| Unit name | Health and Society |
|---|---|
| Unit code | DENT20400 |
| Credit points | 0 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Waylen |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Bristol Dental School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
The Teaching Unit comprises 5 Elements: 1. Sociology 2. Psychology 3. Communication Skills 4. Understanding the clinican-patient interface 5. Disability and Special Needs This Unit acts as an introduction to the social and behavioural sciences. It offers another perspective of thinking and learning about dentistry and aims to help students consider the wider context of health and society, in which dentistry is practiced. This perspective is increasingly recognised as extremely important for the practice of high quality dentistry and is given high prominence throughout the General Dental Council's The First Five Years/documentation. We want to help you develop a broadly informed, scientific and questioning approach to your studies. We believe that this approach will help you to complete the clinical picture when you are working with individual patients and give you a greater understanding of the ways in which dental professionals and dental services contribute to society. Organisationally Health and Society is vertically integrated with the teaching of Dental Public Health and Law and Ethics, mainly through sociology and psychology. It is also vertically integrated with Human Disease in Year 3. Our teaching develops the skills, knowledge and attitudes expected of a health professional and is delivered between the pre-clinical biomedical sciences and the development of clinical skills. It is an opportunity to reflect on another view of dentistry and to develop some key professional skills and attitudes.
