Programme structure: Postgraduate Dental Studies (PG Dip) - what's running in 2019/20

Please note: Due to alternative arrangements for teaching and assessment in place from 18 March 2020 to mitigate against the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, information shown for 2019/20 may not always be accurate.

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Students initially register onto the Postgraduate Certificate and will have passed sixty credit points before progressing to the Postgraduate Diploma.

The Diploma is taken over two years part-time.

All units in this programme are must pass. For the definition of a must pass unit please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/assessment/annex/glossary.html

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Over two years students choose 60cp from the following:
Anxiety Management ORDSM0028 20 Optional TB-2
Surgical Skills 1 ORDSM0030 20 Optional TB-1
Local Anaesthesia ORDSM0031 20 Optional TB-1
Periodontology ORDSM0032 20 Optional TB-1
Law and Ethics ORDSM0033 20 Optional TB-2
Endodontology ORDSM0034 20 Optional TB-2
Surgical Skills 2 ORDSM0035 20 Optional TB-2
Full Denture Prosthetics ORDSM0014 20 Optional TB-2
Business Skills 2 ORDSM0015 20 Optional TB-2
Business Skills 1 ORDSM0016 20 Optional TB-1
Students as Partners: Engaging with Learner diversity TLHPM0001 10 Optional AYEAR
Further Assessment and Feedback TLHPM0002 10 Optional AYEAR
Further Planning and Teaching TLHPM0003 10 Optional AYEAR
Dental Injuries in Children and Young Adults ORDSM0027 20 Optional TB-2
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