence Based Practice

Cost: £50.00 The initial presentation sets the scene and examines the development of evidence-based approach. The second presentation presentation covers the principles of clinical clinical trials and systematic reviews and explains some basic statistical methods and terminology. Aims & Objectives:

  To appreciate how the concept of evidence-based dentistry has evolved with w ith

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particular reference to Periodontics. To learn how to evaluate the quality of published evidence.     To understand the essential role of clinical trials and systematic reviews in dental research. To learn how to use the library and Internet for data searching. se arching.   This course should enable participants to: 

the difference between objectivity and subjectivity s ubjectivity in dental research   Recognise papers.

         

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Distinguish between good research and bad research in the dental literature. Identify methodological faults in dental research. Search databases (hard copy and electronic) with confidence. Apply an evidence-based approach to daily practice. To evaluate manufacturer’s claims with regard to periodontal products.

Speaker: Mr Philip Ower MSc, BDS, MGDSRCS (Eng & Ed)

 

Friday 28 May 2010 Hands-On 9.30am – 4.30pm PERIODONTICS PERIODONTI CS MODULE 6 Surgery for the Non-Diseased Patient

Cost: £100.00 An initial presentation on indications and techniques for pre-restorative surgery is followed by a practical session on pigs jaws, incorporating the surgical techniques learnt and practices on Module 5. This is followed by an extensive presentation of treated human human cases. The afternoon session is devoted to periodontal plastic surgery, combing the theory and practice (again on the pig jaw) of grafting techniques including free gingival grafts and connective tissue grafts. Phil supplies pig jaws (one per participant, with spares available) but not surgical equipment, which must be brought by each participant. Handouts will be supplied. Speaker: Mr Philip Ower MSc, BDS, MGDSRCS (Eng & Ed)

Tuesday Tue sday 22 June 2010 Lecture 9.30am – 4.30pm DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE Cost: £50 Learn how to develop assertive, constructive conflict resolution skills to apply with patients and within the team to build customer satisfaction satisfaction and team cohesion. Includes personality profiling.

       

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Feel calmer & more confident dealing with difficult situations. Learn simple strategies to hold their ground with and diffuse aggressive patients. Use an easy personality profiling technique to work better with difficult colleagues. Build positive relations with colleagues & patients by addressing differences calmly and assertively.

Speaker: Mr Andrew Cain Bright Ideas Training

 

Wednesday day 23 June Jun e 2010 Wednes Hands-on 9.00am—5.00pm BONDING & COMPOSITES FOR EVERY DAY DENTISTRY Cost: £80.00 Areas that will be covered in depth are:

               

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Total Etch Dentine Etching Taboo Wet Bonding No Lining Restorations Posterior Composite Problem Free Contact Point Veneer Preparation and cementations All Ceramic Restorations

This course is designed to help participants use the most appropriate techniques and materials to produce consistent results. Speaker: Mr Laurence Murray BDS Abbots Lodge Dental Practice, Rustington 

Tuesday Tue sday 6 July 2010 Lecture, Presentation, Group work 9.30am – 4.30pm  HEALTH & SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT Cost: £30.00 Aim: This programme assists participants in acquiring essential esse ntial knowledge and practical skills so as to improve Health and Safety standards in the dental environment. It is open to any member of the team who takes an active role r ole in managing health and safety in the work wo rk place. Objectives: Understand the principles of occupational occupational health and safety and be able able to apply   this knowledge in the dental surgery   Be aware of the practical actions to improve your own health and safety and that of anyone who may be affected Identify a scope of hazards and carry out the stages of risk assessment and record   significant findings   Utilise knowledge gained as an integral part of continuing co ntinuing professional development Speaker: Mrs Jane Bonehill—Trainer & Consultant with DenMed

 

Friday 9 July 2010 Lecture - 9.30am – 4.30pm LOCAL ANAESTHESIA UPDATE COURSE FOR DENTAL PROFESSIONALS Cost: £30.00 The course will cover revision of:

         

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Pharmacology Techniques Medical considerations Local anatomy Safety

