Influencing and Advocacy Skills for Dental Nurses

About This Course

This dental nursing leadership course covers topics such as leadership styles, emotional intelligence, advocacy skills, and ethical decision making. Gain the tools to become an effective leader in the dental practice.

Why Take This Course?

This course addresses a common problem that UK dental professionals face, which is the lack of leadership and advocacy skills. Dental nurses play a crucial role in the success of a dental practice, but often don’t have the necessary leadership skills to lead and advocate for their patients. This course provides comprehensive training on leadership, influence, and advocacy in dental nursing, which helps dental professionals to develop the necessary skills to lead, influence, and advocate effectively. By addressing this problem, the course aims to improve the quality of dental care in the UK and empower dental nurses to become effective leaders in their practice.

This course on leadership in dental nursing covers various topics such as leadership styles, influencing techniques, advocacy skills, conflict resolution, and personal leadership development, which can benefit dental nurses by enhancing their leadership and communication skills, building trust and credibility with patients, and overcoming ethical dilemmas in dental practice.

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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 demonstrate an in-depth understanding of compassionate leadership and its importance in a dental practice setting.	#REF!
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to build and foster compassionate relationships with patients to enhance their patient care outcomes.
3: Participants will demonstrate their ability to lead a dental team effectively by utilizing compassionate leadership techniques including conflict resolution and team morale enhancement.
4: By the final session, learners will have mastered the principles of compassionate self-leadership and will be able to apply principles of self-awareness, self-care, and continuous self-improvement in their professional practice.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to navigate future changes in dental practice including evolving patient and staff expectations, increased diversity, and the incorporation of digital tools into their leadership strategy.

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 topics such as the introduction to leadership in dental nursing, the importance of good leadership in the dental practice, different leadership styles in dentistry, the role of dental nurses in leadership, and a case study on clinical leadership and its impact on dental practice. It also covers the power of influencing in dental nursing, techniques for influencing in dental practices, emotional intelligence and dental nurse influence, barriers to effective influence in dentistry, and an exercise on self-evaluation on influencing skills. Furthermore, it includes the role of advocacy in dental nurse leadership, building trust and credibility in advocacy, advocacy skills for patient-centered care, challenges of advocacy in dental practice, and a case study on advocacy in situations of ethical dilemma. The course also covers balancing leadership, influence, and advocacy, effective communication connecting leadership, influence, and advocacy, conflict resolution and negotiation in dental practice leadership, ethical and professional considerations in leadership, and a thought experiment on ethical decision making in leadership. Finally, it covers self-reflection and personal leadership development, developing resilience in dental leadership, the role of continuing personal development in influencing and advocacy, future directions in dental leadership, and the impact of effective leadership, influence, and advocacy in dental nursing.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of this course covers the fundamentals of leadership in dentistry, including the importance of good leadership and different leadership styles. It also explores the role of dental nurses in leadership and includes a case study on clinical leadership. Additionally, section 1 focuses on developing influencing skills, including techniques for influencing in dental practices, emotional intelligence, and barriers to effective influence. It also covers advocacy skills, building trust and credibility, and challenges in dental practice. Finally, section 1 discusses balancing leadership, influence, and advocacy, effective communication, conflict resolution, ethical and professional considerations, and ongoing personal development.

Section 2

This section focuses on developing leadership skills in dentistry, including understanding the importance of good leadership, different leadership styles, and the role of dental nurses in leadership. Additionally, it covers developing influencing and advocacy skills, including techniques for effective influence, building trust and credibility in advocacy, and challenges of advocacy in dental practice. The section also covers balancing leadership, influence, and advocacy, conflict resolution and negotiation, ethical and professional considerations, self-reflection and personal development, and the impact of effective leadership, influence, and advocacy in dental nursing.

Section 3

Section 3 of the course covers understanding leadership in dentistry, developing influencing skills, enhancing advocacy skills, leadership, influence, and advocacy in practice, and reflection and ongoing development in leadership. It explores the importance of good leadership in dental practice, leadership styles, roles of dental nurses in leadership, and techniques for influencing in dental practices. The section also delves into the role of advocacy in dental nurse leadership, building trust and credibility in advocacy, and challenges of advocacy in dental practice. It concludes with the impact of effective leadership, influence, and advocacy in dental nursing.

Section 4

Section 4 of this course covers the integration of leadership, influence, and advocacy in dental practice. It explores effective communication, conflict resolution, ethical and professional considerations in leadership, and ethical decision-making. This section also emphasizes the importance of personal development and resilience in dental leadership, as well as future directions in the field.

Section 5

Section 5 covers self-reflection and personal development, developing resilience in dental leadership, the role of continuing personal development in influencing and advocacy, future directions in dental leadership, and the impact of effective leadership, influence, and advocacy in dental nursing.

Course Reviews

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This course provided a comprehensive overview of leadership, influence, and advocacy in dental nursing. The case studies and exercises were particularly helpful in applying the concepts to real-life situations. Highly recommended.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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As a dental professional with years of experience, I found this course to be refreshing and informative. The topics covered were relevant and up-to-date, and I appreciated the focus on self-reflection and personal development in leadership.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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I was impressed with the depth and breadth of this course on dental leadership. The section on ethical decision making was especially thought-provoking and helped me to navigate challenging situations in my practice. Overall, I would highly recommend this course to any dental nurse looking to enhance their leadership skills.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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