Supervised Clinical Experience

Throughout the SASN scheme you will have email support and guidance for SAAD's SASN scheme co-ordinator, Emma Lee.

You can complete your supervised experience for one, or both techniques.

For IVS

20 IV sedations where you have assisted with the provision of the sedation

For IS

10 inhalation sedations where you have assisted with the provision of the sedation

Once you have been accepted onto the SASN scheme you will receive a link to the documents that you will need to complete during your supervised clinical experience. These are

• Logbook for each technique
• DOPS form for each case
• Practice Checklist
• Document Submission checklist (to be completed by your supervisor)

Submission deadlines and final assessment

Your documents must be submitted for moderation is six weeks prior to your final assessments date. The date of your final assessments is 12 months after you attend the SAAD National Course, however it is possible to sit the final assessment at an earlier date once you complete your supervised clinical experience.

The final assessments take place on the Saturday morning of one of the SAAD National Course weekends, and is at the same venue you attend for the National Course. The assessments are a practical assessment and a written paper. The written paper is in the form of single best answer questions.

Certification

Once you pass the final assessments you will receive a certificate and a 'SAAD Assessed' badge to confirm that you have completed your sedation training in accordance with the IACSD Standards. This will mean that you can then assist with the provision of sedation independently.

REGISTER HERE for the SASN scheme

Register here for the SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme

Any Questions?

Contact fiona@saad.org.uk 01302 846 149

IACSD

‘Standards for Conscious Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care’ (April 2015)

Following publication of the IACSD standards in April 2015, dentists, doctors, dental hygienists/therapists and dental nurses who have no previous experience in conscious sedation for dentistry must now undertake appropriate training before commencing independent clinical practice.

All training programmes for ‘new starters’ must include supervised clinical experience and have external validation. UK university-based courses and those run by Postgraduate Deaneries are deemed to be compliant. Other courses leading to independent (i.e. unsupervised) practice, including those run by private providers, must be accredited by the Sedation Training and Accreditation Committee (STAC) of IACSD.

The IACSD Standards state that practitioners offering supervised clinical experience in conscious sedation must now be accredited by a university, deanery or IACSD (p34, 86).

Terms and Conditions

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