Postgraduate Course: Introduction to dental clinical photography (DENT11154)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course is designed to introduce the postgraduate students to the skills required to record good quality intra-oral and extra-oral clinical images. It will include the selection and setting up of camera equipment and the saving and digital manipulation of images. |
| Course description |
The broad aim of this course is to provide skills coaching aimed at the specific skill of dental clinical photography. A series of recorded lectures and demonstrations accompanied by learning tasks will be used to help students develop the necessary skills.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Contribution to tutor-led discussion, group projects and reflective writing 15%
Written assignment including a set of images 85% |
| Feedback |
Students receive informal feedback/ feed forward on a weekly basis from their on-line tutor.
Students receive formal feedback at the end of each semester based on assessed coursework and written assignments. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have confidence in using a clinical camera and be able to record a set of good quality images of a patient and save them in the patient record.
- Critically assess the quality of clinical images and use this skill to improve the quality of images recorded in their own clinic.
- Explain the process of storing and using patient images and use this knowledge to gain patient consent for recording clinical images.
- Have basic knowledge of image manipulation and be able to re-size and insert them in a document or other media.
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Reading List
| The course reading list is provided via a series of links to electronic resources within the University of Edinburgh on-line library. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Graduate attributes - technical and practical skills
This course should provide the skills necessary to:
Be able to select and set up a camera to take good quality intra-oral and extra-oral images.
Be able to save, edit and insert these images in appropriate patient records.
Be self-critical in assessing the quality of images produced. |
| Keywords | dental photography,image manipulation,clinical photography,skills |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Oonagh Lawrie
Tel: (0131) 536 3974
Email: Oonagh.Lawrie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Allison
Tel: 0131 536 3975
Email: Jen.Allison@ed.ac.uk |
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