Advanced Sedation Study Club
Open to dentists and doctors
Course leader
Programme leader: Professor James Roelofse
Co-ordinator: Dr Andre du Plessis
Date
November 2013 (to be confirmed)
Verifiable CPD
3 hours
Cost
To be confirmed
Aims and objectives
In the context of conscious sedation:
- To develop advanced theoretical competencies in medical/dental practitioners in the fast developing area of advanced conscious sedation techniques
- To equip medical/dental practitioners with the knowledge to provide safe and effective sedation and pain control for patients undergoing dental/medical procedures when combinations of drugs are used.
- To equip medical/dental practitioners with a better understanding of changes in cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal and liver physiology when combinations of drugs are used
- To equip medical/dental practitioners with the knowledge of how drugs work when used in combination, and to update their knowledge on newer sedative and analgesic drugs
- To equip students with a thorough understanding of the physiology of pain, and how drugs can be used at different sites along the pain pathways for pain relief
- To comply with the 2007 conscious sedation guidelines in the UK by the Standard Dental Advisory committee that practitioners using advanced conscious sedation techniques must be trained, and their should be a regular update in knowledge and skills
- To support recommendations regarding theoretical training in sedation as suggested in the 2011 NICE guidelines published in the UK
Registration
For more information and to register your interest, please contact Christine Weir at c.weir@ucl.ac.uk or call 020 7905 1272.
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