Certificate in Dental Radiography

Course

Blended learning in Fleetwood

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    Fleetwood

  • Class hours

    40h

Facilities

Location

Start date

Fleetwood (Lancashire)
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110 London Street, FY7 6EU

Start date

On request

About this course

In order to undertake the qualification, a dental nurse, therapist or hygienist must:
a) be registered with the General Dental Council
b) have the support of their employing dentist to act as supervisor and validate
the workplace activities for the Record of Experience.

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Course programme

Scope of the Qualification

The Certificate in Dental Radiography is a qualification suitable for dental nurses, therapists and hygienists who are required to x-ray patients under the direction of a dentist. The need for this arises from the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 (IR(ME)R) 2000. This legislation describes various positions of responsibility including practitioner and operator. Dental nurses, therapists and hygienists are designated as operators. This legislation requires all operators who are directly involved in x-raying patients to be adequately trained. Dental nurses, therapists and hygienists, who are commonly delegated the responsibility of radiography, should be trained to the highest possible level to ensure that the radiographs produced are of optimum diagnostic quality and that they are taken with the minimum possible radiation dose to patients and staff.

Course Content

The Curriculum for the Certificate in Dental Radiography, approved by the British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology (BSDMFR), reflects the theoretical knowledge and practical skills which a dental nurse directly involved in x-raying patients needs to develop in order to comply with the legislation.

Training

There is open access to the qualification, which is independent of the training route.

Practical training should be undertaken in dental practice under the supervision of a dentist or in Dental Radiography Departments in Dental Hospitals or Radiography Education Centres.

Theoretical training can be undertaken by attendance on a formal course or by using the web-based training programme available through the British Dental Association. Centres providing formal training programmes may apply to have these validated by BSDMFR or the College of Radiographers.

Alternatively, where access to a formal course is limited, theoretical training may also take place within the dental practice under the direction of the dentist.

The course may be covered using lectures, practical radiography and seminars. Other teaching methods may also be used such as Computer Assisted Learning and Problem Based Learning.

The main objective of the course is that, upon completion, dental nurses, therapists and hygienists should be competent to undertake dental radiography to a level and standard required for general practice.

It is suggested that a total of 40 hours (including practical experience and theoretical teaching) is normally sufficient to cover the course but this is not prescriptive as the delivery may vary from centre to centre.

Candidates are required to record their clinical experience, although some of this may be limited by the nature of the environment in which they work.

Theoretical instruction in all techniques of radiography is essential. It is also desirable that as broad a range of practical experience as possible is obtained, as an understanding of all techniques will be required for the examination. Dental practices and course organisers are therefore encouraged to make local arrangements to facilitate obtaining practical experience.

Examination

The examination takes place on the first Friday of June and December each year at centres in selected major towns and cities throughout the UK. It consists of a negatively-marked multiple choice question paper which candidates are allowed one hour to complete.

Certificate in Dental Radiography

Price on request