Clinical Excellence Through Reflective Practice: A course for All Dental Professionals

About This Course

This course covers the importance and benefits of reflective practice in dentistry, models of reflective practice, and tools for documenting reflection. It also includes topics such as legal and ethical considerations, achieving clinical excellence, and sustaining reflective practice over a career.

Why Take This Course?

The course addresses a common problem that UK dental professionals face, which is the need for ongoing professional development and improvement. Reflective practice is an essential tool for dentists to continuously evaluate their skills and knowledge, identify areas for improvement, and make necessary changes. The course covers various models and strategies for reflective practice, as well as legal and ethical considerations, which can be challenging for dental professionals to navigate. Additionally, the course emphasizes the importance of teamwork and feedback in reflective practice, which can be helpful in creating a supportive and collaborative work environment. Sustaining reflective practice over long career lengths can also be a challenge, and the course provides strategies for integrating reflective practice into daily routines.

This course on reflective practice is beneficial for those in dentistry as it covers topics such as understanding the importance and benefits of reflective practice, setting goals for reflection, using feedback, and managing confidentiality. It also addresses legal and ethical considerations, adverse events, and achieving clinical excellence through reflective practice. Additionally, the course covers strategies for integrating reflective practice into daily routines and sustaining it over a long career.

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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 understand the importance of self-reflection and its applications in a dental setting.	1: Upon completion of the course, participants are expected to self-reflect more effectively, enhancing their professional decision-making and problem-solving abilities.
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to apply various self-reflection techniques in their professional practice.	2: As a result of this course, learners will likely contribute to improved patient care and service through refined clinical decisions backed by insightful reflections.
3: Participants will demonstrate their ability to implement critical reflection in decision-making and problem-solving within their dental practice.	3: The course should lead to an increased ability among learners to use reflection techniques that result in efficient, outcome-based professional development.
4: By the final session, learners will have mastered the process of reflective writing, and how it can be used to capture and facilitate self-reflection.	4: In the wider context, the course aims to contribute to higher industry standards in dentistry through widespread adoption of reflective practices.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to create a Personal Development Plan based on their reflective practice, aligning it with their Continuing Professional Development goals.	5: Following the course, the expectation is that attendees will incorporate regular reflective exercises into their professional routine, leading to continual learning, growth, and 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 covers the following topics: understanding reflective practice, the importance and benefits of reflective practice in dentistry, models of reflective practice, barriers to reflective practice, setting goals for reflective practice, reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action, using feedback for reflective practice, tools and strategies for documenting reflection, reflective practice and professional development, reflective practice and continuing professional development, reflection and lifelong learning, reflective practice in performance review, reflective practice and leadership, legal and ethical considerations, managing confidentiality, reflective practice in adverse events, ethical dilemmas, reflective practice for clinical excellence, integrating reflective practice into daily routine, reflective practice and teamwork, achieving clinical excellence through reflective practice, and sustaining reflective practice over long career lengths.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of the course will cover the basics of reflective practice in dentistry. This includes understanding reflective practice, its importance and benefits, different models, and barriers to its implementation. It also covers setting goals, reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action, using feedback, documenting reflection, and case studies. Reflective practice and professional development are also discussed, including continuing professional development, lifelong learning, and leadership. Legal and ethical considerations, such as dental regulation, confidentiality, adverse events, and ethical dilemmas, are also explored. Finally, Section 1 covers integrating reflective practice into daily routines, achieving clinical excellence, sustaining reflective practice over long career lengths, and a summary of reflective practice in dentistry.

Section 2

This section provides an overview of reflective practice in dentistry, including the importance and benefits of reflection, different models of reflective practice, and common barriers to implementation. It also covers tools and strategies for documenting reflection, as well as legal and ethical considerations related to reflective practice. Additionally, the section explores how reflective practice can support professional development, clinical excellence, teamwork, and leadership in dentistry.

Section 3

Section 3 of the course covers Reflective Practice and Professional Development in Dentistry, including the integration of reflective practice into daily routines, lifelong learning, and performance reviews. It also discusses legal and ethical considerations, such as confidentiality and dental regulation, as well as achieving clinical excellence through reflective practice. The section ends with an exercise aimed at developing a personal reflection and development plan.

Section 4

Section 4 of this course covers legal and ethical considerations related to reflective practice in dentistry. This includes understanding the dental regulation, managing confidentiality, dealing with adverse events, and addressing ethical dilemmas in reflective practice. Through case studies, participants will learn how to navigate these considerations to ensure ethical and legal compliance while engaging in reflective practice for clinical excellence.

Section 5

Section 5 of this course covers the topic of reflective practice for clinical excellence. It includes insights on integrating reflective practice into daily routine, achieving clinical excellence through reflective practice, sustaining reflective practice over long career lengths, and the overall summary of reflective practice in dentistry for clinical excellence. Additionally, teamwork is discussed as a significant aspect of reflective practice.

Course Reviews

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This course exceeded my expectations in terms of its comprehensive coverage of reflective practice in dentistry. The tools and strategies for documenting reflection provided a practical approach to integrating reflective practice into daily routine.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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The legal and ethical considerations section of this course provided valuable insights into managing confidentiality and navigating difficult ethical dilemmas. The models of reflective practice and barriers to reflection were also presented in a clear and concise manner.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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As a dental professional with years of experience, I was impressed with the new and innovative strategies for achieving clinical excellence through reflective practice. The section on reflection and leadership was particularly enlightening and has transformed my approach to managing my team.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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