Stockport and Mid Cheshire Section - Complementary healthcare - what are your patients using?

What to expect 

The aim of this session is to increase awareness of alternative and complementary therapies that our patients are using and to understand why it is important for us to have an open mind for open conversations with our patients. You will also learn simple techniques that can be easily included into your daily practice for the benefit of you and your patients.

Speaker Samantha Jugdev will explore complementary remedies, integrative medicine, lifestyle and diet tips that can be given to patients. Samantha will also cover the basic principles of homeopathy and look at remedies that can easily be used in a dental practice and what evidence there is. 
Samantha will also cover the basic principles of acupuncture and carry out a live demonstration if there is a willing volunteer. She will demonstrate some quick and easy to use acupressure points to help with gag reflex, anxiety, TMJDS and sinusitis.

And finally Samantha will cover the basic principles of hypnotherapy and how we can teach patients breathing techniques and some other tips that are easy to use in practice. She will share a few other tips and products that I find beneficial and cover some frequently asked questions from patients.

Timings

18:30  Registration

19:00  Lecture with Samantha Jugdev

20:30  Two course seated meal and networking opportunities

Please email us at [email protected] if you have any dietary requirements.

21:30  End

Learning objectives

• Understand the growing trend of patients choosing complementary and alternative therapies and how this can benefit you, your practice and your business

• Explore integrative medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture and hypnosis so that you can have open conversations with your patients

• Learn some easy tips and tricks that you can integrate seemlessly into your daily practice to help you and your patient

Development outcomes

A, C and B

Meet the speaker

Samantha Jugdev is a General Dental Practitioner based in Oxfordshire. She started taking an interest in complementary therapies and their value in dentistry when she realised that patients were making varied choices in their care of their own health. She gained Membership of the Faculty of Homeopathy (MFHom(Dent)) in 2015 and more recently was awared Fellowship. Shortly after this she was invited to join the teaching team at the National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM) gradually increasing her involvement to developing their online courses. She is now Education Lead for Homeopathy with NCIM and sits as their representative on the Faculty of Homeopathy’s Academic and Examining Board. She is also Chairperson of the British Homeopathic Dental Association (BHDA).