A Practical Approach to Navigating the Dento-Legal Environment

This course is designed to resolve that for participants by drawing on the presenter's experience and distilling, in a single day, the most important considerations for dental practitioners regarding dental records, consent and complaint management. Being aware of our obligations and how to meet them, as well as identifying the strategies and tools to minimise risk, are key to a satisfying professional career.

This is a full day lecure course to clear up any confusion, be reassured by what you are already doing well and learn what needs to be done to address any areas requiring your attention.

Learning Objectives

• Experiencing a varied combination of lectures, case examples and video presentations, course participants will gain an understanding of: 
• The legal and statutory environments applicable to dental practise
• How to satisfy the expectations of the regulators regarding dental records by complying with the Health Records good practice principles of the AHPRA Code of Conduct
• How to meet obligations with respect to privacy, confidentiality and security, as well as how to respond appropriately to requests for dental records
• Considerations around the consent process - getting the terminology right, patient autonomy, capacity, documentation, the consequences of proceeding without consent
• Why people complain, strategies to put in place to reduce risk, how to manage the dissatisfied patient, dealing effectively with the dilemma of ceasing to treat

Other Information

The ADA NSW New Graduate Residency is a comprehensive program consisting of lectures, hands-on courses, and webinars. The ADA NSW New Graduate Residency series is only available to ADA NSW Members who are categorised as New Graduates - 1st Year graduates or 2nd year graduates prior to 31 July 2022.  Click here to review all of the New Graduate Residency courses and dates.