course for Dental Nurses assisting with dental sedation.
The S.M.A.R.T. course aims to provide the practical and theoretical knowledge and skills needed to competently assist during routine conscious sedation procedures and follows the NEBDN Dental Sedation Nursing Curriculum. Click on the link or enter the address in your web browser to look at this.
https://www.nebdn.org/app/uploads/2019/05/Dental-Sedation-Nursing-Syllabus-1.pdf
The venue this year will be: -
The Education Suite, Elliott Dynes Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
Course Dates are as follows: -
Day 1: Sat. 7th. September 2019 (Inc. INDUCTION)
Day 2: Sat.12th. October 2019
Day 3: Sat.16th. November 2019
Day 4: Sat. 7th. December 2019
Day 5: Sat. 4th. January 2020
Day 6: Sat.28th. February 2020 (MOCK EXAM)
The NEBDN qualifications are still regarded as the gold standard for a dental nurse to be recognised as the second appropriately trained person assisting in the care of patients receiving dental treatment under conscious sedation.
All NEBDN dental sedation qualifications will require you to achieve a balanced mixture of knowledge and practical skills, as well as demonstrating an appropriate professional attitude. To ensure the dental sedation qualifications reflect the areas of practice the dental nurse works in, they offer the following three options:
All three qualifications are at the same level. The titles ‘Award’ and ‘Certificate’ indicate the difference in the number of learning hours required to complete each qualification.
A Record of Competence (RoC) must to be completed for all qualifications. It documents your assistance with sedation. The responsibilities in the Record of Competence will reflect your chosen pathway and will require evidence of you working within the type(s) of sedation with which you assist
There are four sections to the RoC
- Practical Competence Assessment Sheets (PCAS)
- Case studies
- Directly Observed Clinical Skills (DOCS) Assessments
- Supplementary Outcomes
Everything you document in your RoC must be witnessed by a supervising dentist or a sedation qualified dental nurse. In addition to this your supervisor must give you supportive and reflective comments on your performance of various clinical skills associated with sedation, D.O.C.S., (Directly Observed Clinical Skills) and PCAS (Practical Competence Assessment Sheets).
As a training organisation, (S.M.A.R.T.), we have to sample and moderate (check for accuracy) the Records of Competence at least twice throughout the course.
Completion of a satisfactory Record of Competence is a requirement for entry to the examination. If the Record of Competence is not completed and witnessed correctly then you will not be eligible for entry to the examination.
If you work in an environment where you only regularly assist in one type of sedation, we strongly recommend that you should consider the Award qualifications (IV or IHS) rather than the full Certificate, as our experience has shown that candidates in this situation have difficulty getting the number of suitable cases to consider the full Certificate.
Irrespective of which qualification you are striving for, the theoretical teaching on the course will cover both forms of sedation. In the exam you will be tested through MCQs and EMQs in both IS and IV sedation theory.
The course and examination therefore is only suitable for candidates engaged in either inhalation and/or intravenous sedation on a regular basis. We would recommend that you need to do about four to six cases per week, and because you only have four months ( September – December ) to complete the Record of Competence we would recommend that you speak to your dentist and start booking suitable cases in your appointment books in advance of the start of the course in September.
Applicants MUST be registered with the General Dental Council or Irish Dental Council at the time of application, since the Record of Competence can only be obtained with this evidence.
The course is strictly limited to 20 applicants and qualifies for verifiable CPD, therefore early application for a place is recommended.
The course fee is £1295 and includes exam entry fee and course manual. Applications MUST close on Friday 12th July 2019.
You will need to upload three documents if you make an online application, so please have these ready in advance:
A recent photo for identification purposes.
A copy of your GDC or Irish Dental Council Certificate.
A completed NEBDN candidate registration form.
You will be asked for payment by credit card once all information has been submitted via the online application, but if you want to pay by internet banking, account details will be supplied.
Please note once accepted on the course, if you defer your entry for the March 2020 exam there will be a £60 deferral fee for NEBDN administrative costs associated with the exam and our ROC checking.
David Jordan
Course Co-ordinator
S.M.A.R.T.
( Sedation, Monitoring and Recovery Training )
E: davidjordan5@mac.com
M: +44 7815 801778
W: +44 28 9047 1266