Patient Centred Communication-BEST CHOICES  In-person workshop-Bicester

Patient Centred Communication-BEST CHOICES In-person workshop-Bicester

Become the dentist everyone loves to recommend. Improve your patients health, function, and beauty, make more money by accident

By The Institute of Dental Business

Select date and time

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:00 - 17:00 GMT+1

Location

Bicester

Bicester OX264LA United Kingdom

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

In-person workshop


Providing excellent dentistry is about meeting your patients where the feel vulnerable, communication that builds trust and inspires confidence is essential.

Patients can only judge how good you are by how you make them feel.

Trust building communication starts by using a specific way of questioning and listening that builds rapport, it continues with a team approach of engagement and consent, it ends with being able to prevent and defuse objections in a collaborative way.

Although as dentists we always want to be compassionate, efficient, and highly qualified we must acknowledge that very few of us are born being perfect communicators. We are not taught the psychology of communication at dental school. When we are overworked, have challenging situations, emotions can get in the way, so communication, trust and conversions suffer.

If you find yourself failing to convert treatment plans, not earning as much as you would like, buried in complaints, doing unfulfilling treatment, now-shows, or missing yet another opportunity to win a new patient, this workshop is designed to teach you the skills you need. The skills you and your team need to build trust, gain commitment, identify and defuse difficult situations as they happen.

This workshop gives you the communication skills you need to stand out as the best dentist in your area.


Three-day face to face event

Logistics

This workshop will be run face-to -face three full day sessions. Wednesday – Friday Total vCPD 22.5 hours

  • Wednesday 9:00- 9:30 registration
  • Wednesday Workshop 9:30 - 17:00
  • Thursday Workshop 9:00- 17:00
  • Friday Workshop 9:00-16:00

(With the consent of all delegates, it may be possible to amend the start times on day 2 and 3 for an earlier finish on the Friday.)


Each day has 1.5 hours refreshments, 2 x 15-minute refreshment breaks and 1hr for lunch

Venue will be in the Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire area.With good road and rail links and a variety of accommodation from budget to boutique.

All dietary requirements catered for.

Become the great dentist you have always dreamed of being.

Your clinical success depends on your communication skills.

Great communication skills will have more impact on reducing complaints and increasing treatment plan conversions than yet another clinical course.

Your future success will be determined by how effectively you and your patients understand each other.

This workshop will teach you crucial trust, communication, and relationship building skills essential for your happy, fulfilled, financially rewarding career.

All the patients you need for the rest of your career are already patients of the practice or connected to them, provided you can communicate effectively.

What you will learn

  • Ways to build deep trust, rapport, and lasting relationships with your patients in less than 60 seconds.
  • Techniques to build your confidence
  • Non- intrusive questions that create profitable opportunities
  • How to discover your patient’s motivation for treatment
  • Questions that deepen patients understanding, commitment and consent
  • How to present your treatment plans so that you will get a “YES”
  • Ways to overcome any patient objections every-time
  • The confidence to ask for patient testimonials and referrals
  • How to put your prices up and increase treatment plan conversions
  • How to build a reservoir of future patients and treatment plans
  • How to stay compliant with the GDC, CQC and NHS regulations
  • How to work effectively with your nurse, receptionist, and patient care coordinator.
  • Improve patient rapport, patient satisfaction, and sales by using tele-dentistry.
  • How to answer the question "Is this available on the NHS?"
  • Why learning how to talk about treatment is the most honest to build your reputation.
  • Questions that elicit your patient’s personal dialect and how to speak so they hear you.
  • The questions that allow your patients to SHOP for quality dentistry.
  • How to become the most recommended practice in your area.

Who will benefit from this workshop.

  • Principals and their team who want to grow or convert their practice.
  • Dentists, hygienists, therapists who want to do more private treatment.
  • Hygienist, therapists offering direct access.
  • Clinicians who want to improve patient relationships and avoid complaints.
  • Practice teams have recently left, currently leaving, or planning to leave the NHS.
  • Nurses who want to become Patient Care Coordinators or Treatment Coordinators
  • Clinicians who want to up-skill and do complex dentistry and facial aesthetics.
  • Clinicians who want to do high quality general dentistry.
  • Young dentists who want to build their confidence.

What you can expect from the training

  • No boring chalk and talk.
  • Engaging Interactive accelerated learning techniques.
  • A simple easy to use framework to enhance your patient relationships and bank balance.
  • A bank of powerful questions.
  • Patient friendly ways to present your treatment plan
  • A new, more effective, patient centred way to structure your consultations.
  • Lots of time to ask questions.
  • 3 ways to overcome objections.
  • Confidence
  • Becoming part of a group of like-minded delegates with a growth mindset
  • An approach that builds your career as the preferred dentist.

GDC aims, objectives, learning outcomes, learning content, development outcomes are listed in the FAQ below.

Which of these statements best describe you now?

  • Exhausted from the NHS treadmill.
  • Scared of complaints or being sued.
  • Frustrated that patients don’t want the advanced treatments you offer.
  • Discouraged by how little you or the practice earns.
  • Considering leaving dentistry.
  • Disappointed when patients choose the cheapest not the best.
  • Disheartened when patients don’t book in for treatment.
  • Despondent about your future.

Which of these statements best describes what you want?

  • Proud to be providing interesting and rewarding dentistry?
  • Confident to offer private treatments.
  • Feel well remunerated for the work you do.
  • Secure that you work with a supportive, skilled team.
  • Positive about your relationships with patients
  • Confident that you will receive 5-star feedback and referrals
  • Certain patients will go ahead with the best options.
  • Gladdened that patients choose you not overseas dentistry.
  • Energised and excited by your future.

Easy treatment plans without selling is the course you have been searching for.

