MyGDCOverseas DCP learning outcomes
Providing strong, recent and verifiable supporting information with your application will help us to efficiently assess your suitability for registration.
Complete a learning outcomes form
You will need to demonstrate you have met the learning outcomes relevant to the DCP title by completing the appropriate learning outcomes form for the title in which you are applying:
Details of the learning outcomes requirements for DCPs (by title) can be found in our Preparing for Practice guidance. These are the learning outcomes we use to assess applications for registration.
To help you to complete your application we have created a guide on the different ways you can demonstrate you’ve met a learning outcome. The guide is relevant for applications for registration as a dental hygienist, dental nurse, dental therapist, and orthodontic therapist (information for dental technicians and clinical dental technicians will be added at a later date).
Course syllabus
Your primary source of evidence to support attainment of learning outcomes will be your DCP course syllabus, which should be validated by the dean or head of department of your institution.
We will not be able to assess your knowledge or skills without a full undergraduate syllabus for your qualification. The syllabus you supply must be:
- Issued by the institution where you trained
- Relevant to the period during which you undertook your training. If you are unable to provide a syllabus from your training period, you will be required to provide a letter from the awarding institution to confirm the course content has not changed, or which sets out how it now differs from the syllabus you studied.
Supporting information
We request other information, such as a self-reflection statement and/or evidence of continuing professional development (CPD), to demonstrate your current knowledge and skills. However, it is unlikely that completing a CPD course or reflection statement alone will provide sufficient evidence that you have met a learning outcome.
You may provide a self-declaration or reflection statement (signed and dated) to demonstrate a non-clinical learning outcome. Your statement must be personal to you. However, these documents are unlikely to sufficiently satisfy a learning outcome on their own because they are not considered suitably robust and cannot be verified.
If you choose to provide a self- reflection statement, use our template to guide you.
Additional DCP qualification
We will consider any additional DCP qualification(s) you might hold, so please provide details with as much supporting information as possible. We will also consider any evidence you can provide on postgraduate experience in dentistry in the area in which you are applying, wherever it was acquired.