Dental Protection Ireland

Dental Protection Ireland

The Dental Protection Ireland podcast discusses the key and current dentolegal risks and issues affecting dental practitioners across Ireland. The Dental Protection team provide helpful advice and guidance on how to steer clear of dentolegal risks, assisting you to provide safe and high-quality care for your patients. Our first podcast series RiskBites provides short, bite-sized guidance for some of the issues impacting the dental profession right now.

Episodes

Risk Bites: Exiting Practice

April 30, 2022 • 10 mins
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr George Wright as they discuss 'exiting practice' - looking at some of the potential risks associated with retirement involving selling a practice, as well as providing some helpful risk management strategies.
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Risk Bites: Moving practice

March 31, 2022 • 14 mins
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr George Wright as they discuss 'moving practice' - looking at some of the challenges, potential risks and practical strategies to achieve a smooth transition.
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Risk Bites: The early days

February 28, 2022 • 15 mins
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr George Wright as they discuss some of the challenges, potential risks and practical strategies to help navigate the early stages of one's dental career
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Risk Bites: A view from the other side of the world

January 31, 2022 • 43 mins
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh as he chats to Dr Colm Harney about his dental journey so far, how he's ended up working as a Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protection and his insights from the 'other side of the world'!
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Risk Bites: The other side of the fence - Part 2

December 1, 2021 • 14 mins
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh, in conversation with Dr Nuala Carney, to hear her insights from working as a Dentolegal Consultant and her practical tips to help reduce your dentolegal risk.
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Risk Bites: The other side of the fence - Part 1

November 8, 2021 • 13 mins
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh as he chats to Dr Nuala Carney about her dental journey so far and how she’s ended up working in her current role as a Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protection
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Risk Bites: Sorry seems to be the hardest word

September 30, 2021 • 14 mins
In this short podcast, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Nuala Carney discuss the topic of disclosure and apologising to patients after something has gone wrong.
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LSD - The Key to Effective Patient Communication

August 31, 2021 • 18 mins
ffective patient communication is a central pillar in risk prevention and risk management. In this short podcast, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Nuala Carney discuss why this is the case and also share some practical tips to help practitioners improve their own communication skills.
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Risk Bites: The 5 Ps of Complaint Handling

June 30, 2021 • 14 mins
No practitioner ever likes to receive a complaint, but whether we like it or not, they are part and parcel of professional life. In this short podcast, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Martin Foster discuss some practical tips on how best to deal with complaints effectively and professionally
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Risk Bites: When things go wrong

May 31, 2021 • 12 mins
Whether we like it or not, it is a fact of a dental professional’s life that sometimes things don’t always turn out as we would have wished and patients can sometimes feel disappointed. In this short podcast, Dr Noel Kavanagh & Dr Martin Foster discuss the topic of ‘when things go wrong’ and give some practical tips on how best to navigate these challenging situations.
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Risk Bites: Treatment Coordinators

April 30, 2021 • 16 mins
In this latest episode of Risk Bites, Dr Noel Kavanagh & Dr Martin Foster discuss Dental Treatment Co-Ordinators, exploring both potential benefits and
also some of the dentolegal risks to be aware of
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Risk Bites: Protecting Children

April 1, 2021 • 8 mins
In this short Risk Bites episode, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Martin Foster discuss the professional responsibilities of dental practitioners in relation to the potentially difficult situations than can arise, where there is concern about child protection issues.
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Risk Bites: Confidentiality in dentistry

March 1, 2021 • 15 mins
In this episode of Risk Bites Ireland, Dr. Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss the Doctrine of Confidentiality and its relevance and practical application for Irish dental practitioners.
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Risk Bites: Protection for HSE dental staff - it's personal

February 24, 2021 • 5 mins
In this short podcast, Dr. Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss why HSE dentists and hygienists should consider having Dental Protection membership, in addition to their claims cover provided by the Clinical Indemnity Scheme.
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RiskBites: Social Media - Friend or Foe?

January 25, 2021 • 17 mins
In this episode of Risk Bites, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Martin Foster discuss the topic of Social Media and explore whether it is a friend or foe for dental healthcare professionals.
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RiskBites: Consent & Issues of Capacity

December 31, 2020 • 16 mins
In this short podcast, Dr. Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss the important topic of consent, specifically when there are issues concerning the capacity of a patient.

This episode is part of our podcast series, Risk Bites, which provides short bite-sized guidance around some of the key issues impacting the dental profession right now.
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RiskBites: Consent and the Younger Patient

December 1, 2020 • 13 mins
In this short podcast, Dr.Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss the topic of consent in children & the younger patient. This episode is part of our podcast series, Risk Bites, which provides short bite-sized guidance around some of the key issues impacting the dental profession right now.
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RiskBites: Principles of consent

November 1, 2020 • 20 mins
In this short podcast, Dr Martin Foster and Dr Helen Kaney discuss some of the key principles of consent in dental practice.
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This episode is part of our podcast series, RiskBites, which provides short, bite-sized guidance around some of the key issues impacting the dental profession right now.
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RiskBites: Dental records

October 1, 2020 • 21 mins
Dental record keeping is a fundamental principle and cornerstone of risk management and risk prevention. Maintaining good records can be invaluable with any challenges in the form of a complaint, case or claim in clinical negligence.

In this episode of Risk Bites, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Martin Foster discuss practical tips and suggestions in relation to record keeping for the busy and time pressured clinician.
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RiskBites: What is ‘discretionary’ indemnity anyway?

September 4, 2020 • 8 mins
Now more than ever, dentistry is continually changing and is rarely straightforward. New challenges and issues constantly arise, some of which were inconceivable just a few years ago. In this episode of RiskBites, Dr. Martin Foster and Dr. Noel Kavanagh explain what discretionary indemnity means and how the flexibility of discretion can assist members – even in new or unusual circumstances.
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