| Unit name | Clinical Conscious Sedation |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ORDSM0021 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Miss. French |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Bristol Dental School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Why is this unit important?
This Unit of Teaching will be offered as a compulsory unit as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Conscious Sedation and Anxiety Management. This is a must pass unit.
This unit has the following aims:
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
The Standards for Conscious Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care (2020) published by the Report of the Intercollegiate Advisory Committee for Sedation in Dentistry (IACSD) for training in conscious sedation requires a minimum of 20 mentored patient cases. This unit facilitates the clinical training component of the course, whereby you put the theoretical and simulated skills from the Foundations in Conscious Sedation and Anxiety Management units into practice.
An overview of content
This unit facilitates the clinical sedation training component of the programme, including mentoring for a minimum of 20 dental conscious intravenous patient cases.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
As a result of this unit, you will acquire the skills and experience necessary to carry out intravenous dental conscious sedation for patients, moving towards independent practice.
Learning outcomes
You will obtain knowledge and understanding of:
You will acquire the skills and attributes necessary to:
Teaching will use a blended learning approach delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities. You will be expected to engage with all learning.
A range of teaching are used in the unit including:
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
You will undertake a minimum of 20 successful, mentored dental conscious sedation cases during the Clinical Conscious Sedation unit. During the clinical training, it is to be expected some cases may not go as planned or result in failed sedation and there may be significant learning from these experiences. Formative learning will come through unsuccessful or challenging cases and learning points will be discussed with clinical supervisors on a case-by-case basis. You will reflect upon each case in a clinical logbook, which will be reviewed and validated by supervising staff. Verbal feedback on each case will be given. Structured workplace-based Directly Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) assessments will be completed on selected cases, with a minimum of four satisfactory DOPS to be completed as described in summative assessment below.
These can also be logged as part the student's clinical logbook or through workplace-based assessments.
Example assignments/questions will be provided with the opportunity to discuss them with a tutor will prepare you for the end of unit knowledge assessment.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 20 mentored intravenous dental conscious sedation cases under supervision, recorded in a validated clinical logbook (Must pass).
A minimum of four satisfactory Directly Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) assessments on intravenous dental conscious sedation cases under supervision (Must pass).
A reflective case study (2,500 words). This will account for 40% of the unit mark.
A final written examination comprising Multiple Short Answer and e-Assessment questions of 2 hours’ duration. This will account for 60% of the unit mark.
When assessment does not go to plan
If you do not pass the unit, you will normally be given the opportunity to take a reassessment as per the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes. Decisions on the award of reassessment will normally be taken after all taught units of the year have been completed. Reassessment will normally be in a similar format to the original assessment that has been failed.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ORDSM0021).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
