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Section 7: GDC Preparing for Practice
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Welcome to our ' Professionalism: Ethical and Legal Aspects' course, designed to precisely align with Section 7 of the GDC's 'Preparing for Practice' document.
This course is specifically intended for dentists, dental professionals, and students seeking to join the UK GDC register. It focuses on the critical ethical and legal principles required to meet the GDC's outcomes, ensuring that dental practice is conducted with the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, and patient safety.
This course highlights the importance of understanding and applying ethical and legal responsibilities in dental practice. Key topics include informed consent, patient confidentiality, data protection, and the management of professional boundaries and conflicts of interest.
You will gain insights into how to navigate complex ethical dilemmas, apply ethical decision-making frameworks, and maintain transparency and candour when things go wrong. The course also explores the essential ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice, ensuring that patient care is consistently prioritised.
Upon completion, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to uphold the highest standards of ethical and legal practice in dentistry, fully preparing you for GDC registration and ensuring that your practice meets the expectations of patients and regulatory bodies alike.
GDC Publication: Preparing for practice: Dental team learning outcomes for registration.
It is a GDC requirement that, to be on the UK Dental Register, the following Professionalism outcomes are met:
Section 7: Professionalism: Ethical and Legal Aspects
Upon registration with the GDC the registrant will be able to demonstrate the outcomes as relevant to the practice of dentistry and patient care.
- 7.1 Be familiar with and act within the GDC’s standards and within other professionally relevant laws, ethical guidance and systems
- 7.2 Recognise and act upon the legal and ethical responsibilities involved in protecting and promoting the health of individual patients
- 7.3 Act without discrimination and show respect for patients, colleagues and peers and the general public
- 7.4 Recognise the importance of candour and effective communication with patients when things go wrong, knowing how and where to report any patient safety issues which arise
- 7.5 Take responsibility for and act to raise concerns about your own or others’ health, behaviour or professional performance as described in Standards for the Dental Team, Principle 8, Raise concerns if patients are at risk
This course is designed to precisely meet these outcomes and will be invaluable to those seeking to join or rejoin the UK Dental Register, as well as those looking to enhance their Professionalism skills when interacting with patients, their representatives, and the public in dental practice.
If you're not yet a member of Dentaljuce, we highly recommend you to join and gain access to this comprehensive course.
This course, along with over 100 other CPD courses, is available for a single membership payment.
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Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to enable learners to apply ethical and legal principles in their dental practice, ensuring patient care is delivered with the highest standards of professionalism and compliance with GDC guidelines.
Course objective
- to meet the requirements of Section 7 of the GDC document 'Preparing for Practice'.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:
- 7.1 Be familiar with and act within the GDC’s standards and within other professionally relevant laws, ethical guidance and systems
- 7.2 Recognise and act upon the legal and ethical responsibilities involved in protecting and promoting the health of individual patients
- 7.3 Act without discrimination and show respect for patients, colleagues and peers and the general public
- 7.4 Recognise the importance of candour and effective communication with patients when things go wrong, knowing how and where to report any patient safety issues which arise
- 7.5 Take responsibility for and act to raise concerns about your own or others’ health, behaviour or professional performance as described in Standards for the Dental Team, Principle 8, Raise concerns if patients are at risk
GDC Development Outcomes
This CPD will support the learner in meeting the following GDC Development Outcome(s): A, B, D.
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