Course	Learning Method	Price	Duration	Ideal for
Level 4 Practice Management	On site or Distance Learning	£2500 Deposit - £200		Ideal for Practice manager looking to gain a higher qualification

Level 4 Practice Management

This qualification is awarded by The Open College Network West Midlands. It is delivered in a 1-2-1 coached format and focuses on the factual and theoretical concepts of management and leadership within the dental sector. Learners study a range of reasoning and practical skills required to find solutions to routine challenges and specific problems.

Learning prepares individuals to develop self-management skills and skills for the supervision of the routine work of others, and to play a role in audit and evaluation processes for quality management and continuous improvement.

Managing people-centred dental services requires managers to fully understand the needs of their stakeholders. This programme focuses on management and leadership for business performance improvement, self-development, communication and stakeholder expectations. This particular skills set is essential for meeting healthcare quality standards.

This programme offers blended learning with live one to one tutorials with a named tutor.

• a tutor will contact you to design your programme. 

Learners are required to produce assignments meeting approved standards for the following units:
Unit 1 - Building a Productive Dental Team
Unit 2 - Coordinating Personal and Professional Development
Unit 3 - Dental Team Leadership and Management
Unit 4 - Effective Resource Planning and Management
Unit 5 -  Quality Measurement and Improvement
Unit 6 -  Budget Management

This qualification provides a wide range of support measures for learning, including online campus, skype or telephone tutorials, blended learning – in which learners can select computer-based study options such as home learning Each one of the programme's six units offers 60 learning hours, these are made-up of tutorials, independent research and assignment writing. 

Distance learners can join a rolling course at any time.

Each learner begins their programme with a learning styles assessment to enable them to work with a tutor to select a learning programme best suited to their needs. This will involve choosing from computer-based distance learning, workshop and webinars formats for the delivery of course content. Each student will have an allocated tutor who will mentor them throughout their qualification. Work for marking is uploaded to the GBTD website, where feedback is posted within two working days.

This programme offers 180 hours of verifiable CPD eCPD  Outcome B.

An assessment and  certification fee of £110.00 will become due at the end of Unit 1

Course fees can be paid by interest-free instalments, please ask for details. An assessment and accreditation fee of £100 will be due on completion of unit .
 

Entry Requirements

• I understand that this course requires study at Higher Level . At this level students need to have English Functional Skills at Level 2. If my tutor advises me that my functional skills are not at this level I will be advised by my tutor on the required course of action. Which may involve additional functional skills training at my own cost.
• I have arranged to ringfence time for my tutorials- 30 mins per week and study time of at least- 2 hours per week 
• I can produce course work in the Microsoft Word Format 
• I certify that the work I submit for my assignments will be my own work. I realise that to make a false claim of authenticity is malpractice and could be reported to the General Dental Council. In which case my registration could be at risk.