Unit name | Clinical Skills - Year 1 |
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Unit code | ORDS10016 |
Credit points | 30 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Mrs. Alison Grant |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
N/A |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | Bristol Dental School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Year 1:
This unit introduces and develops clinical skills and is based initially within Bristol Dental Hospital clinical skills laboratory.
Subject Areas:
Clinical skills include the assessment and monitoring of periodontal disease and plaque biofilm, non-surgical periodontal therapy incorporating the use of Local Anaesthetics as required and encouraging patients towards healthy oral hygiene regimes.
Aims:
Teaching methods include:
Summative assessment
OSCE Clinical 'Competencies'.
Assessment held as Pre-Clinical gateway to seeing Patients
5 stations:-
20% for each competency, each is ‘must pass’ = 100% of total unit mark
Formative assessment
Students are supported in their learning by a variety of directed formative assessments in the clinical Skills Laboratory with which they must engage within this unit. Overall performance will be reviewed and discussed at the School Progress committee at regular meetings x 1 per term.
Introduction to clinical skills laboratory
Ongoing Clinical Skills Assessment for each individual procedure/competency taught, graded with reflection/feedback given by clinical staff. Attendance is monitored.
Marks obtained in formative assessments above do not contribute to the overall unit mark but failure to complete by the stated end of term deadlines will be raised at the Progress Committee, and may be a barrier to progression.
Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, E Wilkins
ISBN: 0-683-09078-X
Understanding Periodontal Diseases: Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures in Practice, Chapple & Gilbert; Quintessence
ISBN: 1-85097-053-X
Practical Local Anaesthesia; 2nd ed. Meechan; Quintessentials;
ISBN: 1-85097-204-4
Local Anaesthesia in Dentistry; Baart & Brand; Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8436-6
Special Care in Dentistry; Scully, Dios & Kumar; Elsevier
ISBN: 0-443-07151-9
Drug Dictionary for Dentistry; Meechan & Seymour; Oxford
ISBN: 0-19-263274-4