| Unit name | Human Disease |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ORDS30008 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Steve Thomas |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Bristol Dental School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
The Teaching Unit takes place in Year 3 and comprises 3 Elements:
The Unit of Human Disease provides didactic and clinical teaching throughout year 3 of the BDS Programme in Clinical Medical Sciences and the majority of the teaching in this Unit is carried out by medical staff from the Bristol Royal Infirmary. Knowledge of the Clinical Medical Sciences forms the medical basis of the provision of dental care. The course is intended to provide students with sufficient knowledge to recognise problems in the medical history of patients about to undergo dental treatment and to take the appropriate action to provide high quality care. An important aspect of the Unit is to ensure that graduate practitioners understand when referral for complex treatment is indicated. It is also to enable dental students to understand their role in the wider Health Care context.
The general AIM of this Unit is as follows:
To integrate teaching and experience in General Medicine, General Surgery, Clinical Microbiology and Clinical Pathology to provide students with an understanding of the principles of these subjects as a prerequisite to the ‘whole patient care’ and health promotion approach of modern dentistry.
The general OBJECTIVES are:
A. Clinically related skills
On completing the course, successful students should be able to:
Recognise the signs and symptoms of the following conditions and to give the signs which may be discernible in a clothed dental patient with: hypertension, angina, myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease, rheumatic fever, bacterial endocarditis, aortic and mitral valve disease, heart failure, congenital heart defects, respiratory failure, asthma, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, carcinoma of the lung, sarcoidosis, pulmonary embolism, oesophagitis, carcinoma of the oesophagus, carcinoma of the stomach, peptic/duodenal ulcers, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, acute hepatitis, cirrhosis, epilepsy, meningitis, cerebrovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, renal disorders, peripheral neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, sero-negative arthritis, cardiorespiratory arrest, acute anaphylaxis, unconsciousness, acute asthmatic attack, diabetes mellitus, disorders of the pituitary, adrenal and thyroid glands, anaemia, bleeding disorders, leukaemias, lymphoma, skin infections, sexually transmitted diseases, drug induced diseases and addiction, ENT diseases and eye disorders
B. Cognitive Skills
On completing the course, successful students should be able to:
C. Transferable skills
On completing the course, successful students should be able to:
54 x 1 hour lectures.
6 clinical demonstrations.
Two week Clinical Attachment - (Block Release) one week each to a Medicine and Surgery Firm.
Year group divided between BRI, Southmead and Weston Hospitals.
Rotation to Medical Admissions Unit.
The exams assess three subject areas comprising of:
1. Medicine
2. Surgery
3. Clinical Pathology/Microbiology.
The e-Assessment and the MSA combine to create the ‘Written’ component of the assessments.
The ‘OSCE’ and the ‘Written’ assessments are considered separate must pass to progress components.
Both components (the OSCE and the Written) need to be passed separately with a minimum of 50% pass mark in each.
The written assessments and the OSCE assessment are considered separate components of the overall Human Disease mark. These components are not cross compensated.
The Written component (e-Assessment and the MSA) are of equal weighting and are cross compensated.
