The award is structured around three core components:

Academic component: This will be delivered entirely through online webinars, seminars, lectures and tutorials.

Clinical component: Training will be conducted at the workplace under the guidance of ICE-accredited Clinical Mentors and Nurse Tutors. They will offer both formative and summative assessments of student progression.

Clinical assessment of competence: Evaluation will be based on the examination of clinical portfolios (ROC).

The course includes:

A series of 9 webinars:

1. Introduction and Patient Assessment
2. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
3. Basic Surgical Principles, Surgical Set up, Decontamination, and Disinfection
4. Health & Safety
5. Basic Restorative Principles
6. Maintenance and peri-implant disease
7. Teamwork and Human Factors
8. Complications
9. Advanced Techniques

3 days of online teaching:

Day 1: Access to online platforms, introduction to the course content, Personal Development Plan, completion competencies, clinical protocol guidelines and clinical standards operating protocols.

Day 2: Online demonstrations on gowning, setting up, decontamination, implant placement, infection control, medical emergencies, clinical assisting, directly observed competenciesand completion of Personal Development Plan.

Day 3: Online Revision Session prior to Examination.

The Programme will provide the opportunity for Dental Nurses to learn to:  

• practice to the standards required to support Dental Implantology procedures in the UK
• develop the critical and analytical skills and independent learning ability required for continuing professional development
• manage a diverse range of patients and develop skills in patient assessment, examination, investigations, diagnosis and treatment planning, surgery and restoration, to ensure effective management, care and treatment of partially or fully edentulous patients
• synthesise from a range of sources a comprehensive understanding of techniques to provide safe and effective treatment to patients, taking into account their individual needs

Lectures will include:

• Day 1 Online teaching will include
  -Access to online platforms
  -introduction to lectures
  -Personal development plan completion competencies
  -Clinical protocols guidelines
  -Clinical standards operating protocols
• Day 2 Introduction and Patient Assessment
• Day 3 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
• Day 4 Basic Surgical Principles, Surgical Set up, Decontamination and Disinfection
• Day 5 Online teaching
  -Gowning and setting up
  -Decontamination
  -Implant placement practical
  -Infection control
  -Medical emergencies
  -Clinical assisting
  -Directly observed competencies by assessor
  -Completion of Personal Development Plan
• Day 6 Health and Safety
• Day 7 Basic Restorative Principles
• Day 8 Maintenance and Peri-implant Disease
• Day 9 Teamwork and Human Factors
• Day 10 Complications
• Day 11 Advanced Techniques
• Day 12 Online Revision and Examination