Speaker: Richard J Snoad MSc BDS FDS MGDS RCS GDC Registered Specialist in Periodontics 

Wednesday Wednes day 14 July 2010 Lecture and Workshop 10.00am – 4.30pm MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN DENTAL PRACTICE Cost: Dentists £50.00 DCP’ DCP ’s £30.00 All Dental Practitioners and Dental Care Professionals may have to deal with medical emergencies. Fortunately, these are rare, but they do occur and your team will be expected to manage them. The course will cover the current national guidelines guideline s on managing a medical emergency and will be presented by lectures and hands on practical training. Topics covered on the day are: Medical risk assessment     Emergency drugs in dental practice Medical emergency and resuscitation equipment     Anaphylaxis Skill stations to include   BLS, intravenous access and automated external defibrillation A systematic approach to recognising the acutely ill patient, management of the   compromised airway and dental chair medical emergencies

Emphasis will be be placed on teamwork involving all members members of the practice. Suitable for all the Dental Team. Maximum number of participants: 20  Speakers: Mr Alan Wilson – Maxillofacial Surgeon Mrs Victoria Cooper—Resuscitation Officer Miss Julie Turner – Clinical Lead 

 

Tuesday sday 20 July 2010 Tue Lecture 9.30am – 4.30pm BACK TO BASICS PERIODONTICS Cost: £30.00 This course is designed for dentists, dental hygienists and dental therapists. It will introduce a simple method for periodontal risk assessment using a novel BPE-b BPE-based ased matrix and cover all aspects of patient evaluation from periodontal screening to the selection of the most m ost appropriate care programmes for the individual patient. Medico-legal and ethical issues will be discussed in relation to the growth in litigation in the UK, particularly for undiagnosed or inappropriately treated periodontal disease. Aspects of the periodontal–restorative interface will be highlighted including the issues regarding implants. Simple criteria for evidence-based treatment modalities will be illustrated in addition to current criteria for referral. A model prescription for dental hygiene treatment t reatment will be promoted and other practical tools for dental professionals in risk-management of periodontal disease will be offered. The Course is designed to address: add ress:

  Medico-legal Aspects of Periodontics   Epidemiology / Screening   Risk Assessment / Diagnosis

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   Prescription / Referral Implications for Professionals and Patients

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Speaker: Richard Snoad MSc BDS FDS MGDS RCS GDC Registered Specialist in Periodontics Pe riodontics

Tuesday Tue sday 14 September 2010 Lecture 9.30am – 4.30pm COMMUNICATION—AN INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TEAMWORK Cost: £30.00 Aim – Communication

The overall aim is to understand the importance of effective communication with internal and external customers. Objectives – by the end of this th is module delegates should be able ab le to:   Explore effective channels and methods of communication   Identify the effects of poor communication Practice effective listening skills Aim – An introduction to Conflict Management the overall aim is for delegates to have a basic understanding and the necessary skills to manage conflict within their own working wo rking environment

 

Objectives – by the end of this session delegates should be able to:

  Explore the causes and effects of conflict in the dental de ntal practice, Identify Identify ways of

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reducing the risk of conflict Discuss how to manage situations of conflict   The overall aim is to establish trust between betwee n individuals to maximise performance of the team. Aim – Teamwork

The overall aim is to establish trust between betwee n individuals to maximise performance of the team. Objectives – by the end of this module delegates should be able to:

  Identify and explore individual characteristics within a team   Discuss how to help each other in overcoming any difficulties individual

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characteristics may present characteristics   Apply the efficiency of the team dynamics Speaker: Jane Bonehill – Consultant with DenMed

Friday 17 September 2010 Hands-on 9.30am—5.00pm OCCLUSION NOT CONFUSION Cost: £80.00 An all-day programme which includes seminars on key aspects of dental occlusion, the cardinal aims, patient examination, techniques for assessing and recording the occlusion, use of splints. Practical includes use of articulator, articulator, using a facebow, recording occlusal positions, creating a customised guidance guidance incisal table, fabricating fabricating a Lucia jig. Application of key elements of occlusion to everyday restorative situations will be discussed from the occlusal carving of amalgam and composite restorations to tooth wear cases and TMD. Speakers: Dr Brian Millar BDS FDSRCS PhD Restorative Consultant, Senior Lecturer, KCL Dr Subir Banerji Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, KCL

