Audit Skills for Dental Professionals
CPD – 1 Hour | Self-Directed Online Course | GDC Outcomes B, C, D
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What’s Included
1-hour verifiable CPD (self-directed)
Full set of module slides and reading materials
Downloadable audit cycle flowchart and reporting template
Practical case studies to apply learning. Reflection prompts for your PDP.
Course Overview
Audits are not just a tick-box exercise — they are a powerful tool for improving safety, quality, and compliance in dentistry. From infection control to record-keeping, audits provide the evidence practices need to demonstrate standards to the CQC, meet GDC expectations, and drive continuous improvement.
This self-taught CPD course gives you a step-by-step introduction to dental audits. You’ll learn how to select an audit topic, set standards, gather and analyse data, and close the loop with re-audit.
While Glenys Bridges’ tutor-led audit workshops traditionally introduced these skills, this programme is designed as a self-directed e-learning CPD. It allows you to learn flexibly at your own pace, with downloadable templates, audit checklists, and reflection tasks to support practical application.
Course Fee
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Gain confidence in running audits that improve care, strengthen compliance, and support your dental team.
Certification
CPD certificate upon successful completion of the quiz
Who Is This Course For?
What You'll Learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain why audits matter in dentistry and how they support patient safety and compliance.
- Differentiate between an audit, an inspection, and a review.
- Apply the audit cycle step by step, from topic selection to re-audit.
- Set clear standards and benchmarks to measure against.
- Collect and analyse audit data accurately and consistently.
- Write a structured, professional audit report with clear action points.
- Recognise the importance of “closing the loop” with re-audit.
- Involve the whole dental team in audit processes.
- Overcome common challenges such as lack of time, poor data, and resistance to change.
- Link audits directly to CQC evidence, patient outcomes, and GDC standards.
Course Modules
- Module 1 – Introduction to Audits Purpose, definitions, and the value of audits in dentistry.
- Module 2 – The Audit Cycle Explained Step-by-step breakdown: planning, data collection, analysis, re-audit.
- Module 3 – Standards & Benchmarks Setting criteria, defining measures, and using clinical guidelines.
- Module 4 – Collecting & Analysing Data Methods of data collection, reliability, and consistency.
- Module 5 – Reporting & Acting on Results Writing reports, action planning, and involving the team.
- Module 6 – Continuous Improvement & Compliance Re-audit, reflective learning, and links to GDC and CQC requirements.
GDC Development Outcomes
- A: Effective management and leadership
- B: Maintenance and development of knowledge and skills
- D: Maintaining skills, knowledge, and professional behaviours