Welcome to the learning area for Dental Core Trainees (DCT) 1.
Your 12 months in a DCT1 training post will be split between the Hospital Dental Service (HDS) and the Public Dental Service (PDS). The events you attend are based on which service your post is currently in.
The DCT1 Education programme has some events that everybody attends, whether you are in HDS or PDS, and some which you only attend when you are in the PDS 6 month part of your post. Scroll down to the end of this page for detailed event information and links to the individual supporting Turas learn course pages.
If you are a DCT1 in hospital, then attend the events coloured in blue on the programme. Hospital includes General Dental Hospital (GDH) posts and Oral maxillofacial (OMFS) based posts
If you are a DCT1 and in PDS you go to any of the events coloured blue as well as the events coloured purple during the 6 months you are in the PDS.
The blended learning experiences topics listed below are blue column events and will be open to every Dental Core Trainee (DCT) 1 during training year 2024 - 2025. Each course has a live trainer led session or is delivered as a face-2-face training event. There may be group or individual tasks to complete pre-event.
The PDS programme runs over a six month period and is delivered twice in any given training year. Blended learning course topics from column 1 on the DCT education timetable are listed below. Click the linked text to go to the course suport pages on Turas. Each course has a live trainer led session or is delivered as a face-2-face training event. There may be group or individual tasks to complete pre-event.