Consent

It is a truism that patients must consent to treatment.

However, consent is a complicated process, and this Consent module will take you through it, highlighting the legal and ethical basis for consent to examination and treatment.

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The Consent 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 knowledge of consent issues (GDC outcomes: A B D)	Take the Dentaljuce Consent course.		be able to identify what is required for valid consent. understand and know how to apply the Mental Capacity Act. understand the ethical basis of consent. recognise when consent may not be valid. understand the relationship between consent and negligence.

What development needs have I?	To improve my knowledge of consent issues (GDC outcome A B D)
How will I address them?	Take the Dentaljuce Consent course.
Target completion date
Outcomes	be able to identify what is required for valid consent. understand and know how to apply the Mental Capacity Act. understand the ethical basis of consent. recognise when consent may not be valid. understand the relationship between consent and negligence.
Date completed

Module Aims and Outcomes

Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to allow learners to develop their professional knowledge and understanding in Consent as it applies to healthcare, in line with their identified personal learning requirements.

Course objective

To present a comprehensive overview of the ethical and legal significance of consent.
To show how the Mental Capacity Act applies in practice.

Anticipated learning outcomes:

The learner will:

be able to identify what is required for valid consent.
understand and know how to apply the Mental Capacity Act.
understand the ethical basis of consent.
recognise when consent may not be valid.
understand the relationship between consent and negligence.
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 B D.

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