Designed to smile in-practice

Designed to Smile in Practice is a new e-learning module developed by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) for dental teams in Wales.

The course guides dental professionals through an online quality improvement (QI) project to embed evidence based preventative care and advice for children aged 0-6 in their practice.

How is the course structured?

Designed to Smile in Practice consists of nine sessions. These sessions cover a variety of topics including:

a recap of the latest evidence-based guidelines regarding preventive care and advice for young children
an insight into Designed to Smile activities in your area
how to identify opportunities for improvement within your practice with regard to dental care for children aged six and under
how to undertake tests of change with regard to preventive care and advice for children aged six and under
how to evaluate whether changes you’ve tested have been successful.

Who can enroll to take part in Designed to Smile in Practice?

Designed to Smile in Practice is suitable for all General Dental Council (GDC)-registered members of the dental team. We would particularly like to encourage dental care professionals (dental hygienists, dental therapists and dental nurses) to consider enrolling to take part.

What are the benefits of taking part?

Verifiable Continuing Professional Development – Completion of this course meets the GDC’s educational criteria for 5 hours of verifiable continuous personal development (CPD)
Improve Preventive Care – Improve the quality of preventive care and advice provided to young children attending your dental clinic

How to Enrol

Please note each registrant must complete the Foundations in Improvement module or already have completed the Bronze IQT before enrolling on to this course. To access Foundations in Improvement via Y Ty Dysgu please follow this link Courses - Ytydysgu Heiw

To enrol on to this course please follow this link https://forms.office.com/e/bgDgYQgBzR to complete and submit the registration form.

If you have any queries please contact HEIW.D2S@WALES.NHS.UK