Birmingham Metropolitan College Matthew Boulton Campus
Dental Technology Diploma Level 3
Summary: Designed to allow students to develop skills in all aspects of work carried out as a dental technician, with practical elements focusing on materials, techniques and equipment given in onsite laboratories.
Dental Technology Foundation Degree
Summary: The practical work of this course is underpinned with theoretical classes that build confidence. Students learn how to use dental materials but will also understand how to select them and why they are used as part of a dental appliance.
Get into Dental Nursing Traineeship and Get into Dental Technology Traineeship
Summary: Both of these short courses are designed to give an introduction to a career as a dental nurse or technician. The majority of the 12-week course is spent on work experience with an employer but some sessions are based in the College developing English and maths skills.
Next start dates: Most courses begin in September 2015 to coincide with the new academic year but the short courses are flexible, so next start dates should be checked.
Details: http://www.bmetc.ac.uk
Telephone: 0845 155 0101
Email: ask@bmetc.ac.uk
Christine Macleavy Coaching
Extended duties courses for dental nurses
Course dates: 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th November
Details: Course dates and venues: http://www.cmcdentalcpd.co.uk/
University of Birmingham School of Dentistry
BSc Dental Hygiene and Therapy
Summary: A full-time course that takes three years to complete. Run by South Birmingham Primary Care Trust, students are based at Birmingham Dental Hospital and School but also undertake outreach work in clinics across the West Midlands.
Telephone: 0121 237 2802
Email: soh.noble@sbpct.nhs.uk
Warwick Medical School
Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy
Summary: A one-year, part-time diploma based at Warwick Medical School with additional study days at The Leamington Spa Orthodontic Centre and some work place training in an approved orthodontic practice or hospital orthodontic practice. Next start date is August 2015.
Telephone: 02476 151023
Email: s.l.clarke@warwick.ac.uk
Orthodontic Team Training
Summary: Orthodontic Team Training is based in Leamington Spa and offers a wide range of courses for the dental team with various start dates. Please contact for further details.
Casting Study Models
DTQ Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing
DTQ Level 4 Award in Orthodontic Nursing
DTQ Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Orthodontic Nursing
ILM Level 3 Award in Coaching
ILM Level 3 Award in Mentoring
Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Administration
Taking Clinical Photographs
Taking Dental Impressions
Telephone: 01926 881120
Email: info@orthodonticteamtraining.com
If you would like your course or education provider to be included in BDJ Team, please send the details to bdjteam@nature.com (there is no cost involved). BDJ Team will continue to focus on dental education by region of the United Kingdom throughout 2015.
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DCP course directory 2015: The Midlands. BDJ Team 1, 15049 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/bdjteam.2015.49
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