Elevating Dental Practice Management: Harnessing the Power of Design Thinking

About This Course

Learn how to apply design thinking principles in the dental industry with our course. Improve patient interaction, workflow efficiency, and adapt to technological advancements. Modules include empathy in dental practice, design thinking for technicians, and integrating design thinking in therapies.

Why Take This Course?

This course addresses a common problem that UK dental professionals face, which is the need to adapt to new technologies and changing industry trends while maintaining a patient-centric focus. Design thinking provides a framework for approaching these challenges in a systematic and empathetic way, allowing professionals to identify and address patient needs while improving workflow efficiency and staying up-to-date with the latest technological advancements. By taking this course, dental professionals can learn how to integrate design thinking into their practice and enhance the overall patient experience.

This course can benefit dental professionals by teaching them how to apply design thinking in their practice, leading to improved patient interaction, workflow efficiency, and adaptation to technological advancements.

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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 and describe the five stages of the Design Thinking process and their relevance to daily dental practice operations.	#REF!
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to employ Design Thinking techniques to enhance patient experience and satisfaction within dental practices.
3: Participants will demonstrate their ability to apply Design Thinking as a problem-solving tool to streamline operations and foster an innovative environment within dental laboratories.
4: By the final session, learners will have mastered techniques to incorporate Design Thinking in dental education to shape the curriculum and encourage creativity and patient-centric thinking among students.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to assess the success of Design Thinking applications in dental operations and make adjustments for continuous improvement based on feedback.

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 is focused on applying design thinking in the field of dentistry, with modules covering introduction to design thinking, empathy in dental practice, design thinking for dental technicians, embracing change in the evolving dental industry, and integrating design thinking in dental therapies. The course includes case studies and exercises aimed at improving patient interaction, workflow efficiency, and adapting to technological advancements.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of the course provides an introduction to design thinking and its application in dentistry. It covers the importance of empathy and problem framing, as well as ideation, prototyping, and testing solutions. The section also includes a case study on the use of design thinking in a dental set-up.

Section 2

Section 2 of this course focuses on using design thinking to enhance patient interaction in dental practice. It covers the importance of empathy in dentistry, techniques to show empathy in dental interactions, empathy mapping, and a case study of empathy-led transformation in dental practice.

Section 3

Section 3 of this course focuses on implementing design thinking in dental labs. It covers techniques for re-imagining dental labs, improving workflow efficiency, and viewing challenges as opportunities. It also includes a case study of a dental lab that underwent a design thinking-led revamp.

Section 4

Section 4 of the course covers the topic of Embracing Change, where design thinking is used to manage change in the evolving dental industry. It explores the strategic deployment of design thinking, nurturing adaptability and flexibility, and the use of digitalization with design thinking. A thought experiment is also conducted to envision the future of dental practice.

Section 5

Section 5 of this course covers the integration of design thinking in dental therapies, including methodologies for incorporating design thinking into dental practices, transforming concepts into practices, using feedback as a tool for continuous improvement, and a course recap that highlights the revolution of design thinking in dental practices and education.

Course Reviews

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Really enjoyed this course on design thinking for dentistry. The case studies were especially helpful in understanding how to apply design thinking concepts in real-world scenarios.

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✅ Had Positive Impact

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Highly recommend this course for any dental technician looking to improve their workflow efficiency. The module on design thinking for dental technicians was particularly valuable to me.

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✅ Met Course Outcomes

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✅ Had Positive Impact

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As a practicing dentist, I found this course to be extremely useful in improving patient interaction. The empathy in dental practice module was excellent and gave me some great ideas for improving the patient experience in my practice.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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