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.
THE COURSE
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!
Attend a SAAD Course and be taught by the country’s most experienced dental sedation teachers!
The SAAD Teaching Faculty has oral surgeons, paediatric dentists, special care dentists, clinical psychologists, GDPs, dental nurses, peripatetic sedationists and resuscitation officers - all experienced teachers.
Dr Carole Boyle
SAAD Course Director and Past President
Carole is a Consultant and Clinical Lead 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 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.
Dr Bryan Kerr
Consultant in Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy’s Hospital, King’s College London Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.
Bryan completed an MSc in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at King's College London (KCL) and is now a Consultant at Guy's Hospital, London. He provides training in conscious sedation to undergraduate and postgraduate dentists at KCL. Bryan is the immediate past chair of DSTG.
Dr Yi Kwan Loo
SAAD President and Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at King's College Hospital, London
Yi is a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at King's College Hospital, London providing specialist care under sedation for children and young people with dental anomalies, dental trauma and medical complexity. 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.
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 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.
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 Zahra Shehabi
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Barts Health and SAAD Trustee
Zahra is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at the Royal London Dental Hospital. She completed MSc's in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry in 2011 (Kings College, London) and Healthcare Management in 2016 (City University, London). Zahra is heavily involved in undergraduate and postgraduate sedation teaching. Her clinical interests include intravenous sedation (basic and advanced techniques) for patients with challenging behaviour and those undergoing implant surgery. More recently, she has been involved in various healthcare sustainability projects through her work with Green@BartsHealth
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.
The SAAD Alumni
Because you have attended one of the SAAD courses you are a member of the SAAD Alumni.
Sedation Guidance
SAAD Safe Sedation Practice
Are you new to sedation? Not registered on the SAAD Course for New Starters?
If you are a new starter, and not completing your supervised sedation experience as part of a University or Postgraduate Deanery run training scheme, or with a STAC approved supervisor, then you should consider upgrading to the SAAD Assessed scheme.
It is possible to register for the schemes within four weeks of attending the SAAD National Course as an upgrade to your course registration by using the link below:
Upgrade to a SAAD Training Scheme - both dentists and dental nurses
Further information is available via the links below.
For dentists - the SAAD Assessed Sedationist (SAS) scheme
For dental nurses - the SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme
Under the current IACSD guidance, any practitioner who was not practising sedation independently prior to April 2015, is designated a 'New Starter' and will need to undergo a period of supervised clinical practice before being able to practise sedation independently.
The SAAD National course provides the required underpinning knowledge and also an introduction to the clinical skills for sedation, but it is then necessary to undertake supervised clinical experience before embarking on independent practice.
SAAD provides IACSD accredited training for Dentists, Dental Nurses and Dental Hygienists and Therapists who are new to sedation.
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