P127 Creating a Positive Patient Safety Culture in Dentistry

About This Course

There is a culture of fear and anxiety that affects many clinicians in dental settings. This can lead to defensive dentistry and a significant level of cognitive dissonance that can affect all members of the dental team.

This recorded webinar shares an overview of Project Sphere, a project led by Jason Wong (Deputy Chief Dental Officer for England) and run by Jyoti Sumel (Dental Therapist and Health Education England Dental Clinical Leadership Fellow) involving a group of key stakeholders including regulators of dentistry.

The aim of this group is to initiate steps to move away from the current blame culture into a positive and fair learning culture within dental settings. This recorded webinar discusses the group's work in patient safety in primary care, as well as information from experts in patient safety.

Aims

This course aims to provide learners with knowledge and understanding of Project Sphere and how it aims to create a positive patient safety culture in dentistry.

Objectives

• Review the current recording mechanism to create an appropriately supported infrastructure for recording Patient Safety Events in Dentistry and what templates have been produced to enhance learning from patient safety events.
• Learn about how to encourage recording as well as improving practitioner support.
• Learn how project Sphere have engaged with indemnity providers.
• Learn how project sphere proposes to improve sharing of safety events and promoting a duty of candour.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this recorded webinar you will understand Project Sphere and how it aims to create a positive patient safety culture in dentistry.

GDC Development Outcomes