Keeping accurate patient records, while complying with GDPR, is an essential part of contemporary dental practice, and the whole dental team has a role to play.
Records ensure the continuity of a patient’s care, enabling the dental team and a third party to see precisely what treatment has been provided and what further treatment is required.
They provide a means of defence in complaints, litigation and hearings, and are a regulatory requirement for
GDC Standards for Dental Professionals
NHS contractual obligation
CQC requirement
This course takes you through all the details.
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The Record Keeping 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 update myself with the rules and regulations regarding patient records
(GDC outcomes: A B D)
Take the Dentaljuce Record Keeping module.
have knowledge of the legal aspects of record keeping, and the requirements of regulatory authorities.
understand what constitutes a record.
understand what is required for a "good" record, and what the features are of a bad one.
understand entitlement to access patient records, and when they can be disposed.
What development needs have I?
To update myself with the rules and regulations regarding patient records
(GDC outcome A B D)
How will I address them?
Take the Dentaljuce Record Keeping module.
Target completion date
Outcomes
have knowledge of the legal aspects of record keeping, and the requirements of regulatory authorities.
understand what constitutes a record.
understand what is required for a "good" record, and what the features are of a bad one.
understand entitlement to access patient records, and when they can be disposed.
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, understanding and competence in the field of clinical record keeping, in line with their identified personal learning requirements.
Course objective
to update the dental professional with the rules and regulations regarding patient records.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:
have knowledge of the legal aspects of record keeping, and the requirements of regulatory authorities.
understand what constitutes a record.
understand what is required for a "good" record, and what the features are of a bad one.
understand entitlement to access patient records, and when they can be disposed.
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.
Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to allow learners to develop their professional knowledge, understanding and competence in the field of clinical record keeping, in line with their identified personal learning requirements.
Course objective
to update the dental professional with the rules and regulations regarding patient records.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:
have knowledge of the legal aspects of record keeping, and the requirements of regulatory authorities.
understand what constitutes a record.
understand what is required for a "good" record, and what the features are of a bad one.
understand entitlement to access patient records, and when they can be disposed.
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.
With enhanced CPD Certificates. Dentaljuce is brought to you by the award winning Masters team from the School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham, UK. All have won awards for web based learning and teaching and are recognised as leaders and innovators in this field, as well as being highly experienced clinical teachers. Full access to all 90 courses, no extras to pay.
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.
