Age-Inclusive Dentistry: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Different Age Groups

About This Course

This course explores discrimination, leadership in fostering diversity, cross-cultural competence, accessibility for patients with disabilities, and age inclusivity in dental care. Includes case studies.

Why Take This Course?

This course addresses a common challenge that UK dental professionals face, which is how to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for patients from diverse backgrounds. The dental profession, like many others, has historically faced issues of discrimination and prejudice, particularly towards patients with disabilities, older patients, and those from ethnic minority backgrounds. By providing education and training on topics such as cross-cultural competence and accessibility, this course helps dental professionals to develop the skills and understanding needed to provide high-quality care to all patients, regardless of their background or needs.

Enrolling in this course on diversity and inclusivity in dental care can help you understand discrimination and its impacts, foster diversity, cultivate cross-cultural competence, make dental practices accessible for patients with disabilities, and incorporate age inclusivity in dental care. The course includes a variety of subtopics and case studies to help you gain a comprehensive understanding.

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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 identify different types of discrimination and apply strategies to prevent it within dental practices.	1: Upon completion of the course, participants are expected to understand how to identify and counteract discrimination in their dental practices.
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to understand and promote the role of diverse leadership and its positive impact on team performance.	2: As a result of this course, learners will likely foster an environment within their dental practices that values and promotes diverse leadership.
3: Participants will demonstrate their ability to apply cross-cultural communication skills, handle cultural misunderstandings/conflicts, and navigate through language barriers in dental settings.	3: The course should lead to an improvement in learners’ cross-cultural competence, enabling them to provide exceptional care to patients from all cultural backgrounds.
4: By the final session, learners will have mastered the knowledge in understanding physical disabilities, making dental practices accessible, and adapting dental care for patients with disabilities in-line with the Equality Act 2010.	4: In the wider context, the course aims to contribute to the creation of more accessible dental practices, especially for patients with disabilities.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to accommodate various age-related dental needs, create age-friendly practices, and adapt dental care techniques per the requirements of the different age groups.	5: Following the course, the expectation is that attendees will possess the skills and knowledge to provide age-inclusive care, catering to the unique dental needs of patients across all age groups.

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

This course covers understanding discrimination and its impacts, the role of leadership in fostering diversity, cultivating cross-cultural competence in dental settings, making dental practices accessible for patients with disabilities, and incorporating age inclusivity in dental care. Each section includes a variety of subtopics and case studies.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of the course focuses on understanding discrimination and its impacts in dental practices. This includes exploring the types of discrimination, consequences of discrimination, and the importance of anti-discrimination training. The section also covers the role of leadership in promoting diversity and strategies for enhancing leadership diversity. Additionally, the course delves into cultivating cross-cultural competence in dental settings, making dental practices accessible for patients with disabilities, and incorporating age inclusivity in dental care.

Section 2

This section of the course focuses on understanding discrimination, its impacts, and the importance of anti-discrimination training in dental practices. It also delves into the role of leadership in promoting diversity, strategies for enhancing leadership diversity, and the impact of diverse leadership on team performance. Additionally, it covers cross-cultural competence in dental settings, making practices accessible for patients with disabilities, and age inclusivity in dental care.

Section 3

Section 3 of this course covers topics related to discrimination, leadership, cross-cultural competence, accessibility, and age inclusivity in dental settings. It explores the different types and consequences of discrimination, and emphasizes the importance of anti-discrimination training. The role of leadership in promoting diversity and strategies for enhancing leadership diversity are discussed, along with building cross-cultural communication skills and navigating cultural misunderstandings. The section also addresses the importance of making dental practices accessible for patients with disabilities, adapting dental care for different age groups, and learning about age-related dental health conditions.

Section 4

Section 4 of the course content covers topics related to making dental practices accessible to patients with disabilities. It includes understanding physical disabilities and their implications for dental care, making dental practices accessible through best practices, adapting dental care for patients with disabilities, and developing an accessibility plan for dental practices. The section also emphasizes the responsibilities and considerations under the Equality Act 2010.

Section 5

Section 5 of the course focuses on incorporating age inclusivity in dental care. It covers recognizing the different dental needs of various age groups, creating an age-friendly dental practice, adapting dental care techniques for different age groups, learning about age-related dental health conditions, and emphasizing the importance of age-inclusive dentistry in practice.

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