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| Unit name |
Personal and Professional Development Year 2 |
| Unit code |
ORDS20010 |
| Credit points |
10 |
| Level of study |
I/5
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Sam Leary |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
Bristol Dental School |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Description including Unit Aims
Year 2
Elements:
- The Dentist in Society Year 2
- Research Methods
- Portfolio Year 2
The unit aims to build on the previous year’s Dentist in Society element, and to introduce the skills needed to practice evidence-based medicine via the element of Research Methods.
Intended Learning Outcomes
The Dentist in Society Year 2.
At the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
- recognise and explain the ways in which individual characteristics are associated with attitudes towards health and health behaviours
- describe public health policies that can be beneficial in the health of the population
- demonstrate interpersonal communication skills that are effective in initiating an oral health care consultation
- locate and organise appropriate literature and resources relevant to a specific concept within the provision of oral health care and synthesise these into a PowerPoint presentation
Research Methods:
At the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
- appreciate the role of epidemiology in oral health research
- recognize and describe the different types of study design
- understand and interpret the results of statistical analyses to test hypotheses
- critically appraise research findings
Teaching Information
The Dentist in Society Year 2:
13 lectures, three communication skills role play sessions, two small group discussion sessions and two EBL sessions
Research Methods:
Introductory lecture, nine e-lectures, nine tutorials, and 1 revision session Portfolio Year 2:
Assessment Information
1. The Dentist in Society Year 2 Element:
- Formative assessment: feedback from role play sessions (Comm Skills), online self-assessment (required reading) and ordered outcome questions at the end of lectures
- Summative assessment (50%): 60 minute SAQ paper (closed book, 3 compulsory questions 30%), one OSCE station (Communication Skills 15% ) and one Enquiry Based Learning group presentation (5%)
2. Research Methods Element:
- Formative assessment: pop-up questions within e-lectures, keypad quizzes within tutorials and informal peer assessment of mock exam paper
- Summative assessment (30%): 1.5 hour written paper (closed book, 3 compulsory questions)
3. Portfolio Year 2 (20%)
Reading and References
The Dentist in Society Year 2:
- Brennan, M., Oliver, R., Harvey, B. and Jones, G. (2006) Ethics and Law for the Dental Team Knutsford , Pastest.
- Daly B, Watt R, Batchelor P, Treasure E (2002) Essential Dental Public Health. OUP.
- Pine C. (1996) Community Oral Health. Butterworth Heinemann.
- Patel M and Patel N. (2006) Dental Public Health: A Primer. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.
- Freeman, R. and Ismail, A. (2009) in Pitts NB (ed): Detection, Assessment, Diagnosis and Monitoring of Caries. 2009
- Gorter, R.C. & Freeman, R. (2011) Community Dental and Oral Epidemiology 39 87-95
- Oosterink F.M.D., de Jongh A., Aartman I.H.A. (2008) Eur J Oral Sci; 116: 44–51.
Research Methods:
- Essential Medical Statistics, Kirkwood and Sterne, Blackwell Science 2nd Edition, 2003
- Essential Epidemiology, Webb, Bain and Piroizzo, Cambridge University Press, 2005
- Dental Statistics Made Easy, Nigel Smeeton, Radcliffe Medical Press, 2005
- Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, Fourth Estate, 2009
