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IN PERSON EVENT hosted by the Stockport and Mid Cheshire Section 

What to expect

Join us for an evening lecture with speaker Shafia Sabir on sedation in general dental practice.
The lecture will focus on:

  • Understand CQC requirements for IV sedation in general practice 
  • Describe what extra equipment is required when performing IV sedation including monitoring equipment and medical emergency equipment 
  • Discuss the basic concepts of cannulation 
  • Determine when a patient is adequately sedated 

Timings

18:15 Registration 

19:00 Lecture and Q&A - Shafia Sabir

20:30 Dinner and networking opportunities

Learning objectives

  • Recognise what constitutes an adequate referral for IV sedation 
  • Explaining the pharmacology  of single drug IV midazolam and how patient factors can affect this 
  • Understand which patients are suitable for IV sedation in general practice 
  • Recognise how the use of a mobile sedationist can improve a patient's treatment journey and keep referrals in house 
  • Gain an understanding in how patients are triaged once they have been referred 

Development outcomes

A, C

Meet the speaker

Shafia Sabir 250X260 Shafia Sabir Speciality Dentist

Dr Shafia Sabir is a dentist with a Specialist Interest in Oral Surgery who works in a tier 2 referral practice. Her everyday practice includes extracting complexly impacted teeth and treating patients with heightened dental anxiety under IV sedation. She has been treating patients under IV sedation for nearly a decade and has recently started to offer mobile sedation services to practices.

Shafia is also an IACDS accredited sedation trainer and has trained both dentists and dental nurses to become independent sedation practitioners. She has also just recently completed a Postgraduate certificate in Teaching and Learning in clinical practice. 

More information

Please email [email protected] with any dietary requirements.

Would you be interested in getting involved in the Stockport and Mid Cheshire Section?

We are looking for enthusiastic members to join the Stockport and Mid Cheshire Section committee. 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 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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One of the best courses I've been on in a while

Practical and useful course presented in an accessible way

Presenter was extremely entertaining and educational picked up some great techniques