Postgraduate Course: Diagnosis and treatment planning (DENT12024)
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 | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course will train the student how to describe an orthodontic problem accurately from the clinical examination and records; how to formulate a problem list; to describe the aims of treatment; and to make a treatment plan (and alternative plans). |
| Course description |
This module will teach the student (a) how to analyse and asses a clinical problem in orthodontics (b) formulate a problem list (c) outline the aims of treatment and (d) devise a course of treatment that will achieve the desired result. Consideration of the patient¿s clinical, psychological and medical needs in relation to such treatment will be paramount.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Be able to describe an orthodontic problem accurately from the clinical examination and clinical records
- Be able to formulate a problem list
- Describe the aims of treatment
- Make a treatment plan and any alternatives to this
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Niall McGuinness
Tel: (0131) 536 4964
Email: niall.mcguinness@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Anna Atluri
Tel: (0131) 536 3979
Email: Anna.Atluri@ed.ac.uk |
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