Radiography for Dental Nurses and DCPs (Course 5): IRMER, Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Dental Radiography

Course Details

This course will provide the dental team who do not take, but may or may not have a role in the production of an X-ray image with information relating to compliance with quality assurance and quality control in dental radiography.

It provides the following elements in compliance with Schedule 3 of IR(ME)R 2017:

Radiation protection

• Quality assurance and quality control including routine inspection and testing of equipment.

Statutory requirements and non-statutory regulations

• Clinical audit.

Fundamentals of image acquisitions

• Image formats, acquisition, processing, display and storage.

Completion of all five courses suitable for your job role complies with IR(ME)R and IRR requirements. 

We recommend that you complete the full series of training courses in this subject to ensure you have the required information to support you in this area.

• You will be presented with a coursebook followed by an assessment with options for feedback and reflection.
• Once you have achieved a mark of 80% or more, you will be presented with a certificate to download.
• If you do not pass you will have the opportunity to review the content and retake the assessment.

Aims

This course aims to provide the dental team who do not take, but may or may not have a role in the production of an X-ray image with information relating to quality assurance programmes, practical methods to achieve quality assurance associated with producing an X-ray image, and the radiation protection file.  

Meeting requirements in the IR(ME)R 2017 - Regulation 17, IRR 2017 - Regulation 15, and the 2001 Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners.

Objectives

During this course learners will be able to:

• Define quality assurance as it relates to dental X-ray imaging.
• Describe key areas appropriate for quality assurance procedures to be conducted.
• Identify practical methods to employ in quality assurance programmes associated with X-ray image production.
• Outline the requirements for radiation protection file documentation.

GDC Development Outcomes

C,D

Topics covered