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Conscious Sedation in Dentistry, PG Cert, Newcastle University

the United Kingdom

Newcastle University

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About Conscious Sedation in Dentistry, PG Cert - at Newcastle University

This course gives you the knowledge and skills necessary to use intravenous and inhalational sedation techniques on a wide range of anxious patients, including adults and children.

About this course

The Conscious Sedation in Dentistry PGCert aims to provide you with:

  • a systematic understanding of the theoretical principles which underpin conscious sedation in dentistry and the care of patients undergoing sedation
  • a comprehensive practical understanding of clinical skills in intravenous and inhalational sedation techniques, as applicable to UK practice in dentistry

The programme is one of the few in the UK that provides dentists with Level 7 PG Certificate training in sedation. We provide students with hands-on clinical training and provide the key knowledge base and skills in conscious sedation required to safely practice conscious sedation as an independent practitioner.

Quality and Ranking

We rank in the top 50 for Dentistry - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.

Delivery

This one-year part-time course consists of 4 didactic days of lectures and seminars, plus 15 supervised clinical attachment sessions.

Didactic and clinical teaching is spaced evenly over a full academic year. The first study day will take place on Wednesday 13 October 2021.

Facilities

Our facilities include:

  • a cone beam CT scanner and implant planning software. This is used for patients treated on our implant programmes
  • in-house production laboratories providing excellent learning opportunities around clinician-technician communication
  • excellent library and computing facilities on-site
  • research laboratories in Oral Biology, Anthropology and Dental Materials Science
  • a dedicated clinical research facility. It offers clinical training and research opportunities of the highest international standard

Find out about our dental facilities 

Notes about fees for this course

See Fees and Funding tab in the Programme information in our online Prospectus.

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/degrees/conscious-sedation-in-dentistry-pgcert/#fees&funding

Entry requirements

Academic entry requirements

  • Primary dental qualification – BDS or equivalent
  • Full registration as a dentist with the UK General Dental Council
  • Professional Indemnity Certificate
  • Evidence (certificates) of successfully completed ILS and PILS courses within the previous 24 months (i.e. between September 2020 - August 2022) is necessary for entry in September 2022

English Language Requirements

Direct Entry: IELTS 7.0 overall (with a minimum of 7.0 in all sub-skills).

Pre-sessional English Language courses are not accepted as an alternative entry to this course.

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