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Early Detection and Prevention of Oral Cancer
Professor S Warnakulasuriya
Head of Department, Department of Oral Medicine & Pathology, King's College London Dental Institute
For Peninsula Dental School students and staff.
"Excellent - should be compulsory for all dentists to view."
"An excellently presented and informative CD ROM from the Dental Channel suitable for the whole dental team and primary GPs."
"Very informative not only clinically but sociologically and aetiologically. Suitable for many levels of primary care."
"Helpful to have latest research, I have used some of the figures given in discussions on smoking cessation with my patients."
Instructions
- View the presentation: your progress is bookmarked so you may return to the last topic viewed*
*If you do not complete the course in one sitting ensure that when you close the presentation window and log out of the website. If you do not do this your progress may not be recorded correctly
- Your completion certificate will be available from
 Gradebook (see the course menu) once you have completed the presentation (you must have viewed all the topics and passed the quiz - 75% pass mark)
- Complete the evaluation - we value your feedback to help us develop and improve our service
- Use the discussion forum to ask questions and read what others are saying about the topics covered in this course
- Windows PC or Apple Macintosh (broadband connection recommended)
- Basic computer skills
- Loudspeakers or headset
- Some quality time
- At the end of the presentation you will be invited to complete the short evaluation. This gives you the opportunity to provide feedback and help us to improve our service
- Your completion certificate will be made available in Gradebook once the presentation has been completed
If you have any other questions, please contact us.
Learning aims
- Highlight the unique role that primary care practitioners, in particular dentists, can perform in screening patients for oral cancer
- Highlight the unique role that primary care practitioners can perform in delivering effective preventive advice to their patients, with particular reference to smoking cessation
- Highlight the importance that early detection brings to the prognosis for the patient
- Identify the correct screening procedure
- Inform regarding the aetiology of oral cancer, the risk factors, signs, symptoms and differential diagnosis
- Provide an up-to-date reference and self-assessment resource for use within the practice or for private study
Learning objectives
During this course participants will explore:
- the importance of routine screening for oral cancer and the unique role that you can play
- identification of patients at particular risk
- helping patients to quit smoking and related risk habits
- gaining confidence in using the correct screening procedure
- ability to identify suspect lesions
- awareness of the correct referral procedure
- ability to comprehend the outcome following referral to a specialist
Learning outcome
By the end of the session you will have updated your knowledge regarding the social and cultural factors surrounding oral cancer and its occurrence, the signs and symptoms of the condition and how all major related factors should be managed by dental care professionals.
Certificate and evaluation
On completion of the course you will be given a certificate of completion.
An evaluation is also available for you to provide feedback.
About the presenter
Professor S Warnakulasariya
Head of Department, Department of Oral Medicine & Pathology, King's College London Dental Institute.
Professor Warnakulasariya has acted as a consultant to the World Health Organization in monitoring research programmes in primary care dealing with cancer screening. Both he and Professor NW Johnson have over 100 original publications in refereed journals, books and manuals dealing with oral cancer and pre-cancer and are often quoted on the subject of oral screening. Together they have conducted over 20 GDP training sessions (under Section 63) during 1993-99 in this particular field in South East England.
This is a problem that AOL users experience when using the web browser within the main AOL interface.
If you are using AOL, to avoid the problem simply minimise AOL (do not disconnect the internet connection) and use a web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) to login to the Dental Channel site and view the presentation.
If you view the presentation but exit the course before completing all slides you must ensure that you navigate away from the page that you used to open the presentation window, before returning to course. If you do not follow these instructions your progress may not be recorded correctly. It is good practice to log out from a web site once you have finished viewing content and then log in on your return.
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