 

Tuesday sday 21 September 2010 Tue Lecture 9.30am—4.30pm Cost: £40.00 AN INTRODUCTION TO NHS REQUIREMENTS FOR DENTISTS IN PRIMARY DENTAL CARE Cost: £40.00 The course covers GDS and PDS contracts, dentist’s responsibilities to patients and PCTs, patient charges, the UDA system, dental reference officers, record keeping, complaints handling, prescribing and referrals. Aims and Objectives: 

To ensure dentists are aware of the regulations that govern practicing within the NHS in primary dental care GDS or PDS. To cover the topics in enough details to enable dentists to realise their knowledge and know where to seek further information, if necessary. Speakers:

Mr Huw Winstone and Mr Graham Bishop

Friday 24 September 2010 Lecture 9.30am – 4.30pm IMPRESSIONS FOR NURSES AND HYGIENISTS  Cost: £30.00 The aim of the course is to show participants how to take appropriate impressions following a dentists' prescription. Types of impression materials, choice of impression trays and anatomic features that need to be recorded will be covered. There will be a practical session using phantom heads. Appropriate decontamination will also be covered. Speaker: Mr James P Wise, BDS(Lond) LDS RCS(Eng) MFGDP(UK) MGDS RCS(Eng) FFGDP RCS (Eng) Practitioner and Postgraduate Tutor.

 

Wednesday day 27 October 2010 Wednes Lecture and Workshop 10.00am – 4.30pm MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN DENTAL PRACTICE Cost: Dentists £50.00 £50.00 DCP’s DCP’s £30.00 £30.00 All Dental Practitioners and Dental Care Professionals may have to deal with medical emergencies. Fortunately, these are rare, but they do occur and your team will be expected to manage them. The course will cover the current national guidelines guideline s on managing a medical emergency and will be presented by lectures and hands on practical training. Topics covered on the day are:   Medical risk assessment Emergency drugs in dental practice     Medical emergency and resuscitation equipment Anaphylaxis   Skill stations to include BLS, intravenous access and automated external defibrillation     A systematic approach to recognising the acutely ill patient, management of the

compromised airway and dental chair medical emergencies Emphasis will be be placed on teamwork involving all members members of the practice. Suitable for all the Dental Team. Maximum number of participants: 20  Speakers: Mr Alan Wilson – Maxillofacial Surgeon Mrs Victoria Cooper—Resuscitation Officer Miss Julie Turner – Clinical Lead 

 

Thursday 4 November 2010 Hands-On 9.30am – 4.30am TOOTHWEAR - WEAR IS THE PROBLEM, HERE IS THE SOLUTION Cost: £100.00 This popular course includes a short seminar on etiology and how to easily monitor your wear patients but focuses on management in general practice, from fro m prevention to intervention with the latest adhesive aesthetic materials as well as a conventional conventional approach. This course will easily teach you: how to recognise which patients can be managed easily with w ith composite  build-ups and those which cannot, when and how to re-establish the horizontal occlusal  position, how to manipulate the vertical dimension, tooth preparation. Bring models to discuss if you wish. Part seminar with a lot of hands-on including including treatment of severe cases (on models). Speaker: Dr Brian Millar BDS FDSRCS PhD Restorative Consultant, Co nsultant, Senior Lecturer, Director of Distance Learning, KCL

Friday 5 November 2010 Lecture 9.30am – 4.30am COMPLETE DENTURES Cost: £30.00 

This one day course is aimed at helping the general practitioner to achieve predictable, functional and aesthetic full dentures every e very time. Each stage of denture construction from initial patient interview through to photography, photography, laboratory communication, personalisation, personalisat ion, final fit and follow-up will be covered, co vered, showing that full dentures really don't hold any mystery and can be a very profitable part of practice. Speaker: Mr James P Wise, BDS(Lond) LDS RCS(Eng) MFGDP(UK) MGDS RCS(Eng) FFGDP RCS (Eng)

 

Friday 12 November 2010 Hands-on 9.00am—5.00pm FIBRE REINFORCEMENT FOR COMPOSITES  Cost: £175.00 This is an introductory lecture to show how fibre reinforced technology (the treatment of the future) can help you to solve so lve many everyday clinical problems in the most m ost cost effective manner and with the minimum of surgical intervention. The following topics will be covered: covered :

           

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What are these fibres? Brief History. Comparison between Different fibre systems currently available. Durability and performance of the fibre reinforced restorations. Different indications. Clinical cases.

