Dental Radiography and Radiation Protection
Dental staff in the UK are required by law to be "IRMER Trained". This law applies to everyone involved in taking and/or processing radiographs.
Staff registered with the UK General Dental Council are further recommended to undertake 5 hours of verifiable CPD in radiography / radiation protection during each 5-year CPD cycle.
This Dentaljuce module on Dental Radiography and Radiation Protection enables you to meet your statutory obligations to the law, the GDC, and the CQC. It takes you through the necessary physics and biology, the legal aspects, justification, optimisation, quality assurance, and lots more. The CPD certificate states IRMER & IRR compliance.
This course provides training for the roles of Operator, Practitioner, Referrer, Legal Person, and Radiation Protection Advisor.
Participant Feedback Report: Dental Radiography and Radiation Protection
Participants provided overwhelmingly positive feedback on the "Dental Radiography and Radiation Protection" module, emphasising its comprehensive content, practical relevance, and clear, engaging presentation.
Key Strengths
Participants highlighted several key strengths of this module, including:
- Comprehensive and Detailed Content: The course thoroughly covered all essential aspects of dental radiography and radiation safety, from basic physical principles to practical application and regulatory compliance.
- Clear and Engaging Presentation: Many participants praised the module's ability to make a traditionally complex and dry subject interesting and accessible. The integration of practical examples, clear diagrams, and interactive quizzes was especially valued.
- Relevance to Daily Practice: Dental professionals appreciated the course’s relevance, particularly regarding the practical aspects of radiographic techniques, error identification, and quality control, which they could directly apply to enhance patient care.
Specific Positive Comments
Participants shared numerous positive experiences, including:
- "Excellent modules, very clinical and relevant to everyday practice. Great pictures and clear information. Loved it."
- "A comprehensive review of ionising radiation—extensively researched and presented in an easy-to-understand manner. Really helpful."
- "Absolutely fantastic—made what can be a dull topic very interesting."
- "Best radiography CPD I've ever done."
- "Excellent interactive module, detailed and engaging."
- "Brilliant format, informative and interesting."
- "Really useful and refreshed a lot of forgotten information."
- "Very thorough, no stone unturned."
- "The best IR(ME)R course I have ever completed."
Participants frequently described the module as detailed, thorough, practical, and valuable in refreshing and updating their professional knowledge.
Areas for Improvement
Participants recommended:
- More extensive coverage of digital imaging systems and associated troubleshooting.
- Reducing the content on traditional film processing techniques and errors, which are less relevant to current practice.
Closed-Question Feedback Summary
- Met Learning Objectives: 96% strongly agree/agree
- Good Quality: 92.4% strongly agree/agree
- Useful & Relevant: 93.4% strongly agree/agree
- Engaging: 87.9% strongly agree/agree
- Pitched at Right Level: 90.2% strongly agree/agree
These results reflect high participant satisfaction, clearly endorsing the course's quality, relevance, and value.
Overall Participant Impression
Participants highly recommended the "Dental Radiography and Radiation Protection" module, describing it as a thorough, practical, and engaging learning experience that significantly enhanced their competence and confidence in radiographic practice and safety protocols.
Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to allow learners to develop their professional knowledge, understanding and competence in Radiography and Radiological Protection, in line with their identified personal development requirements. This course provides training for the roles of Operator, Practitioner, Referrer, Legal Person, and Radiation Protection Advisor.
Course objectives
- to provide the learner with the core of knowledge and the understanding necessary to use X-ray equipment and process radiographs competently and safely in the dental practice, in line with the theoretical knowledge requirements of the IRR and IR(ME)R acts and current professional recommendations.
- to provide training for the roles of Operator, Practitioner, Referrer, Legal Person, and Radiation Protection Advisor.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:- have an understanding of the physical principles involved in x-ray generation.
- have an understanding of the biological effects and dangers of x-ray radiation.
- know the relevant rules and regulations that apply to radiography in dental practice.
- understand the importance of Justification, Optimisation, and Quality Control Programmes in ensuring radiation safety.
- meet the IR(ME)R and IRR theoretical knowledge requirements.
- through achieving these outcomes, provide an improved level of service to their patients.
GDC Development Outcomes
This CPD will support the learner in meeting the following GDC Development Outcome(s): A, B, C, D.