**Overview** This course is for those with overseas dental qualifications who have been recommended to study local anaesthesia by the GDC. If you're looking to broaden your dental skills, this Local Dental Anaesthesia short course will help you to specialise in the field. You'll learn how to safely deliver local anaesthetic to patients, and reflect on working in a primary care environment in the UK. Learning on this course includes clinical activity and the provision of care to patients within the Dental Academy. As well as providing specialist skills in the application of local anaesthetic in a dental setting, completion of this course will help you to achieve the GDC learning outcomes for registration as a Dental Hygienist in the UK, enabling you to register with the General Dental Council (GDC) and move into employment. **Course details** Structure: - Mode of study: on site, part time - Duration: 12 weeks - Start and end dates: Starts September - Cost: £3,715.00 **What you'll experience** On this short course you'll: - Develop an awareness of drugs and therapeutics commonly used in medicine and dentistry - Get an understanding of the safe practices associated with the provision of oral local anaesthesia - Critically reflect on your own practice within the UK healthcare setting - Build upon your existing knowledge of local oral anatomy and physiology to ensure safe working practices Our Dental Academy is a training ground for undergraduate King’s College London Dental Institute students as well as you and others on your course. So with dental care professionals and undergraduate dentists under the same roof, you’ll get a feel of what it’s like to be part of a dental team working within a primary dental care setting. **What's included** On this short course you'll make us of our extensive dental academy facilities, including: - 2 clinics (44 dental treatment bays) - 2 individual surgeries - a phantom head room - decontamination suite - radiography suite - four radiography booths

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Assessment consists of an unseen written exam and completion of a logbook will detail the successful completion of the relevant GDC identified competences.

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Year 1

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An existing Dental Hygiene qualification from a country outside of the UK. The documented GDC learning outcome requirements following the GDC Dental Care Professional assessment. All applicants will need to attend an interview. Applicants must pass Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Occupational Health checks before starting the course. If you are a UK Dental Hygienist who requires a return to practice course, please contact us directly for details.

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Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
PTE Academic	68.0	An overall score of 68 with a minimum of 61 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)	100.0	100 with a minimum of 24 in Reading, 23 in Listening, 25 in Speaking and 24 in Writing
Cambridge English Advanced		Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 185 with no component score less than 176.
Cambridge English Proficiency		Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 185 with no component score less than 176.
Trinity ISE		Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components
IELTS (Academic)	7.0	English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 7.0 with no component score below 6.5.

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**Undergraduate fees for 2022 entry will be available shortly.** For further fee information please visit https://www.port.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-fees-and-student-finance

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