Tutored Online CPD

Dentistry (Apr 2024)

£255.00 Ex VAT

Confirmed Running
Start
:  8th April 2024
CPD:    15 hours (UK), 15 points (AUS, NZ) over 6 / 8 weeks
Level:  Introduction / Intermediate

 

Description

This course is aimed at nurses working in general practice

 

Week 1

Aetiology and Pathogenesis
  • Anatomy of the head
  • Tooth and periodontal anatomy, and oral soft tissues
  • Oral nomenclature
  • Tooth types, nomenclature and formulae
  • Eruption times
  • Occlusion

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

 

  • Identify tooth and periodontal structures
  • Explain the Modified Triadan System of numbering teeth in the dog and cat
  • Recognise normal occlusion

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

  • Pre-recorded tutorial with Claire = 50 minutes
  • Further reading = 60 minutes
  • Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
  • Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

Week 2

Periodontology
  • Aetiology and pathogenesis of dental disease
    • Gingivitis
    • Periodontitis
    • Gingivostomatitis
  • Periodontal therapy
    • Scaling and polishing
    • Pocket control and therapy
    • Medications, homecare (brief), dental clinics (brief)

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

 

  • Describe how gingivitis develops and its progression to periodontal disease
  • Explain what gingivostomatitis is
  • Outline the process of safe ultrasonic tooth scaling and its purpose

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

  • Pre-recorded tutorial with Claire = 50 minutes
  • Further reading = 60 minutes
  • Written task (gingivitis and periodontal disease)  = 45 minutes
  • Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

Week 3

Oral Pathology and Treatment
  • Trauma and treatment options
    • Tooth fracture / discolouration / (sub) luxation
  • Dental diseases and treatment options
    • Tooth resorption / caries / periodontal disease
  • Malocclusion and treatment options
    • Traumatic / dental / skeletal malocclusions
  • Other conditions and treatment options
    • Enamel defects / dentigerous cysts / persistent deciduous / root dilacerations and abnormal morphology / tumours

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

 

  • Identify common pathologies associated with the teeth and oral cavity
  • Describe some potential treatment options for common pathologies

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

  • Pre-recorded tutorial with Claire = 50 minutes
  • Further reading = 60 minutes
  • Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
  • Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

Week 4

Oral Examination and Charting
  • History taking and clinical examination – conscious oral examination
  • Pre-operative tests
  • Assessment under general anaesthesia – including anaesthesia induction, intubation, oral preparation, probing
  • Charting – what to fill in, disease scoring and making your chart work
  • Imaging and other investigations
    • Radiography – parallel and bisecting angle techniques
    • Biopsy

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

 

  • Confidently undertake a thorough conscious examination of a patient’s teeth
    and oral cavity
  • Set up for and assist with assessment of the teeth and oral cavity in an anaesthetised patient
  • Accurately complete a dental chart which documents all pathology discovered upon examination

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

  • Pre-recorded tutorial with Claire = 60 minutes
  • Further reading = 60 minutes
  • Written task (dental charts)  = 45 minutes
  • Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

Week 5

Instrumentation and Dental Surgery
  • Instruments – use, care and maintenance
  • Dental machine and other powered equipment – use, care and maintenance
  • Ancillary equipment – use, care and maintenance
  • Preparation for and veterinary nursing assistance with surgery
    • Pre-, intra- and post-operatively, including analgesia
  • The role of intraoperative radiography

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

 

  • Differentiate between different instruments used for dental and oral procedures, and state what they are used for
  • Describe the proper use, care and maintenance of a range of dental instruments and equipment
  • Explain the benefits of oral radiography in veterinary patients and outline the basic, fundamental principles of the parallel and bisecting angle techniques

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

  • Pre-recorded tutorial with Claire = 90 minutes
  • Further reading = 60 minutes
  • Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
  • Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

Week 6

Dental Clinics, Products and Homecare
  • What is an effective dental clinic
  • Types of patients attending dental clinics
  • Resources for dental clinic consultations
  • Products and interventions available to help with maintaining oral health
  • Oral homecare regimes
  • Effective dissemination of theoretical and practical oral hygiene advice
  • Client concordance and follow-up

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

 

  • Debate what makes a dental clinic effective
  • Explain the range of resources required to run an effective dental clinic, and the purpose of these resources
  • Describe how a range of products and interventions used to maintain optimal oral health work
  • Outline how to achieve and maintain client compliance with recommended oral homecare regimes

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

  • Pre-recorded tutorial with Claire = 45 minutes
  • Further reading = 60 minutes
  • Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
  • Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

 

The course will be fully tutored by Claire Bloor and will consist of 15 hours of CPD given in various formats, including tutorials, tasks, case scenarios, forum discussions and quizzes.  This course is tutored for 6 weeks, followed by a two week extension of untutored ‘catch up’ time, before the course officially ends.

 

 All delegates will then have unlimited lifetime access to the learning material for future reference

18 reviews for Dentistry (Apr 2024)

  1. Hannah Harrington

    The course was very informative and covered a wide range of topics within dentistry. The format of the course worked really well with you being able to test your knowledge with the Quiz at the end of each module. I also enjoyed the extra tasks that had been set by Claire and found the forum sessions useful to have an insight into how other practices work with regards to dental treatment. I would say this is one of the best courses I have attended.

    Rated: Introduction level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  2. Louise Whiteside

    Really enjoyed this course, learnt more than I thought I would.