The Hands-on training training Session is divided into four modules. Each module starts with an introduction lecture and step-by-step demonstration, followed by clinical cases illustrating the different techniques and finally the trainee (delegate) (deleg ate) is given the opportunity to work with the fibres under supervision. After attending the hands-on course, the dentists will be able to: Select suitable patients Do proper treatment planning and case analysis Place a perio splint Place an orthodontic permanent retainer Place a fibre space maintainer Place a trauma splint Construct an anatomical post Construct a direct anterior and posterior fibre reinforced composite bridge Reinforce huge composite restorations Fabricate indirect composite inlays, onlays, crowns and bridges Speaker: Dr J Van Rensburg

Thursday 18 November 2010 Lecture & Clinic 10.00am—5.00pm ORAL CANCER AWARENESS Cost: £40.00 The morning session of this day will be a lecture using clinical slides to illustrate the various oral cancers found by the Team in our MFU Department. In the afternoon afternoon delegates will participate in a clinical session ses sion seeing patients with pre-malignant and post-malignant oral cancers. Speakers: MFU Consultants & Team

 

Friday 26 November 2010 Lecture 9.30am—4.30pm INFECTION CONTROL Cost: Dentists £50.00 £50.00 all other DCPs £30.00.  Aims: Appreciate risk management management and the essentials essentials of infection control. Understand the regulatory framework and practical aspects of instrument decontamination, and the use of sterilizers. Objectives: by the end of the course participants pa rticipants should understand:

  Current Health and and Safety legislation in relation to Cross Infection Control in in the

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Dental Surgery How to be compliant with 2007 requirements for decontamination and sterilization Impact of vCJD on infection control in the dental surgery Prevention and management of sharps injuries Biofilms and Dental Waterlines Implementation of clinical and hazardous waste w aste regulations

Speaker:

Dr Caroline Pankhurst MSc,MRCPath M Sc,MRCPath

Friday 3 December 2010 Hands-on 10.00am – 4.30pm IMPRESSIONS FOR NURSES& HYGIENISTS Cost: £30.00 The aim of the course is to show participants how to take appropriate impressions following a dentists' prescription. Types of impression materials, choice of impression trays and anatomic features that need to be recorded will be covered. There will be a practical session using phantom heads. Appropriate decontamination will also be covered. Speaker: Mr James P Wise, BDS(Lond) LDS RCS(Eng) MFGDP(UK) MGDS RCS(Eng) FFGDP RCS (Eng) Practitioner and Postgraduate Tutor 

 

Friday 14 January 2011 Lecture 9.30am—4.30pm INFECTION CONTROL Cost: Dentists £50.00 DCPs £30.00. £30.00.  Aims:

Appreciate risk management and the ess entials essentials of infection control. Understand regulatory framework and practical aspects of instrument i nstrument decontamination decontamination, , and the the use of sterilizers. Objectives: by the end of the course participants pa rticipants should understand:

  Current Health and and Safety legislation in relation to Cross Infection Control in in the

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Dental Surgery How to be compliant with 2007 requirements for decontamination and sterilization Impact of vCJD on infection control in the dental surgery s urgery Prevention and management of sharps injuries Biofilms and Dental Waterlines Implementation of clinical and hazardous waste w aste regulations

Speaker: Dr Caroline Pankhurst MSc,MRCPath M Sc,MRCPath

 

