Course Information
Date: 05/05/2026
Start Time: 10:00 – 17:00
Completion Time: 6 Hours
Venue: Spinning Room, Mossley Mill, 19 Carnmoney Rd North, Newtownabbey, BT36 5QA
Speakers: Professor Tim Newtown
Course Aims
To provide attendees with knowledge of and skills in the management of patients in General Dental Practice based on psychological principles.
Course Objectives
- A knowledge of approaches to managing anxiety about attending the dentist.
- A knowledge of the key components of dentist-patient communication.
- An understanding of the importance of dentist-patient communication in determining patient outcomes.
- An understanding of techniques for enhancing patient compliance with health related advice.
- A knowledge of the sources and consequences of stress in dental practice.
- A knowledge of techniques to manage the experience of stress in dental practice.
- Undertaken an assessment of their own levels of stress.
- Devised a personal plan for incorporating this knowledge into their practice.