Behaviour change for Oral Health
Welcome to this Dentaljuce course on Behaviour Change, much of which references the "Delivering better oral health" toolkit provided by NHS England.
The course focuses on how to use behaviour change as a strategy in prevention of dental diseases, and discusses the techniques and interventions that will help dental professionals achieve this difficult task.
The Behaviour Change online learning module has clear and concise aims, objectives and anticipated outcomes, listed below. These will appear on the Dentaljuce Enhanced CPD Certificate, along with the time spent, dates, and detailed topics you studied within the module. Certificates can be printed at any time, covering any range of dates. Dentaljuce CPD complies with the UK GDC's requirements for enhanced verifiable continuing professional development.
Before starting this module, check that the learning outcomes are what you require, and that you have entered the need into your PDP. Here is an example PDP entry for this module.
| What development needs have I? | How will I address them? | Target completion date | Outcomes | Date Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To improve my knowledge and management skills in Behaviour Change for prevention of oral disease. | Take the Dentaljuce Behaviour Change module. |
• Understand the behaviours that support oral health. |
| What development needs have I? | To improve my knowledge and management skills in Behaviour Change for prevention of oral disease. |
|---|---|
| How will I address them? | Take the Dentaljuce Behaviour Change module. |
| Target completion date | |
| Outcomes |
• Understand the behaviours that support oral health. |
| Date completed |
Module Aims and Outcomes
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The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to allow learners to develop their professional knowledge and competence in changing patient behaviour to improve their oral health, in line with their identified personal learning requirements and the requirements of the UK NHS's "Delivering better oral health" toolkit.
Module objective
• to update members of the dental team with current best practice and techniques in changing patient behaviour.
Anticipated learning outcomes
The learner will:
• Understand the behaviours that support oral health.
• Understand the role of the dental team in changing behaviour.
• Learn about the COM-B model for changing behaviour.
• Know how to deal with resistance to behaviour change..
• through achieving these outcomes, provide an improved level of service to their patients.
GDC Development Outcomes
This CPD will support the learner in meeting the following GDC Development Outcomes:
• DO C. (Clinical domain) Maintenance and development of knowledge and skill within your field of practice
• DO D. (Professionalism domain) Maintenance of skills, behaviours and attitudes which maintain patient confidence in you and the dental profession and put patients' interests first.