This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the principles of patient confidentiality and how to apply them in dental practice, as required bt GDC Standard 4.2, essential for building trust and compliance with legal standards.
Maintaining confidentiality is vital for patient trust, professional reputation, and legal compliance. This course equips dental professionals to uphold high standards of confidentiality and manage patient information responsibly.
Key topics covered include:
Foundation principles of patient confidentiality, including recognition of different types of confidential information and understanding exceptions for disclosure.
The importance of ensuring team compliance with confidentiality protocols in practice.
Challenges posed by digital communication and social media, and strategies for safeguarding patient information.
Effective management of patient conversations and disclosures to protect confidentiality.
Ethical and legal considerations for sharing and using patient information, including obtaining informed consent.
Responsibilities surrounding the confidentiality of deceased patients and handling their records with respect.
Dental teams will enhance their capabilities to manage patient data with integrity and adhere to the General Dental Council (GDC) standards.
Member Feedback on Patient Records: Confidentiality. GDC 4.2
Extremely valuable course for understanding the importance of patient confidentiality.
Practical insights into managing a team's approach to data protection.
Clear guidelines on how digital communication should be handled.
A must-have module for maintaining trust in a modern dental practice.
Highly informative and essential for compliance with legal standards.
Your Professional Development Plan: Regulatory authorities recommend that CPD/CE is undertaken based on learning needs that you have identified and entered into your PDP. Some authorities may not accept your CPD as verifiable unless it has been identified in the PDP before you undertake it.
Here is an example, using the GDC's recommended format, for a PDP entry for this course.
PDP Learning or Maintenance need
Comprehensive understanding and application of patient confidentiality principles in dental practice.
How does this relate to my field of practice?
Ensures trust, professional reputation, and legal compliance in dental practice.
Which GDC development outcome(s) does it link to?
A B D
What benefit will this have to my work?
By enhancing my knowledge and skills in patient confidentiality, I can:
Foster patient trust through robust confidentiality practices.
Ensure compliance with legal standards like GDPR and Data Protection Act.
Lead by example in maintaining confidentiality within the dental team.
Use digital tools responsibly to protect patient information.
Effectively manage patient information sharing through informed consent.
How will I meet this learning or maintenance need?
I aim to complete the 'Patient Records: Confidentiality' module on Dentaljuce, focusing on legal standards, team compliance, and digital communication protocols. I will also engage in discussions and audits to ensure the application of best practices.
When will I complete this by?
2025
PDP Learning or Maintenance need
Effective application of confidentiality principles in dental practice.
How does this relate to my field of practice?
Critical for trust and legal compliance.
Which GDC development outcome(s) does it link to?
A B D
What benefit will this have to my work?
Foster trust, ensure legal compliance, and maintain professional standards.
How will I meet this learning or maintenance need?
Complete 'Patient Records: Confidentiality' course on Dentaljuce and participate in team training sessions.
When will I complete this by?
2025
Patient Records: Confidentiality. GDC 4.2
This online learning course has clear and concise aims, objectives and anticipated outcomes, listed below. These will appear on the Dentaljuce Enhanced CPD Certificate, along with the time spent, dates, and detailed topics you studied within the module. Certificates can be printed at any time, covering any range of dates. Dentaljuce CPD complies with the UK GDC's requirements for enhanced verifiable continuing professional development.
Aim:
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to enable learners to uphold patient confidentiality principles effectively in their dental practice in line with GDC Standard 4.2.
Objective:
to update dental professionals with current best practice in maintaining patient confidentiality.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will:
Understand the foundational principles of patient confidentiality.
Recognise and manage team compliance with confidentiality protocols.
Navigate digital and social media boundaries to protect patient information.
Conduct patient communications and disclosures responsibly.
Use patient information ethically and legally with informed consent.
Respect confidentiality posthumously, handling deceased patient data with care.
GDC Outcomes: A,B,D
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Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to enable learners to uphold patient confidentiality principles effectively in their dental practice in line with GDC Standard 4.2.
Course objective
to update dental professionals with current best practice in maintaining patient confidentiality.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
Understand the foundational principles of patient confidentiality.
Recognise and manage team compliance with confidentiality protocols.
Navigate digital and social media boundaries to protect patient information.
Conduct patient communications and disclosures responsibly.
Use patient information ethically and legally with informed consent.
Respect confidentiality posthumously, handling deceased patient data with care.
GDC Development Outcomes
This CPD will support the learner in meeting the following GDC Development Outcome(s): A, B, D.
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