Wednesday day 19 January Janu ary 2011 Wednes Lecture and Workshop 10.00am – 4.30pm MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN DENTAL PRACTICE Cost: Dentists £50.00 DCP’ DCP ’s £30.00 All Dental Practitioners and Dental Care Professionals may have to deal with medical emergencies. Fortunately, these are are rare, but they do occur and your team will be expected to manage them. The course will cover the current national guidelines guideline s on managing a medical emergency and will be presented by lectures and hands on practical training. Topics covered on the day are:   Medical risk assessment Emergency drugs in dental practice     Medical emergency and resuscitation equipment Anaphylaxis   Skill stations to include BLS, intravenous access and automated external defibrillation     A systematic approach to recognising the acutely ill patient, management of the

compromised airway and dental chair medical emergencies Emphasis will be be placed on teamwork involving all members of the practice. Suitable for all the Dental Team. Maximum number of participants: 20  Speakers: Mr Alan Wilson – Maxillofacial Surgeon Mrs Victoria Cooper—Resuscitation Officer Miss Julie Turner – Clinical Lead 

 

Tuesday sday 25 January 2011  Tue Lecture/Workshop 9.30am—4.30pm Lecture/Workshop EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION & INFLUENCE IN DENTISTRY Cost: £50.00 Aims & Objectives

         

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How difficult people and remain assertive. assertive . How to to handle read non-verbal communication. How to understand personality types with whom you work & live each day. How to interpret lateral eye movements to read the way others think. Understand the principles of ethically influencing your patient and colleagues behaviour.

Speaker: Mr Anthony Anthony Asquith

Wednesday Wednes day 9 March 2011 Hands-on 9.00am—5.00pm  BONDING & COMPOSITES FOR EVERYDAY EVERYDA Y DENTISTRY D ENTISTRY Cost: £80.00 Areas that will be covered in depth are:

               

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Total Etch Dentine Etching Taboo Wet Bonding No Lining Restorations Posterior Composite Problem Free Contact Point Veneer Preparation and cementations

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All Ceramic Restorations This course is designed to help participants use the most appropriate techniques and materials to produce consistent results. Speaker:  Mr Laurence Murray BDS, Abbots Lodge Dental Practice, Practice, Rustington

 

Friday 18 March 2011 Lecture 9.30am – 4.30am PERIODONTICS PERIODONTI CS MODULE 1 Assessment & Diagnosis   Cost: £30.00  Aimss an  Aim and d Objec jective tives: s:   To appreciate the range of periodontal conditions that require treatment, and those 

 

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that do not. To understand the principal aetiological and risk factors involved in the development of periodontal diseases. To understand the importance of screening and assessment for periodontal disease in general dental practice. To understand the value and limitations of periodontal probing. To appreciate the factors influencing the assessment of prognosis for individual teeth

The course course should enab enable le par parti ticipants cipants to: t o:   Diagnose periodontal diseases accurately and effectively.   Use BPE as a fast and effective screening tool.  

  Use periodontal probing more effectively.   Assess patients’ level of risk for periodontitis accurately

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Speaker: Mr Philip Ower MSc, BDS, MGDSRCS (Eng & Ed)

Wednesday Wednes day 30 March M arch 2011 Lecture and Workshop 10.00am – 4.30pm MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN DENTAL PRACTICE Cost: Dentists £50.00 £50.00 DCP’s DCP’s £30.00 £30.00 All Dental Practitioners and Dental Care Professionals may have to deal with medical emergencies. Fortunately, these are rare, but they do occur occur and your team will be expected to manage them. The course will cover the current national guidelines guideline s on managing a medical emergency and will be presented by lectures and hands on practical training. Topics covered on the day are:   Medical risk assessment Emergency drugs in dental practice     Medical emergency and resuscitation equipment Anaphylaxis  

 

Skill stations to include BLS, intravenous access and automated external defibrillation     A systematic approach to recognising the acutely ill patient, management of the compromised airway and dental chair medical emergencies

Emphasis will be be placed on teamwork involving all members of the practice. Suitable for all the Dental Team. Maximum number of participants: 20  Speakers: Mr Alan Wilson – Maxillofacial Surgeon Mrs Victoria Cooper—Resuscitation Officer Miss Julie Turner – Clinical Lead