Managing Growth and Expansion of Dental Practices

About This Course

Learn how to strategically expand your dental practice with our comprehensive course. Develop an expansion plan, manage change, and evaluate success.

Why Take This Course?

This course addresses a common problem faced by dental professionals in the UK, which is the challenge of growing and expanding their practices. The course provides a comprehensive study on the factors that influence growth, strategic planning for expansion, implementing expansion strategies, risk management, human resources, and evaluating the success of an expansion. By taking this course, dental professionals can gain practical knowledge and skills to help them successfully grow and expand their practices.

This course provides a comprehensive study on the growth and expansion of dental practices, covering topics such as growth strategies, strategic planning, implementing expansion strategies, risk management, human resources, and evaluating success. Each module concludes with a summary of the key points to reinforce learning.

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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, students will be able to understand the concept of growth in dental practices and identify factors influencing this growth.	1: Upon completion of the course, students are expected to develop a comprehensive understanding of the concept of growth in dental practices, influencing factors, and the ability to evaluate growth opportunities effectively.
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to plan strategically for the expansion of a dental practice, including consideration of financial implications.	2: As a result of this course, learners will likely contribute to the growth and success of their dental practices through the implementation of strategic planning and effective human resource management.
3: Students will demonstrate their ability to implement expansion strategies in a dental practice, manage change during expansion, and address associated risks.	3: The course should lead to an enhancement in learners’ abilities to manage change during expansion, address risks, and understand the financial prerequisites of expansion.
4: By the final session, participants will have mastered human resource management strategies for recruiting, training, and retaining staff during an expansion phase.	4: In the wider context, the course aims to contribute to the improvement of dental practices across the UK, enabling more robust growth strategies, higher quality services, and consequently, healthier communities.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to evaluate the success of dental practice expansion using various tools and respond effectively to evaluation results.	5: Following the course, the expectation is that students will be equipped with the tools to assess and respond effectively to expansion outcomes, fostering a culture of constant improvement and responsiveness in their dental practice.

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 provides a comprehensive study on the growth and expansion of dental practices. The first section delves into the concept of growth in dental practices, considering the factors that influence it and providing a case study on successful growth strategies. The second part emphasizes the importance of strategic planning for expansion, detailing the components of an expansion plan and financial considerations. An exercise in creating a mock expansion plan is included to help students apply what they’ve learned. The course then moves into implementing expansion strategies, explaining the steps involved and how to manage change. Risk management in expansion is also discussed, along with a case study on overcoming challenges. The fourth section considers the crucial role of human resources during an expansion phase, covering topics such as recruitment, retention, training, and development of staff. An exercise in developing a HR plan is included for practical experience. Lastly, the course explores how to evaluate the success of an expansion. It defines what success in expansion means, suggests tools for evaluation, and guides on how to respond to evaluation results. A case study on successful expansion evaluation wraps up this section. Each module concludes with a summary of the key points to reinforce learning.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of the course covers understanding growth in dental practices. This includes the concept of growth, factors influencing growth, evaluating growth opportunities, and successful growth strategies in dental practices. The section concludes with a summary of understanding growth in dental practices.

Section 2

Section 2 of this course covers planning for expansion in dental practices. It explores the importance of strategic planning and the components of an expansion plan, as well as financial considerations. Students will have the opportunity to create a mock expansion plan in an exercise. The section also covers implementing expansion strategies, including managing change and risk management, with a case study on overcoming challenges. Human resource management during expansion, such as recruiting, retaining, and training staff, is also covered, with an exercise on developing a HR plan. Finally, the section covers evaluating the success of expansion, defining success, tools for evaluation, and responding to evaluation results, with a case study on successful expansion evaluation.

Section 3

Section 3 of the course covers understanding and implementing growth strategies for dental practices, including evaluating growth opportunities, planning for expansion, implementing expansion strategies, managing human resources during expansion, and evaluating the success of expansion. It includes case studies and exercises to help students develop a comprehensive expansion plan.

Section 4

Section 4 of the course covers the importance of human resource management during expansion, including recruiting and retaining staff, training and development, and the exercise of developing an HR plan. The section also provides a summary of the material covered.

Section 5

Section 5 of the course covers the process of evaluating the success of expansion in dental practices. It includes defining success, using tools to evaluate success, responding to evaluation results, and a case study of a successful expansion evaluation.

Course Reviews

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This course provided me with valuable insights on how to strategically plan and execute the growth of my dental practice. The mock expansion plan exercise was particularly helpful in applying the concepts learned.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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I appreciated the emphasis on human resources in the expansion phase, as it is often overlooked in these situations. The HR plan exercise was a great opportunity to identify gaps in my current HR practices and make necessary changes.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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I found the section on evaluating the success of an expansion to be very practical and applicable to my practice. The case study on successful evaluation was inspiring and gave me confidence in my ability to evaluate my own practice’s growth.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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