14/04/2026 – What Can Your Pharmacy Do For You?

Course Information

Completion Time: 1 Hour

Venue: Online via zoom

Speakers: Aaron Courtenay

Course Description

This insightful teaching session is crucial for all dental professionals who wish to maximize the potential of their local pharmacy. Attendees will discover the vast array of services that pharmacies can provide beyond just dispensing medication, including wellness programs, patient education, and preventative care. This session will empower healthcare workers to utilize pharmacies as a significant ally in patient care.

Course Aims

• To provide information for dentistry in relation to, services available to patients from community pharmacies

Course Objectives

At the end of this session delegates should be able to:

• Outline community pharmacy services such as: Pharmacy First Minor ailment scheme Medication Use Review Smoking Cessation Scheme
• Identify what over-the counter medicines are and outline the indications for use
• Highlight safety concerns, namely: cautions, contraindications, interaction profile and abuse/misuse potential
• Appreciate the evidence base (evidence of effectiveness)

Course Learning Content

 This training session is intended to create an awareness and understanding of the role of community pharmacists and how/when dental professionals may signpost patients to a community pharmacy. It is also intended to increase awareness about over-the-counter medicines in a dental context, thereby helping to ensure safe and effective recommendations of such medicines to the public by the dental team.

GDC Development Outcomes

• C

Resources

Dietary Requirements

Please advise the Dental Continuing Education Team dentalcourses.nimdta@hscni.net if you have any dietary requirements.

 

Dentist/DCP/Other ticket

£5.00

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