dental team qualifications
Leamington Spa
DTQ awards post-registration qualifications to General Dental Council (GDC)
registrants, who are working as part of the dental team and who wish to develop
additional skills beyond the profession-standardised learning objectives and
assessment criteria for GDC registration, and qualifications to non-registrant
members of the dental team who are working in dental administration roles. Any
dental care professional wishing to carry out additional duties must be able to
demonstrate their competence to do so, and therefore undertake additional
development of their skills, knowledge and understanding. The purpose of DTQ’s
qualifications is to provide a structure for dental care professionals to
develop additional skills on which they are assessed, and for non-registrants to
learn and develop knowledge, understanding and skills relating to dental
administration and gain qualifications and professional recognition for such
development. Our focus is to develop and quality assure modern assessments and
qualifications for the dental team, including apprenticeship end-point
assessments; which are not only fit for purpose for 21st century dentistry, but
follow evidence-based educational and assessment principles, which produce high
quality members of the clinical and administrative dental team, following
General Dental Council requirements. We have extensive knowledge and experience
in dentistry, including expertise in examining and designing assessments, and
have a thorough understanding of what training organisations want and need from
an Awarding Organisation. The GDC’s Standards for Education and Scope of
Practice documents underpin the development of any new DTQ qualifications.
Working closely with training providers and other key stakeholders, we have
created a range of innovative qualifications that are fit for purpose for 21st
century dentistry and the wider dental team. Our qualifications are geared to
supporting your day to day role in dentistry, whilst enhancing your personal
development and that of your team. We have researched the provision of education
for the dental team as part of a PhD study, and have peer-reviewed publications
which continue to underpin our evidence-based approach to training and
assessment for dental professionals. Our team members examine from dental nurse
through to Royal College specialty assessments and include GDC and Royal College
Education Associates. We aim for excellence in all that we do. Our Research DTQ
have pioneered and examined the pedagogy of adult dental education and training
for the integrated dental team. We have extensively researched interprofessional
education as part of a PhD study. Our qualifications are evidence – based
relating to our findings, enabling assessments geared to facilitating
educational processes which not only focus on developing knowledge, but it’s
application to enhance understanding. This allows dental professionals to
maximize their potential and deliver enhanced patient care. We practice exactly
what we preach and have proven results based upon work in our own centres. DTQ
Mission statement DTQ aims to provide high quality end-point assessments and
qualifications for the dental profession, which reflect contemporaneous dental
practice, in collaboration with the GDC and under the regulatory guidance of the
Qualifications Credit Framework. Our values are to deliver excellence in all
that we do. To achieve this we engage expertise in the dental education and
examination field, liaise with our partner organisations, listen to our learners
and continually reflect and react to improve our qualifications and processes.
