Purpose of tonight Consider the issues and

Purpose of tonight • Consider the issues and what we currently do • Revision about the context and reasons for modernising dental CPD mechanisms • Outline a vision and process to develop strategic and operational plans for change

GDC Registrants in Wales as of Jan 2017 Dentist 1685 Dental Nurse 2065 Dental Hygienist 279 Dental Therapist 123 Dental Technician 253 Clinical Dental Technician Orthodontic Therapist 13 25 TOTAL 4443

Current Support for Dental Professionals in Wales • • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses Core topics In Practice training courses CAPRO audits – NHS dentists funded for up to 15 hours and 5 hours verifiable and 10 hours non-verifiable CPD • • • Maturity Matrix Dentistry (MMD) Personal Development Plan (PDP) National Audit projects – WHTM 01 -05 (NHS dentists funded for 3 hours and awarded 4 hours verifiable CPD) – Antimicrobial prescribing – Smoking cessation • Courses and training for DCPs For more information contact: deanerydental@cardiff. ac. uk 02920 687294

What is the Dental Section's role? • Understand the development needs of the dental professionals we serve • Understand the requirements of the GDC and the needs of the public • Maintain our role as a major CPD provider to NHS in Wales

What did we actually deliver last year? • A total of 836 CPD courses • • 582 courses in practice (3108) 190 courses in PGCs/other (4823) 57 hands-on courses (570) 5 on-line courses (150) A total of 8691 attendances

Delivery statistics? • • 75% of courses deemed as essential 67% of courses are charged for 90% of the courses are clinical Deanery commissions 45% of the courses • Only 2% of courses are cancelled

Dentistry – current key workforce and educational challenges affecting Wales Challenges include: • • Strengthening of Mandatory Year of Dental Foundation (DF) Training; Developing post-DF Dental Core Training; Changes to CPD delivery based on new guidance from GDC and recommendations of the CPD review Analysing the needs for Dental Specialties, including increased training in the primary care sector; Addressing the Skill-mix Agenda for the delivery of oral health care in primary care dentistry. Support for Enhanced practitioner training for DCPs and Dentists Improving the interface UG/PG education for Dentist and DCPs

What are the key issues holding us back/helping us from meeting the challenges Barriers • • • Poor management information Variable delivery of some core activities Variable evaluation of core activities Questionable educational value for some activity Poor integration with other parts of the organisation Cost effectiveness and Vf. M need to be evaluated Helpers • • Enthusiastic and experienced staff COPDEND standards High quality DFT and Speciality training programmes Government and Regulator guidance

Major new factors relating to development and delivery of CPD • GDC regulatory changes • CPD review implementation • Health Education Wales

www. gdc-uk. org CPD new requirements in 20 xx Plan Do Record Reflect

Relevant Recommendations of local CPD review Critical 1. To prioritise the enlargement of project-based or quality improvement centred CPD and to increase collaboration between the leads for these programmes as best practice, evidenced based approaches to CPD. 2. To review the content and recorded learning outcomes of existing activities and events, and to undertake a rationalisation of didactic delivery in particular, which does not fulfil the best-practice principles of CPD. 3. To undertake to provide/facilitate training for in-house CPD trainers and developers. 4. To consider the collaborative delivery of selected CPD activities to multidisciplinary primary care teams.

Process of implementing the review needs to move From input based – – ‘tick-box’ mentality – No evidence of learning or patient benefit – No ability to measure value To output based – – Evidence of outcomes and impacts – Effect on knowledge, behaviour and attitude – Impact on practice/ career/ patients

Health Education Wales • Commences April 2018 • Involves commissioning and planning – All medical and dental education – All other healthcare professions education – BOTH UG and PG

Critical priorities the dental section needs to work on • Review the content and recorded learning outcomes of existing activities and undertake a rationalisation of those that do not fulfil the best-practice principles of CPD. • Enlargement of project-based or quality improvement centred CPD • Undertake to provide/facilitate training for in-house CPD trainers and developers • facilitating individual identification of needs and reflection on development activity

What can we do that is different? • • • Multi disciplinary events Online commitments Study clubs Action learning sets Blended learning Integrated audits

Evolution not Revolution • Development of an action plan – what are we going to deliver – When and how we implement change • Course booking system • Development of learning programme • Development of in house training for CPD tutors and developers