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Course summary
Overview This course is for those with overseas dental qualifications who have been recommended to study local anaesthesia by the GDC. If you're looking to broaden your dental skills, this Local Dental Anaesthesia short course will help you to specialise in the field. You'll learn how to safely deliver local anaesthetic to patients, and reflect on working in a primary care environment in the UK. Learning on this course includes clinical activity and the provision of care to patients within the Dental Academy. As well as providing specialist skills in the application of local anaesthetic in a dental setting, completion of this course will help you to achieve the GDC learning outcomes for registration as a Dental Hygienist in the UK, enabling you to register with the General Dental Council (GDC) and move into employment. Course details Structure:
- Mode of study: on site, part time
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Start and end dates: Starts September
- Cost: £3,715.00
- Develop an awareness of drugs and therapeutics commonly used in medicine and dentistry
- Get an understanding of the safe practices associated with the provision of oral local anaesthesia
- Critically reflect on your own practice within the UK healthcare setting
- Build upon your existing knowledge of local oral anatomy and physiology to ensure safe working practices
- 2 clinics (44 dental treatment bays)
- 2 individual surgeries
- a phantom head room
- decontamination suite
- radiography suite
- four radiography booths
Assessment method
Assessment consists of an unseen written exam and completion of a logbook will detail the successful completion of the relevant GDC identified competences.
How to apply
To apply for this course you will be taken to the provider's website, where you can find out more information and make an application.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015) - Not accepted
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - Not accepted
An existing Dental Hygiene qualification from a country outside of the UK. The documented GDC learning outcome requirements following the GDC Dental Care Professional assessment. All applicants will be invited to attend an interview. Applicants must pass Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Occupational Health checks before starting the course. If you are a UK Dental Hygienist who requires a return to practice course, please contact us directly for details.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Applicants must pass Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before starting the course.
Health checks
Applicants must pass Occupational Health check before starting the course.
Interview
All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview in support of their application.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 7 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 7.0 with no component score below 6.5. |
| PTE Academic | 68 | An overall score of 68 with a minimum of 61 in each skill. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 100 | 100 with a minimum of 24 in Reading, 23 in Listening, 25 in Speaking and 24 in Writing |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 185 with no component score less than 176. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 185 with no component score less than 176. | |
| Trinity ISE | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
This is a Short and Continuing Professional Development course. Please check the course page on our website for the most up to date fee information.
https://www.port.ac.uk/study/short-courses-and-cpd
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP