KMPDC Dental Exams flashcards
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- KMPDC statutory basis
- The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council regulates dentists under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Cap 253) and the Health Act 2017, setting registration, licensing and discipline rules.
- Full registration meaning
- Full registration permits unrestricted dental practice in Kenya once the applicant has a recognised degree, completed the prescribed internship, and met Council requirements.
- Temporary registration limits
- Temporary registration is time-limited and tied to a specified institution or supervisor; it lapses at expiry and does not automatically convert into full registration.
- Annual practising licence
- Every registered dentist must hold a current annual practising licence to practise lawfully; practising on an expired licence is an offence and a disciplinary matter.
- Foreign qualification assessment
- Foreign-trained dentists undergo comparability assessment of their qualification and may be required to pass a pre-registration competency examination before full registration is granted.
- Internship prerequisite
- Before full registration, a dental graduate must complete supervised internship in an approved facility under a named supervisor, with verified clinical logbooks and assessments.
- Registration is non-transferable
- Registration and licensing belong to the individual practitioner and cannot be lent, shared, or used to cover another person's practice, including locum arrangements.
- CPD retention condition
- Retention on the register depends on meeting continuing professional development requirements and paying prescribed fees; non-compliance can lead to removal.
- Accreditation of dental schools
- Only KMPDC-accredited institutions, coordinated with the Commission for University Education for degrees, may train dentists whose graduates qualify for registration.
- Accreditation review criteria
- Reviews examine curriculum, entry requirements, staff qualifications and ratios, library and laboratory resources, and adequacy of clinical training facilities and patient pools.
- Supervised clinical training
- Dental schools must provide chair-side supervised patient care with adequate patient pools; simulation labs support training but cannot replace live clinical experience.
- Prescribed curriculum competencies
- Training must cover oral medicine and surgery, restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontics, paediatric dentistry, orthodontics, community dentistry and professional ethics.
- Inspection triggers
- Institutional inspections are periodic and may be triggered by complaints, major staff attrition, or curriculum changes; outcomes include conditional approval, probation, or withdrawal.
- Curriculum change notification
- Substantive changes to curriculum or admission requirements must be notified and approved; unapproved changes can invalidate a cohort's eligibility for registration.
- Clinical logbook requirement
- Training institutions must keep verifiable student assessment records and clinical logbooks, reviewed at inspection and used to confirm readiness for internship.
- Approved internship centres
- Internship must occur in facilities approved by the Council with named supervisors; approval can be withdrawn where supervision or training standards are not met.
- Informed consent elements
- Consent must be treatment-specific, documented, and given after disclosure of risks, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusing, by a patient with capacity.
- Standard precautions
- Infection control requires hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, autoclaving with monitoring, and strict single-use policies; reusable items are never substituted for disposables.
- Contemporaneous records
- Clinical notes covering history, examination, diagnosis, treatment, materials and consent must be accurate and made at the time of care; they are key evidence in complaints.
- Justified prescribing
- Prescribing must be clinically indicated, within the dentist's scope, and compliant with national drug law; controlled substances demand special records and safeguards.
- Duty to refer
- A dentist must refer when a condition exceeds their competence or available facilities; failing to refer appropriately is a recognised breach of practice standards.
- Emergency preparedness duty
- Practices must hold resuscitation equipment and trained staff, and be able to manage syncope, anaphylaxis and haemorrhage, with a known evacuation pathway.
- Radiography justification
- Every radiograph must be clinically justified, follow ALARA dose principles with shielding, and be interpreted and documented by a competent practitioner.
- Scope of practice breach
- Performing procedures outside one's registered cadre or demonstrated competence, such as unsupervised major surgery, constitutes professional misconduct.
- Four ethical principles
- Beneficence, non-maleficence, respect for patient autonomy, and justice underpin dental ethics and guide decisions when duties to patient and society conflict.
- Confidentiality exceptions
- Confidentiality may be breached with patient consent, under legal compulsion such as court order or statutory notification, or to prevent serious harm.
- Malpractice four elements
- A malpractice claim requires a duty of care, breach of the reasonable standard, causation, and resulting damage; all four elements must be established.
- Reasonable dentist standard
- The standard of care is what a reasonably competent dentist in the same field would do in similar circumstances, judged without hindsight on the outcome.
- KMPDC complaint process
- Complaints go to KMPDC, which investigates and may refer to its disciplinary committee; sanctions include caution, conditions, suspension, or removal from the register.
- Parallel proceedings
- Criminal prosecution, civil litigation, and KMPDC disciplinary action can proceed independently on the same facts, each with different standards and consequences.
- Advertising restrictions
- Practitioners may not make false or comparative superiority claims, offer improper inducements, or use patient testimonials in ways prohibited by the professional code.
- Adverse event disclosure
- After a harmful event, dentists are expected to disclose honestly, apologise, and remediate; this is required conduct and mitigates but does not eliminate accountability.