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The Importance of Mouth Care – In the Care Home
This Open Badge is awarded to professionals who work or volunteer in the care home environment and look after resident’s mouth care.
NHS Education for Scotland’s vision is to lead through sustainable educational solutions and work collaboratively with key partners to reduce inequalities and improve oral health for priority groups.
To earn the open badge for this course, you will need to:
- Step 1: Complete the e-learning module on NHS Education for Scotland Turas Learn (requires registration to log in) to receive a certificate.
- Step 2: Complete the reflective writing to receive an Open Badge micro-credential (requires registration to log in). To do this, think back to what you learnt in the e-learning module:
- Tell us about this topic (50 words minimum)
- Tell us about three things you learned and why each of these is important to (a) you and (b) people who are residents in the care home where you work or volunteer (150 words minimum)
- Tell us how you will use what you have learned in your day to day work to develop and improve your practice as a care home worker caring for resident’s mouths (125 words minimum)
- Tell us what you did to share what you learned with others (25 words minimum).
TURAS Learn site: Mouth care in the care home: Caring for smiles | Turas | Learn
This badge is open to anyone regardless of whether they are registered with the Scottish Social Services Council.
Read the detailed explanation of what we expect to see as evidence within the submission criteria set out for this badge.
While there are no prerequisites for this Open Badge, we strongly recommend that you first apply for the ‘Getting Started’ and ‘Writing Evidence’ Open Badges.
Never include confidential or private information within your evidence. The information you submit will be assessed and feedback will be given. As well as showing that you have achieved the badge, you can also choose to share this assessment and feedback with your manager or team leader.
Badge issuer
NHS Education for Scotland Oral Health Improvement Team
We develop educational material to support Oral Health Improvement in priority groups.
Submit your application
I confirm that I have read, understood and completed all the activities listed in the badge criteria and that each question from the criteria is answered in the evidence I have provided. My evidence has been written or recorded by me and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that it will take 28 days for you to assess my application and that feedback cannot be provided if my application is unsuccessful.