    Rated: Intermediate level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  3. Josie McGarry

    Amazing, informative

    Rated: Intermediate level

  4. Josie McGarry

    Amazing, Informative!

    Rated: Intermediate level

  5. Mandy Styles

    It’s been a while since I qualified and dentistry isn’t my best subject so I did this course to improve my knowledge and confidence. I found the weekly chucks of information in tutorials, extra reading and assignments just right. The quizzes at the end to test what I had learnt and to ensure I was “taking in” what I had been taught.

    Rated: Introduction level

  6. Charlotte Greaves

    Really interesting course – learnt a lot! Thorough feedback and easy to navigate the course.

    Rated: Introduction level

  7. Aimee Allcock

    The course was great! It provided some much useful knowledge and tip/tricks for practice! Would definitely recommend.

    Rated: Intermediate level

  8. Alexandra Shields

    Very good and informative

    Rated: Introduction level

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Speaker

Claire Bloor MA Ed, BSc (Hons) VN, RVN, PGCE, QTLS, Cert VN (Dent), IQA
Veterinary Senior Lecturer – School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Central Lancashire

 

Claire qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2003, when she graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Veterinary Nursing from Myerscough College, and The University of Central Lancashire.  She worked at Hillcrest Animal Hospital in Chorley until the end of 2005 and completed the BVNA Veterinary Nurse Certificate in Dentistry in 2004. Claire then began part-time work at Petmedics Veterinary Surgeons in Manchester with a referral dental veterinary surgeon and part-time veterinary nursing and animal care teaching at Myerscough College.

 

In 2006 she accepted the full-time post of Veterinary Nursing Lecturer at Myerscough College and completed her PCGE in 2007, Masters Degree in Education in 2011, and QTLS teaching qualification in 2012. She also enrolled on a Professional Doctorate in Education in 2012.

 

Having taught part-time for a year, in 2006 Claire accepted the full-time post of Veterinary Nursing Lecturer at Myerscough College and eventually became Head of Area for Veterinary Nursing and Farriery. She taught all levels of student VN since 2005, on courses including the Further Education Level 3 Diploma, the FdSc Veterinary Nursing, the RCVS Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing, BSc (Hons) top-up degrees and the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing; her main teaching was focused on the Higher Education Veterinary Nursing courses.

 

Claire is now a Veterinary Senior Lecturer in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire, and her role involves teaching the veterinary students, development / delivery / quality assurance of all assessments, and promoting inter-professionalism within the vet-led team.

CPD Hours

This online course is worth 15 hours of CPD.

 

A certificate will be available from the ‘My Courses’ section, for you to download and print, once you have completed the course.  A permanent record of your total CPD hours will also be recorded in your account section.

AVNAT

Australia and New Zealand 

The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated 15 AVNAT CPD points to this continuing education activity.

 

This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 15 CPD points.

 

Information

Upon purchase you will be registered to attend the course, for 4 weeks from the start date.  The course will consist of various interactive tasks and lessons, including quizzes, case studies, forum discussions and further reading material.

 

The course is fully tutored, with new material will be provided each Monday morning, but the onus will be on the individual delegate to ensure that all tasks are fully complete.  The certificate will only be issued at the end of the course when all tasks have been accomplished.  Fewer CPD hours will be awarded at the the end of the course if there are unfinished tasks or there has been no contribution to the discussion forum, for example

 

The course is fully flexible, and there are no weekly ‘deadlines’ – the lessons and tasks may be completed whenever is convenient for each delegate, and any live lessons with be recorded and made available later that same day.   Furthermore, all the course material will be available for a further 2 weeks, to allow delegates the opportunity to catch up on missed lessons and tasks, or to take the opportunity to delve further into the suggested reading texts.  Please note however, that the course will not be tutored by the speaker during these final two weeks, but the time spent will count towards your CPD hours

 

After 6 weeks, the course will be complete and there will be no further opportunity to gain the certificate or CPD hours, however, you will have unlimited lifetime access to the tutorials, further reading and quizzes for future reference.  If you make any personal notes during the course using the ‘take notes’ app, these will be saved, along with your certificate and CPD record for permanent access in ‘My CPD’

Levels

This course has been listed as ‘Introduction / Intermediate’ level

 

All of our courses are aimed at veterinary nurses in general practice, but everyone who works in the veterinary profession is very welcome to attend, whether you are a clinical receptionist, veterinary surgeon, student nurse or have been a qualified nurse for over 20 years!

 

The courses are not formally assessed for skill level, so the following CPD levels are just a rough guide to help you decide if a course may be more or less suitable:

 

Introduction
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice approaching a new topic or looking for a refresher course

Intermediate
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice along with referral / specialist nurses looking for a refresher course

Advanced
– maybe most suitable for referral / specialist nurses and highly experienced qualified nurses in general practice

Pawprints

You will earn 255 Pawprint Points (£25.50 website credit) when you purchase this course

 

Our loyalty scheme rewards you with 10% in website credit to spend on future courses.  Choose pay with Pawprint Points during checkout.

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Please ask your practice manager or accounts department to visit the website, register an account in their own name, and during checkout, complete the ‘delegate name’ and ‘delegate email’ sections with your personal details.  We will then register you a personal account on your behalf, and transfer the course booking over to your new personal account.  We will of course email you all the information you need to access this new account and your CPD course.

 

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