COURSE AGENDA - Nurses
Course: Dental Foundations – Interprofessional training
Date: Tuesday 16th – Wednesday 17th June (travel to Ireland 15th)
Location: IM3 Training Centre Drogheda, Ireland.
Aim:
This is a 2 day in person training session hosted at the IM3 Training centre in Ireland and led by a highly experienced Linnaeus dentists and RVNs. Throughout the course we will explore how interprofessional teamwork can support the delivery of high-quality dental care. There will be theory and practical sessions covering preventative oral care, charting, scale and polish technique, equipment maintenance, dental radiography, anaesthesia considerations and local anaesthetic techniques. Day 1 will be Nurses only and day 2 will be Nurses and Vets. We will be using cadaver heads for the practical’s.
N.B. Participants must agree not to exceed their locally or nationally defined scope of practice and understand that this may be subject to regulation and enforcement.
Speakers:
This course is being delivered by:
Joseph Bend BSc (Hons) NCert (Dent) RVN
Vicky Ford-Fennah RVN BSc (Hons) VTS (Anesthesia/Analgesia)
Nora Schwitzer Dipl Tier, PhD, GP Cert (SADen&OS), PgC Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery, MRCVS
Tom Standen BVetMed PGCertDent(WBIS) MRCVS
Hotel:
A room has been booked for you at for the nights of 15th and 16th June and further details will be shared closer to the time. Evening meals will need to be paid for by yourself and claimed back via expenses.
Travel:
You will need to organise your own flights to Dublin airport (DUB), for the evening of Monday 15th June.
A transfer bus is available for you and will collect you from Zone 16/Coach Park at 7pm. Please ensure the flights booked will allow you to get though the airport. You will be meet under the covered walk-way that leads to the coach parking area by a person holding a sign saying Linnaeus.
A transfer will take you back to Dublin airport on the Wednesday 17th for 6pm – please arrange a flight home with enough time after this.
AGENDA:
Travel Monday 15th June
7pm Bus from Dublin airport to hotel
Course Day 1 Tuesday 16th June
9:15-9:30 Bus departs from hotel
10:00-10:30 Intro to training facility and H&S briefing by IM3 team
10:30-10:45 Linnaeus welcome, introduction and overview
10:45-11:45 Introduction to common oral pathologies
11:45-12:30 The RVNs role in preventative oral health care
12:30-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 Periodontal therapy (theory and practical)
14:45-15:15 Equipment maintence
15:15-15:30 Anaesthesia for the dental patient
17:00 Travel to hotel
Course Day 2 Wednesday 17th June
08:15-08:30 Bus departure from hotel
09:00-9:30 Day 2 intro and collaborative training group allocation
Morning Group 1 – Local anaesthetic techniques (theory and practical) and charting, Group 2 – Radiography Practical
12:00-12:45 Lunch (Provided)
Afternoon Group 2 – Local anaesthetic techniques (theory and practical) and charting, Group 1 – Radiography practical
15:30- 16:30 All: Case based radiography discussion
17:00 Bus departs for airport
Please note that this agenda is subject to change
Please note:
By signing up the participant is agreeing not to exceed their locally or nationally defined scope of practice and understand that this may be subject to regulation and enforcement.
Before signing up ensure that you have sign off from your line manager/ PM to attend. You will also be ask to provide a name of a Veterinary Surgeon within the practice that will support/supervise you to utilise and embed these new skills and knowledge into your daily practice.
If yes, formal invite is sent out confirming place.
Contact:
If you are unable to attend, please contact Vicky Ford-Fennah
If you need assistance on the day please text/call (+44) 07704011919