Online continuing education radiation protection for dental assistants - Online E-learning
Many dental assistants in oral care practice have completed additional training to be allowed to take radiographs under supervision. According to the applicable professional guideline, it is mandatory to refresh this knowledge every five years.
With this fully online refresher course on radiation protection, you will fulfil this obligation in one go - at your convenience and without having to leave the practice.
Please note that this is a refresher course and is not intended as basic training.
Mandatory continuing education for dental assistants
Setting up and making X-ray recordings within dentistry is allowed according to the KNMT Dental Radiology Directive, provided an assistant or dental hygienist has completed an external training course in radiological recording techniques for this purpose. After this, it is mandatory to take appropriate continuing education courses at 5-year intervals.
In oral care, there are many refresher courses, which can take up quite some time. These online continuing education radiation protection for dental assistants and dental hygienists has a study load of about 1.5-2 hours and can be taken entirely online. After purchase, you will keep access to the course content for one year, and you can log back in at any time to continue the course.
Fully online and flexible tracking
No travel time or fixed lesson times - you take the course when and where it suits you. Ideal to combine with a busy practice.
Start immediately and complete at your own pace
After purchase, you have immediate access. You choose whether to start immediately or start later, with no deadline or time pressure.
Only fully online platform with accreditation
AVS-Radiant is the only platform in the Netherlands to offer a fully online and officially accredited continuing education course on radiation protection for dental practices
The lessons are clear and they really help me!"
What will you get in the online refresher training?
Always access
An online learning environment contains all modules of the in-service training. You retain access to the learning environment for as much as 1 year.
Quiz
You will conclude the refresher training with a quiz that must be completed with a pass to successfully complete the refresher training.
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the refresher training, you will receive a certificate and your knowledge on radiation protection will be up to date.
This is what dental assistants learn about in continuing education:
Dangers of
radiation
By the end of this module, you will have some basic knowledge in radiobiology. To understand the effect of X-rays on a human cell, we first need to know how the cell functions. We also cover magnitudes and units in radiation protection, and delve deeper into the topic of radiation and pregnancy.
What is radiation and how is it generated
In this section, we look at how matter is built and how X-rays are actually generated. Here, we dive into some basic knowledge about atoms and molecules. We use video and lots of images, so that the material is presented in a varied way.
Protection against radiation
We know what radiation is and what it can do in the human body. But how do we protect ourselves from radiation in practice? We cover protection for staff and protection for patients, such as what is the use of a lead apron? We also cover what ALARA actually is and how it can be applied in practice.
Legislation radiation protection
In this module, we briefly cover the directives in radiation protection. We describe what the Nuclear Energy Act and Basic Safety Standards Radiation Protection Decree (Bbs) entail and the most important points of the occupational guidelines.
Setting technique & Quiz
In this section, we will cover the recording techniques of intraoral recordings and panoramic recordings. We will do this using clear images and sketches. After all, how exactly was it again? This will be followed by a quiz on the most common setting errors!
This is what the online refresher training will give you:
Taking the legally required refresher training in radiation protection in its own time;
Your practice need unlocked because the team does not have to go to a physical training location for refresher training;
The refresher training is completed with a certificate.
€99
Further training for dental assistants and dental hygienists
Content: 5 modules with a concluding quiz
Study load: 1.5 -2 hours
This refresher training is completed with a certificate
This in-service training is exempt from VAT.
Would you like to give all assistants and dental hygienists in your practice access to this course? Then get in touch via email To take advantage of our dental practice-wide offer.
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