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24/09/2025 – Simulation Session Week 1 and Looking after Your Mental Health – Scheme 1
Posted in Foundation Dentist Training
Tagged Foundation Dentist
Course Information
Date: 24/09/2025
Time: 10:00-17:00
Completion Time: 6 Hours
Venue: NIMDTA, 42 Beechill Road, Belfast, BT8 7RL
Speakers: Nicky Shanks, NIMDTA and Kiri McLaughlin, Mindful MessagesNI
Course Description
Simulation Session Week 1 and Looking after Your Mental Health
Simulation Training Week 1 – Manual Dexterity Training
Aims
- To learn how the Simodont Trainer works.
- Improve manual dexterity skills.
- Refresh knowledge of dental anatomy.
Learning Objectives
- To have an understanding of the role of the Simodont unit for DFT.
- To gain confidence in using the Simodont unit for practicing clinical skills.
- To ensure a sound knowledge of dental anatomy.
Learning Content
Manual dexterity training using the Simodont dental training unit.
Looking After Your Mental Health
Aim
The aim of this interactive session is to give participants the opportunity to explore their mental health.
Objectives
At the end of the session participants should be able to:
- Describe what mental health is.
- Discuss what affects our mental health.
- Identify common mental illnesses.
- Identify & implement their own wellness toolbox
- Identify supports available.
Learning Outcomes
This interactive session will give Foundation Dentists the opportunity to explore their stresses and strains as well as create and implement their own wellness toolbox. This is an interactive session that will include some movement, groupwork and meditation.