Online course success

Published On: 18-02-2010

King’s College Hospital Dental Nurse Education & Training Centre has recently developed an online course for dental nurses working towards the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses National Certificate.

The Online Dental Nurse Course was commissioned by the Defence Dental Service to train the civilian dental nurses they employ in British forces bases across Europe and the United Kingdom and has since been extended to include dental nurse working in dental practices outside the DDS. Online provision is required for those who, for whatever reason, are unable to access training via traditional routes and wish to continue their employment as a dental nurse. To provide a viable alternative to traditional teaching methods, the course was developed to meet the quality assurance criteria set out in the NEBDN standards document. This was successfully achieved and provisional accreditation was awarded by NEBDN in 2009. An initial pilot of the programme provided training for six DDS employed civilian dental nurses who successfully completed the course. To date five of the six participants have entered NEBDN National Certificate examination. The results of the examination were received in January 2010, and a 100 per cent pass rate was achieved. This outcome is considered to be a great credit to the programme participants and confirmation that the online programme developed by KCH DNETC may be found to be highly effective. For further information see www.kch.nhs.uk/dnetc/


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