Date & time Thursday 4 April 2013, 18:30 to 21:00

Lecturer Ms Josie Hastings

Description This workshop has been developed around the Deanery’s Appraisal Procedure for Dental Nurses, Receptionists and Practice Managers. It aims to familiarise Appraisers with the Procedure and work through the skills required to carry out effective appraisals. It will be very participative.

Target Audience Mandatory: Dentist, or Practice Manager

Venue Coventry Postgrad Centre

Core topic Not a core topic

CPD hours 2:00

Aims

This workshop has been developed around the Deanery’s Appraisal Procedure for Dental Nurses, Receptionists and Practice Managers. It aims to familiarise Appraisers with the Procedure and work through the skills required to carry out effective appraisals. It will be very participative.

Objectives By the end of the workshop, attendees will:
 
    •    Be familiar with the West Midlands Workforce Deanery’s Appraisal Procedure for staff
    •    Be clear as to what paperwork needs to be completed and evidence provided, to fulfil the appraisal requirements
    •    Have examined the skills required to carry out appraisals
    •    Explored techniques for gaining more information from the appraisal meeting
    •    Practised the skills required to carry out appraisals by appraising a colleague during the workshop.

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Subject Clinical governance, audit and research

Description A course to review audits in practice.

Lecturers Andrew Cole

Aims and Objectives

• Review of Self- Audits in Practice in light of CQC Requirements
• Workshop to design an audit
• Review of Self-Audits for Record Keeping by Worcestershire and Birmingham Dentists
• Understand Clinical Governance issues raised by poor record keeping
• Information governance.