| Unit name | Foundational Clinical Practice |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ORDSM0075 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Mrs. Lizzie King |
| 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 is important as it provides you with the opportunity to assess, plan, place and restore a dental implant on a patient who requires simple implant rehabilitation. You will receive step-by-step tutoring and mentorship throughout all clinical sessions to enable you to put theory into practice and to develop your clinical skills in dental implantology. You will also improve your confidence with wider clinical skills such as patient communication, treatment planning, treatment delivery and record keeping. This unit also begins to look at how you can build dental implant treatment into clinical practice in your workplace. You will explore how to build and manage an implant team to give you the support and skills to put what you learn during the programme into practice.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study
This unit fits into the first and second term of the first academic year of the Dental Implantology MSc programme. It covers core clinical competencies that are required to safely treat patients who require dental implants. This unit runs alongside Foundational Restorative and Surgical Planning and Foundational Science and Implant Surgery units.
An overview of content
Direct clinical care of a patient who requires dental implant treatment involving the assessment, planning, implant placement and restoration of a single implant. Development of the implant team to enable the transfer of skills learnt into real clinical practice.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit?
What you know:
You will know how to conduct all the clinical stages to successfully place and restore a single implant. You will know the basics about how to develop a dental implant team
How you think:
You will use your newly acquired skills to think like a practising implant dentist. You will develop a leadership mentality to implement these skills into your workplace environment.
What you can do:
You will perform all the clinical techniques required to place and restore a single implant. You will be able to confidently communicate all aspects of treatment with a patient.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the unit you will:
1. Be competent at assessing, planning and delivering all stages of treatment for a single implant.
2. Be competent with communicating all stages of implant treatment to a patient and the wider dental team.
3. Understand issues related to developing and managing a dental team.
4. Have a knowledge of the training needs of each member of the implant team.
Tutorials – tutorials prior to clinical activity will be provided to allow discussion of clinical concepts and workplace-based assessments.
Small group work – you will work in groups to discuss team development and management. You will be encouraged to solve problems as a team and work with your peers to enhance your learning.
Clinical sessions – clinical sessions to treat your patient will allow you to directly practice your clinical skills with close mentorship to provide personalised feedback and reflection of skills.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
Workplace-based assessments undertaken within the clinical days will enable you to reflect on how you apply the taught knowledge into clinical skills. Direct feedback will be given to ensure you understand how to refine your clinical skills. This learning will complement the must pass competencies in the Clinical Portfolio assessment and Seen Case Vivas.
Presentation of Implant team development strategy. Direct feedback and advice will be given to support you with your ideas and translate them into your workplace. These exercises will build the skills used to complete the communication written coursework.
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. ORDSM0075).
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.
