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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Ribble Section

What to expect

Kate Taylor will discuss current strategies for conscious sedation in dentistry and give an overview of ways to improve patient safety in sedation. 

Timings

18:30 Registration and refreshments

19:00 Lecture - Kate Taylor

20:30 End of event

Learning objectives – Level 2

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe current medical issues affecting patients treated with sedation
  • Discuss appropriate assessment of patients for conscious sedation in primary care
  • Be able to identify when advanced sedation is more appropriate and when to refer.

Development outcomes

A, C and D

Meet the speaker

Kate Taylor 180X180 Kate Taylor Chair in Oral Surgery, Programme Lead for MClin Dent Oral Surgery, UCLan

Kate graduated from Sheffield university in 1993 and teaches all aspects of undergraduate and postgraduate Oral Surgery and oral diseases. Kate completed her Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (AACOMS) in the Yorkshire region in 2013 and has expertise in all aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. She has a special interest in managing anxious patients and in the management of medical emergencies in dental practice. She is Chair of the Dental Sedation Teachers’ Group (DSTG) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Kate is a member of the Teaching sub-committee of ABAOMS and is President of the Association of Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and has been co-author of a number of leading publications in undergraduate oral surgery education. She is reviewer for the Journal of Oral Surgery and has published extensively on medical emergency management. Kate was awarded the Lady Estelle Wolfson Fellowship (RCS England) and performs a number of College roles. She is an examiner for Membership in Oral Surgery, ISFE Oral Surgery and MOMS (membership in oral and maxillofacial surgery)

More information 

Please email [email protected] with any dietary requirements.

Download the event flyer as a pdf file here and share it with your colleagues

Would you be interested in getting involved in the Ribble Section?

We are looking for enthusiastic members to join the Ribble Section committee and the North Western Branch Council. A role on the committee is a great way to get involved in the BDA at a local level and to help provide and shape local educational and networking events. It’s also great to have on your CV!

A brief description of the different roles in a committee is available here.

The Section has the support of the centrally-based Local Services team who are on hand to help and advise on any aspect of running the Section and planning events.

If interested, or for more information, please contact Shalini Kanagasingam, Chair of the Ribble Section, on the day, or email us at [email protected]

If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.

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Very engaging speaker, very good lecture

Everything was well organised, concise and understandable

Really informative and well structured

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