Are you a dental professional looking to improve your skills in breaking bad news to patients in dentistry? If so, this course is the perfect opportunity for you.
Breaking bad news to patients is one of the hardest tasks that dental professionals face. This may involve delivering difficult or unexpected information about a patient's oral health, or letting them know they have a life-changing condition such as mouth cancer.
As a dental professional, it is important to be aware of the strategies and techniques that can be used to support patients when breaking bad news and to take steps to provide appropriate care and support.
Our course on breaking bad news is designed to provide dental professionals with a comprehensive understanding of this important topic. The course covers a range of topics, including the principles of breaking bad news, the challenges and barriers to delivering difficult information to patients, and strategies for supporting patients during this process.
By participating in this course, you will gain valuable knowledge and skills that you can immediately apply in your practice. Don't miss this opportunity – sign up today for immediate access!
Member Feedback on Breaking Bad News
Very informative and precise about the essential components of breaking bad news
The importance of conveying bad news to the patient effectively and sensitively has been handled really well in this cpd
Very insightful.
I really enjoyed this course. It was very concise and easy to understand. I felt that I agreed with everything in the course information and try and treat patients the way it was advised. I was pleased to pick up some good tips which I feel will allow me to interact with patients better.
The Breaking bad news online learning course 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.
Your Professional Development Plan (PDP) Regulatory authorities recommend that CPD/CE is undertaken based on learning needs that you have identified and entered into your PDP. Some authorities may not accept your CPD as verifiable unless it has been identified in the PDP before you undertake it.
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 skills in breaking bad news
(GDC outcomes: A D)
Take the Dentaljuce Breaking Bad News course
Develop a structured approach for breaking bad news
Appreciate the specific language and communication skills required
Know how to back discussions up with written information
Know what records need to be made, and the importance of practice reflection
Understand the potential consequences of breaking bad news
What development needs have I?
To improve my skills in breaking bad news
(GDC outcome A D)
How will I address them?
Take the Dentaljuce Breaking Bad News course
Target completion date
Outcomes
Develop a structured approach for breaking bad news
Appreciate the specific language and communication skills required
Know how to back discussions up with written information
Know what records need to be made, and the importance of practice reflection
Understand the potential consequences of breaking bad news
Date completed
Module Aims and Outcomes
Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce course is to allow learners to develop their professional skills in delivering bad news to patients, in line with their identified personal development requirements.
Course objective
To teach a structured system that encompasses the patient journey when bad news has to be delivered
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:
Develop a structured approach for breaking bad news
Appreciate the specific language and communication skills required
Know how to back discussions up with written information
Know what records need to be made, and the importance of practice reflection
Understand the potential consequences of breaking bad news
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 Outcome(s): A D.
Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce course is to allow learners to develop their professional skills in delivering bad news to patients, in line with their identified personal development requirements.
Course objective
To teach a structured system that encompasses the patient journey when bad news has to be delivered
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:
Develop a structured approach for breaking bad news
Appreciate the specific language and communication skills required
Know how to back discussions up with written information
Know what records need to be made, and the importance of practice reflection
Understand the potential consequences of breaking bad news
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 Outcome(s): A D.
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Student Membership
No Certificates. With universities cutting down on traditional lectures, many students are currently having to rely more on online resources. If you are a student, and you don't need CPD Certificates, we are offering an amazing discount on your Dentaljuce personal membership fee. Special student price just £29 for 12 months individual membership.
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