Radiography & Radiation Protection for Dentists and Dental Care Professionals

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course has been designed for dentists and dental health professionals. The course is made up of 5 modules, with short multiple choice tests after each module, providing 5 hours of verifiable CPD, including the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IRMER) 2000 and IRR99 and other regulations for continuing education and training in radiation protection.

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About this course

After working through these modules and passing the associated tests you will have satisfied the ionising radiation regulations (IRMER) and IRR99 for continuing education in radiation protection.

Please visit www.interactivehealthcaretraining.co.uk to purchase this course, or email info@interactivehealthcaretraining.co.uk for more information.

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  • Dental
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality
  • Medical
  • Medical training
  • Radiography
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  • X-ray
  • Quality Training
  • Regulations
  • Radiography & Radiation Protection
  • Radiation Protection

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Interactive Healthcare Training

Interactive Healthcare Training

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Course programme

Module 1: Course Content - The principles of ionising radiation, Radiation description, X-Ray production, Radiation damage

Module 2: Course Content - Regulations / Statutory requirements-Implementation, inspection and reinforcement, ionising radiation regulations 1999, ionising radiation (medical exposure) regulations 2000, CQC, ionising radiation (medical exposure) amendment regulations 2011, Regulations and guidance websites

Module 3: Course Content - Appointments, legal person, radiation protection advisor (RPA), radiation protection supervisor (RPS), medical physics expert (MPE), referrer, IRMER practitioner, Operator

Module 4: Course Content - General requirements, risk assessment, training

Module 5: Course Content - Staff and Patient protection, justification and authorisation, Selection criteria/ Referral criteria (IRMER practitioners only), referral, optimisation (ALARP): Dose / Radiation Risk / Recording, lead aprons and thyroid collars, female patients of child bearing age: DRL (Diagnostic Reference Levels), excessive exposure of patients

Module 6: Course Content - Equipment, controlled area, dosimeters, maintenance and testing of dental X-Ray equipment, intra-oral radiography-parameters, collimation, extra-oral radiography, film processing digital detectors, warning signals, portable equipment (hand-held)

Module 7: Course Content - Radiation Protection File, Local Rules (IRR99 requirement), Employer’s written procedures (IR(ME)R requirements), identification of patients prior to radiography, identification of all individuals entitled to act as referrers, IMER practitioners or operators, medico-legal exposures, making enquires of female patients of child bearing age, establishment of enforcement of the quality assurance programs - document QA, assessment of Patients dose, establishment and use of DRL, the carrying out and recording of a clinical evaluation of outcome of each exposure, ensuring that the probability and magnitude of accidental or unintended doses to patients are reduced so far as reasonable practical - ALARP, provision for the carrying out of clinical audits, as appropriate, guidelines for referral criteria for radiographic examinations, written protocols (guideline exposure settings), the method for authorising each exposure for justification record, example of adult protocols, example of adult protocol and exposure chart

Module 8: Course Content - Quality assurance and standards, image quality, patients dose and X-Ray equipment, darkroom, films and processing, The coin test, training, Quality Assurance audits

Radiography & Radiation Protection for Dentists and Dental Care Professionals

£ 19 VAT inc.