At this workshop you will learn how to offer the treatment your patients want and need without compromising your ethics.

Attending the three day intensive workshop will mean that when you return to work on day 4 you have all that you need to implement what you have learned immediately.

Bringing your nurse FOC makes the whole process easier to implement and the atmosphere in your surgery more fun.

A selection of dates are available that will fit your schedule without cancelling patients.

If your finances are tight we offer a staged payment scheme 0% interest for 3, 6, 12, 18 or 24 months, to fit with your budget.

We are so confident that you will make a return on your investment, we offer a money back guarantee, T&C apply.

Bonuses

  • Workbook for you to keep and refer to.
  • 4 follow-up webinars over12 months, January, April, July, October
  • Membership of a graduate forums.
  • 100% double your investment guarantee.
  • Free place for one DCP per dentist attending

Patient Centred - BEST CHOICES, is a unique 3 -day programme that will show you a simple communication framework that will enable you to do better quality dentistry, earn more money how you can earn more money and enjoy your work by putting your patients first.

  What delegates have said

 

“I don't feel like I am selling to people they are asking for what they really want because I am paying more attention to them. Thanks again, I will carry on the good work” 

Catherine, Dentist, South Wales

 “You must attend the course with Jane, because it will open your minds, give confidence and flexibility at work. You will feel much better and happier and your patients will listen to you.” “I am going to recommend all my staff attend this course”

T.M, Practice Manager

 "Puts passion back into work! Engages dentist in patient relationships.”   

 M.C, Practice manager

 “I fully recommend this course, not only for the dentists, but for the entire practice. It has changed my way of thinking and allowed me to think laterally and outside the box. I feel I will go into practice tomorrow a better dentist. DO THE COURSE!”  C.G, Dentist

“You definitely need to do this course expected a boring two days, but Jane completely proved me wrong. I could see everything from a fresh angle and I enjoyed myself. I am sure I will use what I learned. Thank you, Jane,” 

L.E, Dentist

 “I really enjoyed this course [and would recommend it to my colleagues at work. I am certain this training would be very useful to them.” Z.W, Dental Nurse

 “A terrific course that was an eye opener for me. I was literally afraid it would be difficult to follow and implement in real life, but I had lots of fun doing it an I learned useful templates which I can use to offer my patients the treatment they need and collect the reward I deserve. I definitely recommend .” 

G.C, Dentist

 “I would highly recommend Jane and her method of training. This is the only training event I have ever been to that has not made me sleepy through boredom! The course exceeded my expectations by rewarding me after delivering what I had learnt! (Only possible by Jane’s method of learning)”         

A.R, Dental Nurse

"Jane's enthusiasm and patience, willingness to adapt to each delegates own personality and communication style was fantastic. This makes Jane a super teacher and mentor. I think my favourite part of the course was learning the SHOP and handling objections. The structure Jane provided is much needed."

"Jane has transformed my career and has been the most key mentor I've had and I feel so lucky to have met her and have the opportunity to work with her over the last 2 years."

Frequently asked questions

Will I get value if I come alone?

Of course, you can come alone, and other people have made that choice too. However, what they have all discovered is that if they had brought their team, they could have implemented the changes much more effectively and sooner. Delegates that attend on their own, then repeat the course a second time

Can I bring my team?

We actively encourage you to bring as many of your team as possible because implementation is easier, and your results will be better. For every ticket purchased by a dentist, you can bring one DCP (nurse, receptionist, or PCC) for free.

Do you have a guarantee?

Yes, we have a double your investment in 90 days’ guarantee. Most dentists double their investment in one day and within one week, and many achieve a return on their investment within a day. Terms and conditions apply.

How do I fit this around surgery commitments?

We understand that taking time away from the surgery and managing emergency patients can be difficult and there is no perfect time to do a course. Clients tell us that they wished they had done the workshop at the first opportunity, because they would have quickly recouped their income.

Do you offer payment plans?

Yes, of course you can. We over 0% staged payments over 6, 12, or 24 months. Email Jane, Jane@IODB.co.uk to book a time to have a conversation to discuss your requirements.

Do you offer young dentist rates?

We offer a sliding scales of investments, that is determined by how long you have been qualified. We want to make your first few years in practice as easy, fulfilling and rewarding as possible.

Do you offer in-house training?

Yes, we offer this programme as a bespoke in-house training. Email Jane, Jane@IODB.co.uk to book a time to have a conversation to discuss your requirements.

Who pays for self-employed team members?

If a practice pays for your self-employed team members, it undermines their self-employed status, they will need to pay for themselves. What they learn will help them build their career and I am sure they will appreciate you encouraging them to invest in themselves.

Is this course verifiable CPD?

Yes, there are 22.5 hours verifiable CPD. The GDC does not allow us to include refreshment breaks in the hours awarded.

About the trainer

Your trainer and coach, Dr Jane Lelean, is the only dentist in the world who has been accredited by the International coach federation as a Master Certified Coach. Jane is a dentist and has been delivering communication skills training workshops with dentists and their teams since 2006.

Course aims

Put your patient’s needs and preferences at the heart of your treatment planning. A memorable model to improve your treatment plan conversions and value. An approach that all team members can use. Develop the role of a patient care coordinator.

Course objectives

By the end of the session, you will have learnt the model, and will have a selection of tips, tools, ideas, questions, and confidence to use immediately. To make sure you and your team remain compliant with the NHS regulations, GDC, CQC.

Course learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, you to have a new skill set that will put your patients first and improve your treatment plan uptake. For the practice to develop a team approach to treatment plan conversions, anticipating and overcoming patient objections

Course content

You will learn and be able to use the elegant and effective framework, BEST CHOICES.

GDC development outcomes

This event will have elements of Enhanced GDC learning outcomes A, B, C and D.

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