Postgraduate Course: Clinical Patient Care 3 (DENT12057)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 60 | 
ECTS Credits | 30 | 
 
 
| Summary | Clinical care of patients appropriate to the discipline with an emphasis on independent practice and management of complex/inter-disciplinary cases. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    The student will be required to undertake the clinical care of patients attending for new patient assessment, out- and in-patient treatment clinics and multi-disciplinary clinics. All patient treatment will be recorded in a reflective Clinical Portfolio. In addition, students will attend clinical discussion groups including journal- and trauma clubs. 
 
Students will be assessed on two clinical case-studies. Students will have forty minutes preparation time to review the two cases. A structured oral assessment of forty minutes duration will be conducted by two examiners with twenty minutes dedicated to each case.
    
    
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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 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
600
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 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 573,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
15 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
50 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Two simulated case-studies assessed in a structured viva voce: 100% | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - clinical competence at the level of a specialist for an appropriate range of treatment techniques
 - the ability to analyse and manage complex problems within their discipline
 - the scientific principles of critical evaluation and analytical thinking for a range of clinical problems
 - the ability to consider, appraise and evaluate the relative benefits of different modalities of dental treatment appropriate to the discipline
 - an appreciation of- and exhibit an evidence-based clinical practice
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Clinical care,complex care,multi-disciplinary care,independent practice,specialist-level | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Jennifer Foley 
Tel:  
Email: jfoley10@exseed.ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Anna Atluri 
Tel: (0131) 536 3982 
Email: Anna.Atluri@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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