Welcome to the SAAD National Course Practical Elements!
Whether you are attending the SAAD course as a refresher, or if you are new to sedation and about to embark on your supervised clinical experience, the focus of our courses is to ensure that all members of the clinical team are able to deliver safe and effective conscious sedation for their patients who require it.
We request that you do not make video or audio recordings of the course.
Please click on the headings below to access further information.
Venue
Venue:
Graduate Centre
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
Please click on the map above to enlarge.
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Please click here for further information about the venue including travel information.
Parking is only available for blue badge holders.
It is recommended that delegates enter campus via Bancroft Road and walk towards the Graduate Square. Entrance to the Graduate Centre is opposite the square.
Mile end and Stepney Green Tube are both a 5-10 minute walk from campus.
Street parking is available for delegates unable to park onsite, please see https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/transport_and_streets/Parking/parking_zones_and_charges/Parking_zones.aspx for more information.
Contact
The contact on the day of the course will be Toni Richman, 07719 701 522 (please note that this is a temporary number and cannot be used after the course.)
Registration
Registration will take place in the foyer where refreshments will be available.
We are using remote sign-in instead of a paper register, the link to sign in is below and the password will be available in the foyer. Members of the SAAD Faculty will be there to welcome you and to assist with signing in if necessary.
The link is www.saad.org.uk/signin
You will need to sign in using the password provided to ensure that you receive your attendance certificate.
There will be photographs taken during the course weekend that may be used in the SAAD Digest & Newsletters, on the SAAD website or on social media. If you would prefer that we did not use any photographs in which you appear please make yourself known to the photographer, or to Toni Richman (Registration).
Programme
To print the programme please click on the image before printing
SAAD reserves the right to make changes to this programme.
Mentimeter - for use during the quiz
We will be using ‘Mentimeter’ (www.mentimeter.com) during the course weekend, and so please ensure that your smart phone is fully charged!
Course Handbook (& CBT Manual)
Meet the SAAD Faculty!
Please take the opportunity to approach any member of the SAAD Faculty with any sedation related questions!
Dr Carole Boyle
SAAD Course Director, Past President & Honorary Life Member
Carole is a Consultant for Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s, and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. Her particular interests are using sedation for people who require special care, teaching sedation both to undergraduates and postgraduates and providing dental care under general anaesthesia. She is a member of Dental Council at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Dr Leah Adams
Sedation Lead, CDS Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Leah is a Senior Dental Officer and Sedation Lead within the Community Dental Service in Gloucestershire. Prior to this she was a GDP and sedation lead in a private sedation practice and gained her MSc in Conscious Sedation from Cardiff University. Leah has a special interest in treating anxious children and adults and providing conscious sedation, as well as teaching sedation and mentoring dentists, therapists and nurses.
Dr Jennifer Hare
Consultant Health Psychologist. KCL Dental Institute
Jen leads the Dental Psychology Service at Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust; providing input for individuals with dental phobia, oro-facial pain and orthognathic surgical assessments.
Mrs Mary Hicks
Resuscitation Council Instructor, Adult and Paediatric Advanced Life Support.
Mary is an experienced registered nurse with an ED background and has been a Resuscitation Officer for over 20 years working within the NHS. Mary is a Resuscitation Council instructor in both adult and paediatric Advanced Life Support Courses. She has a keen interest in education and has a PgDip in Education.
Mrs Emma Lee
SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme Co-ordinator
Emma has been a member of the SAAD teaching faculty since 1998 and taught for many years in the department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s Hospital. She is currently the Head of Learning & Development for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust.
Dr Yi Loo
SAAD President. Deputy Sedation Lead, Paediatric Dental Department at King’s College Dental Institute & SAAD Trustee
Yi is Deputy Sedation Lead in the Paediatric Department at King’s College Dental Institute. Her role includes provision of advanced sedation and teaching dental undergraduates. She completed the Diploma in Conscious Sedation at Newcastle University and has a background as a GDP providing advanced adult and paediatric sedation, as part of an experienced multidisciplinary team. Yi is a Paediatric Specialty Registrar based at King’s College Dental Institute and Kent Community Health Foundation Trust.
Dr Najla Nizarali
Consultant in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT KCL
Najla is a consultant in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guys and St Thomas' Hospital and an honorary senior lecturer for Kings College London. She is also the Conscious Sedation Lead for Guys, St Thomas’, Harefield and Brompton hospitals. Najla provides training in conscious sedation to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and carries out procedures both as operator-sedationist and as a peripatetic sedationist. She has a special interest in education relating to Special Care Dentistry and provision of dental services to haematology patients and other patients requiring special care dentistry, using sedation techniques as appropriate.
Mr Anthony McKay
Senior Resuscitation Officer at GSTT
Anthony has a wealth of experience attending emergencies and teaches undergraduate dental students. He is an ALS, APLS, NLS and Generic Resuscitation Instructor with a keen interest in non-technical skills. He has a Masters in Quality and Safety in Healthcare evaluating resuscitation teams.
Dr Dave Pearson
Consultant Oral Surgeon
Dave is Dental Divisional Medical Director for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT and a Consultant Oral Surgeon based at Birmingham Dental Hospital. He lectures in oral surgery / sedation and works closely with the University of Birmingham. He has a special interest in the dental management of oncology patients pre/post radiotherapy utilising IS and IV sedation.
Mrs Toni Richman
Course Administrator
Toni has for many years assisted and demonstrated on the techniques of Conscious Dental Sedation. She has presented at numerous post graduate courses within the UK and Ireland. She is a Practice Manager in Billingshurst, West Sussex.
Dr Laleh Sharifian
Peripatetic Sedationist
Laleh has been a GDP for over 20 years and has provided IV Sedation in primary care during this time. She is now a full time peripatetic sedation dentist; offering IV Sedation in the South-East of UK for dental practices. Laleh is also a clinical supervisor on the SAAD Assessed Sedationist (SAS) scheme and runs ILS courses and sedation lectures and CPD for the sedation team.
Your attendance certificate
Attendance certificate
After the course you will receive an email with a link to the online evaluation feedback form. Once you have submitted your feedback your attendance certificate will download.
Please ensure that you complete the evaluation and download your certificate before Wednesday 25 June.
Email contact@saad.org.uk with any questions.
IACSD Standards
The current guidance for the provision of conscious sedation for dentistry...
Training for New Starters - the next stage
New to sedation?
Then the SAAD schemes are for you!
It is possible to register on the schemes within four weeks of attending the SAAD Nationa Course as an upgrade to your course registration.
Further information and regsitration is available via the links below.
For dentists - the SAAD Assessed Sedationist (SAS) scheme
For dental nurses - the SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme
SAAD provides IACSD accredited training for Dentists, Dental Nurses and Dental Hygienists and Therapists who are new to sedation.
Joining SAAD
Are you a member of SAAD?
If not, now is a good time to join with a 50% discount on the subscription fee for the first year when paying by direct debit, details below...
SAAD Digest
The SAAD Digest is published twice a year and is a source of online sedation CPD via the SAAD website.The online CPD is a benefit of SAAD membership.After reading the referred paper in the current issue of the SAAD Digest, log on to the site as a SAAD member, answer the multiple choice questions and download your CPD certificate.
A recent issue of the SAAD Digest can be downloaded below. SAAD members receive either the printed version or an electronic version of the SAAD Digest twice a year and the two electronic SAAD Newsletters each year.
SAAD Prizes
The SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme
Upcoming events
Join the SAAD Alumni
SAAD Alumni
Because you have attended one of the SAAD courses you are a member of the SAAD Alumni.
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