BAME Inclusion in Dentistry: Building Culturally Competent Teams

About This Course

Learn to create a more inclusive dental practice with our course on unraveling discrimination, embracing diversity, and catering to various patient needs.

Why Take This Course?

The course addresses a common problem that dental professionals in the UK face: discrimination. Discrimination can have a significant impact on patients and teams, leading to negative health outcomes and a toxic work environment. The course is designed to help dental professionals unravel discrimination and its implications, as well as exploring diversity in leadership and cultivating cultural competence. Additionally, the course covers topics such as catering to patients with disabilities, embracing age-inclusivity, and adapting dental procedures for patients with specific needs. By completing this course, dental professionals can increase their understanding of discrimination and develop strategies to promote diversity and inclusivity in their practices.

This course on discrimination and diversity in dental practices is beneficial because it provides extensive knowledge on understanding discrimination and its impact on patients and teams. It also equips dental professionals with strategies to increase diversity, cultivate cultural competence, and cater to patients with disabilities and age-specific needs. The course includes case studies and interactive exercises to promote thought-provoking discussions and practical applications.

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How This Course Supports GDC Enhanced Dental CPD

“Dental professionals have a duty to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. A primary qualification is only the first step in their education and development which should last throughout their professional life” General Dental Council

Learning Objectives	Anticipated Outcomes
1: By the end of this course, learners will be able to implement strategies for promoting diversity and inclusion within dental practices, considering aspects such as communication, environment, and policies.	#REF!
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to identify and address potential barriers to diversity and inclusion within their dental practices.
3: Participants will demonstrate their ability to apply knowledge of relevant laws and policies related to diversity and inclusion within the scope of dentistry.
4: By the final session, learners will have mastered the concept and significance of inclusive communication tailored to patients’ varying needs and backgrounds.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to engage in continuous professional development in diversity and inclusion, focusing on self-reflection and identification of areas for improvement.

Regulatory Standards

GDC	CQC
✅ A – Effective Communication ✅ B – Effective Management ✅ C – Maintenance in Field of Practice ✅ D – Maintenance in Patient Confidence	✅ Caring ✅ Effective ✅ Leadership ✅ Responsive ✅ Safe

🕐 90 minutes of Enhanced Dental CPD

Course Description

The course is focused on unraveling discrimination and its implications in dental practices, exploring diversity in leadership, cultivating cultural competence, catering to patients with disability, and embracing age-inclusivity. It covers various topics, such as defining and understanding discrimination, evaluating its impact on patients and teams, legal insights, strategies for increasing diversity, cross-cultural communication, adapting dental procedures for patients with disabilities, age-specific dental needs, and age-appropriate interaction skills. The course also includes case study analysis and thought-provoking interactive exercises.

Course Outline

Section 1

The course covers the topics of discrimination and its implications in dental practices, exploring diversity in leadership, cultivating cultural competence, catering to patients with disabilities, and embracing age-inclusivity. It includes understanding discrimination, its prevalence and forms, legal insights, evaluating impact on team performance, increasing diversity within leadership, enhancing cross-cultural competence, legal obligations and adapting dental procedures for patients with disabilities, understanding age-specific dental needs, and incorporating adaptive mechanisms. The course also includes case study analyses and thought-provoking interactive exercises.

Section 2

This course covers topics related to discrimination and diversity in dental practices, including understanding discrimination, evaluating its impact on patients and teams, strategies for increasing diversity in leadership, cultivating cultural competence, catering to patients with disabilities, and age-inclusivity. It also includes case studies and exercises to enhance learning.

Section 3

Section 3 of this course explores the importance of cultural competence in dental care, including strategies for enhancing cross-cultural communication and navigating language and cultural nuances. It also covers the legal obligations and ethical responsibilities of dental professionals when it comes to serving patients with disabilities and age-specific dental needs. Real-life case studies and exercises are included to provide insight into the implications of discrimination on patients and teams, as well as to encourage thought-provoking discussions on diversity within dental leadership.

Section 4

Section 4 of the course focuses on creating accessible dental practices for patients with disabilities. It covers an overview of disabilities and its impact on dental care, transitioning to accessible dental practices, adapting dental procedures for patients with disabilities, ethical aspects of care, and reviewing real-life experiences of patients with disabilities.

Section 5

Section 5 of the course focuses on the importance of age-inclusivity in dental practices. It covers topics such as understanding age-specific dental needs, incorporating adaptive mechanisms for age-friendly dental practices, developing age-appropriate interaction skills, exploring the connection between ageing and dental health, and synthesising the key learnings from the course.

Course Reviews

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This course provided me with valuable insights on addressing discrimination in dental practices, and the strategies I learned have been useful in fostering diversity and promoting inclusivity among my team and patients.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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The course was comprehensive and covered a wide range of topics, including adapting dental procedures for patients with disabilities and catering to the dental needs of different age groups. The interactive exercises were thought-provoking and helped me to apply the concepts I learned in real-world scenarios.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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As a dental professional, I found this course to be incredibly informative and beneficial in developing my cross-cultural communication skills. The legal insights provided were particularly insightful, and I feel more equipped to provide quality dental care to a diverse range of patients.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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