Or, if you already have a STAC approved supervisor or enrolled on a university or deanery run training scheme...

What does the SAS Scheme include?

• STAC accredited course
  
  
• Online written assessment
  
  
• Documents for recording your supervised clinical experience
  
  
• Optional attendance of four complimentary case based discussion webinars
  
  
• Advice and support
  
  
• Certificate of completion

The SAS scheme is accredited by IACSD / Sedation Training Accreditation Committee (STAC), RCSEng and includes approval of your supervisor, verification of your Clinical Logbook, Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) forms and the SAS Practice Checklist.

Successful practitioners will receive a SAAD certificate confirming ‘SAAD Assessed Sedationist’ status which will enable you to practise independently.

The registration deadline is four weeks after attending the SAAD National Course. There will be a presentation about the scheme on the course weekend.

What are the stages of the SAS scheme?

• Registration for the SAS scheme, nomination of a clinical supervisor and payment of the course fee, followed by acceptance on to the SAS scheme and approval of the clinical supervisor
  
  
• Attendance of the SAAD National Course, followed by successful completion of the online written assessment
  
  
• Completion of 20 IV and/or 10 IS cases under supervision. For half of these cases you will need to provide the dental treatment as well as the sedation.
  
  
• Optional attendance of four complimentary webinars
  
  
• Submission of your portfolio (logbook(s), DOPs, Practice Evaluation Checklist(s) and Document Submission Checklist) to SAAD. Moderation of submitted documents by the SAAD Training Board. Satisfactory completion is confirmed and you become a SAAD Assessed Sedationist able to provide sedation independently in accordance with the IACSD Standards (2020)
  
  
• Once your documents have been moderated and approved you will receive a certificate to confirm that you have completed your sedation training in accordance with the IACSD Standards. This will mean that you can then provide sedation independently.

Who can be my supervisor?

You will need to nominate a supervisor to supervise your clinical experience. A suitable supervisor is someone who has a dental sedation qualification or is an experienced dental sedationist, and is providing dental sedation on a regular basis.

DOWNLOAD A SUPERVISOR NOMINATION FORM

It is possible to nominate more than one supervisor, and to complete your supervised experience at more than one location. You can use the Supervisor Nomination Form to submit the details throughout the scheme.

What is a supervised clinical experience?

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

For IVS

20 IV sedations where you have not only administered the sedation drug/s but also been responsible for the care of the patient from induction to discharge. Note that for at least 10 of those cases you must also have provided the dental treatment.

For IS

10 inhalational sedations where you have not only administered the sedation but also been responsible for the care of the the patient from induction to discharge. Note that for at least 5 of those cases you must also have provided the dental treatment.

Once your written assessment has been moderated 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)

How long do I have to complete the scheme?

Your documents must be submitted to SAAD for moderation within 12 months of attending the SAAD National Course.