Generic Communication Skills
Section 5: GDC Preparing for Practice
Communication in Dental Practice focuses on developing the essential communication skills required for effective and ethical dental care. This course covers the full spectrum of communication methods—including verbal, written, and electronic—within the context of dental practice.
UK dental professionals are required to master these communication skills to ensure clear, accurate, and sensitive interactions with patients and other healthcare providers.
This course also emphasises the importance of maintaining comprehensive and contemporaneous patient records, understanding and applying principles of information governance, and using appropriate technologies to support clinical practice.
GDC Publication: Preparing for practice: Dental team learning outcomes for registration.
It is a GDC requirement that, to be on the UK Dental Register, the following Communication outcomes are met:
Section 5: Generic Communication Skills
Upon registration with the GDC, the registrant will be able to demonstrate the outcomes as relevant to the practice of dentistry and patient care:
- 5.1 Communicate effectively and sensitively by spoken, written, and electronic methods and maintain and develop these skills.
- 5.2 Use appropriate methods to provide accurate, clear, and comprehensive information when referring patients to other dental and healthcare professionals.
- 5.3 Explain the importance of and maintain contemporaneous, complete, and accurate patient records in accordance with legal requirements and best practice.
- 5.4 Recognise the use of a range of communication methods and technologies and their appropriate application in support of clinical practice.
- 5.5 Recognise and act within the principles of information governance.
This course is designed to exactly meet these outcomes and will be invaluable to those seeking to join or rejoin the UK Dental Register, as well as those looking to enhance their communication skills in dental practice.
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Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to allow learners to demonstrate they have undertaken appropriate training in generic communication skills.
Course objective
- To meet the requirements of the GDC publication 'Preparing for practice': section 5.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:- Communicate effectively and sensitively by spoken, written, and electronic methods and maintain and develop these skills.
- Use appropriate methods to provide accurate, clear, and comprehensive information when referring patients to other dental and healthcare professionals.
- Explain the importance of and maintain contemporaneous, complete, and accurate patient records in accordance with legal requirements and best practice.
- Recognise the use of a range of communication methods and technologies and their appropriate application in support of clinical practice.
- Recognise and act within the principles of information governance.
GDC Development Outcomes
This CPD will support the learner in meeting the following GDC Development Outcome(s): A, B, D.