| Unit name | Intermediate Oral Medicine |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ORDSM0072 |
| Credit points | 30 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Spiteri Staines |
| 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 allows you to transition from acquisition of your core basic Oral Medicine knowledge towards application of this knowledge.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
You will develop further clinical skills and critical decision making competency, coupled with soft skills required for diagnosis and management of patients with medium levels of complexity.
This unit will serve as bridge towards the Advanced Oral Medicine unit, providing incremental competency development in order to transition towards management of patients with higher levels of complexity presenting in Oral Medicine clinical practice.
An overview of content
This unit aims to build on the knowledge, behaviours and competencies that you acquired in the Basic Oral Medicine unit. It will introduce more advanced and clinically challenging learning to develop your existing knowledge and understanding. There will be further exploration of more complex clinical presentations, diagnostic strategies and treatment aligned with the above.
You will reinforce your understanding in the subject and demonstrate the application of your skills and knowledge in live clinical settings with direct patient contact.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit?
You will become more confident clinicians within the discipline, with further Oral Medicine clinical competency development that can be utilised in your dental workplace.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Work based experiential learning:
Clinical chair-side teaching - consultant clinics in Clinical Oral Medicine encompassing reflection and personalised feedback
2. Peer based learning:
Will occur at clinical meetings at the chair-side.
3. Small group teaching:
You can participate in the detailed discussion of difficult clinical problems and available current best practice, with critical appraisal of available literature.
4. Observational work shadowing
5. Feedback and personalised support through tutor/mentor meetings on a regular basis
6. Self-directed learning:
You would be expected to complete self-directed learning with 1:1 support and guidance from lecturers. We would expect 1-2 hours pre-reading and 1-2 hours follow up per lecture/topic teaching. Accessing NICE, SIGN, GMC, and GDC published guidance and relevant literature.
You will be supervised at all times in clinical settings.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
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. ORDSM0072).
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.
