Course Curriculum
**Dental Technician**
**Dental Nurse**
- Module 01: Introduction to Dental Assisting
- Module 02: General Dentistry Instruments
- Module 03: Dental Office Management
- Module 04: Oral Diagnosis, Treatment Planning and Dental Terminology
- Module 05: General Handling and Safety of Dental Materials in the Dental Office
- Module 06: Infection Control and Instruments
- Module 07: Dental Radiology
- Module 08: Paediatric Dentistry
- Module 09: The Professional Dental Assistant
- Module 10: Standards of Dental Practice in the UK
**Sterile Services Technician and Compounding Pharmaceuticals Training**
Introduction
Universal Precautions
- Hand Washing
- Complete Garbing
The Laminar Air Flow Hood (LAF) 3 lectures
- Cleaning the Laminar Flow Hood
- Cleaning a Horizontal Flow Hood
- Cleaning a Vertical Flow Hood
Sterile Compounding Pharmaceuticals Demonstrations
- Sterile Pharmaceutical Products Preparation Demo 1
- Sterile Pharmaceutical Products Preparation Demo 2
Compounding Pharmacy Math
- Solute, Solvent, and Solution
- Percentage ww, vv, wv
- Alligation and Dilution
- Alligation and Dilution Practice Problems
- Therapeutic Dose versus Lethal Dose
- Dosage Calculation
- More Dosage Calculation Practice Problems
BONUS
- DO’s and DONT’s in Sterile Compounding
REVIEW OF THE STERILE COMPOUNDING PROCESS
- Garbing
- Laminar Air Flow Hood 1
- Laminar Air Flow Hood 2
- Reconstitution and Compounding
- Compounding Continued
**Medical & Clinical Administrator**
Module 1: Introduction to Medical and Clinical Administration
- Medical and Clinical Administrator
- Responsibilities of a Medical Administrator
- Core Skills and Personal Qualities
- Management of Appointment Systems
- Staff Administration
- Confidentiality and Communication
- Quality Control
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 2: Organise Schedules
- Managing Appointment System
- Handling and Making Appointments
- Appointment Responsibilities And Techniques
- Guidelines for Successful Appointment Scheduling
- Managing the Appointment Schedule
- Appointment Planning Influence on Case Management
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 3: Maintaining Medical Records
- What is a Medical Record?
- Value of Medical Records.
- Principles of Good Record Keeping
- Storage of Medical Records
- Case Notes
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 4: Effective Filing Systems in Medical Offices
- The Filing System in Medical Offices
- The Basic Filing Requirement
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 5: Confidentiality in a Medical Environment
- The Concept of Patient Confidentiality
- Confidentiality 'Dos and Don'ts'
- Ethical and Legal Duties of Confidentiality
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 6: Controlling Stocks and Supplies
- Typical Business Office Supplies
- Ordering Supplies
- Checking Deliveries
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 7: Medical Jargon and Terminology
- Common Anatomy Term
- Common Pathology Terms
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 8: Maintaining Workplace Safety
- Importance of Health and Safety In the Healthcare Sector
- First Aid at Work
- Types of Risks and Hazards
- Hepatitis and AIDS
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 9: Information Technology in Health Care
- Basic Operation of a Computer
- Electronic Prescriptions
- Patient benefits Through Computerization
- Registration Data
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 10: Medical (Clinical) Coding and Billing
- Clinical Coding
- Uses of Clinical Coding
- Clinical Coding Pathway
- Key Roles
- Sources of Coding Errors
- Summary / Keynotes of the Module
Module 11: Legal aspects and Ethics
**Medical Transcription**
Module 01: Introduction to Medical Transcription
- What Is Medical Transcription?
- Getting the Skinny on the Medical Transcription Field
- Where Are the Jobs?
- How Are They Paid?
- Looking at What Goes into Good Transcription
- Anticipating What You’ll Transcribe
- Summary
Module 02: The What, How, Who and Why of Medical Transcription
- What Medical Transcriptionists Do
- Officially: It’s about Documentation
- Unofficially: Critical Contributions to Patient Care
- The Traits You Need
- Summary
Module 03: Understanding Medical Reports
- History and Physical Examination
- Consultation
- Operative Reports
- Discharge and Death Summaries
- Other Common Reports
- Summary
Module 04: Medical Language Boot Camp
- Introduction
- The Anatomy of a Medical Word
- Commonly Confused Medical Words
- Drugs and Dosages
- Summary
Module 05: Formatting: The Basics
- Why Formatting Matters
- Report Headings and Subheadings
- Capitalisation
- Punctuation
- Guidelines for Transcribing Numbers
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Summary
Module 06: Data Protection
- Personal Data
- General Data Protection Regulation
- The Key Principles of Data Protection
- Supervisory Authority
- Healthcare Settings and Personal Data
- Key Articles
- Summary
Certification
Following your completion of the Dental Technician course materials, you will be able to take an assignment test to assess your knowledge. You will be able to grab the PDF certificates & transcripts for free after passing the test. Original Hard Copy certificates must be bought separately for an extra £8.
