Supervisors

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. When you register for the SAS scheme you will then need to email a completed supervisor nomination form to supervisors@saad.org.uk. The form requests the following information:

1. Name of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
2. GDC / GMC No. of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
3. Qualifications of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
4. Dental sedation experience of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
5. Dental sedation services offered by proposed clinical supervisor(s)
6. Address of the practice(s) where the clinical supervision will take place

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.

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)

Submission deadlines

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

Certification

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.

REGISTER HERE for the SAS scheme

2023

Register for the SAAD Assessed Sedationist (SAS) scheme here

2024

Register for the SAAD Assessed Sedationist (SAS) scheme here

Any Questions?

Contact fiona@saad.org.uk 01302 578835

IACSD

‘Standards for Conscious Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care’ (April 2015, 2020)

Following publication of the IACSD standards in April 2015, dentists, doctors, dental hygienists/therapists and dental nurses who have no previous experience in conscious sedation for dentistry must now undertake appropriate training before commencing independent clinical practice.

All training programmes for ‘new starters’ must include supervised clinical experience and have external validation. UK university-based courses and those run by Postgraduate Deaneries are deemed to be compliant. Other courses leading to independent (i.e. unsupervised) practice, including those run by private providers, must be accredited by the Sedation Training and Accreditation Committee (STAC) of IACSD.

The IACSD Standards state that practitioners offering supervised clinical experience in conscious sedation must now be accredited by a university, deanery or IACSD (p34, 86).

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