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
| Not being delivered |
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 3979
Email: Anna.Atluri@ed.ac.uk |
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