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This helps us identify students who may require extra support and put such help in place for them. In Years 3 and 4, continuous assessment forms 25% and 20% respectively of your overall grade. In year 5, continuous assessment contributes 30% to the assessment of knowledge component of the final examination.
In addition, the Dental School is keen that you develop the attributes of a professional practitioner from the outset, therefore your professionalism will be monitored at every compulsory teaching and/or clinical activity throughout
the curriculum.
special features You will have the opportunity for a period of elective study between Years 4 and 5 of the course, when you can undertake a project in an area of dentistry of specific interest to you. Many students take this chance to travel overseas to gain experience of dental practice in environments very different to the UK, broadening both their educational and personal horizons. Some students take the opportunity to extend this experience by spending the first semester of Year 5 on an Erasmus exchange programme. The Dental School has agreements with dental schools in France, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Norway and this provides an excellent chance for you to experience both dental education in a different context and the cultural and social benefits of spending an extended period of time in another country.
From the end of Year 4 you will also spend a considerable amount of time in outreach centres, both local and distant from Dundee, set up to help improve access to dental care. Here you will treat a wide variety of patients in settings different to the Dental Hospital, broadening your clinical experience. This element of the curriculum is very popular with students.
The Dental School has a strong record of offering selected students the opportunity to undertake an Intercalated Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) degree. This one-year programme, taken following Year 2 of the BDS, provides an opportunity for the in-depth study of one of a range of disciplines and will help you develop study and research skills useful to both your dental
studies and your career opportunities beyond graduation.
special requirements • All potential dental students are required to undergo screening for blood borne viruses (Hepatitis B and C, and HIV) prior to their place at the Dental School being confirmed. Details regarding testing will be sent to you when you apply.
• A full course of immunisation against Hepatitis B will be required.
• A Disclosure for Criminal Convictions will also be required. You are at liberty not to give permission for this but in that event we will be unable to process your application further.
• Sufficient bi-manual dexterity to handle simultaneously the necessary equipment to treat patients is required. Please consult the School as soon as possible if you have a disability that might impact on your ability to meet these demands.
• Sufficient English language proficiency to be capable of ‘independent dental practice’ (a requirement of the General Dental Council for registration as a dentist). This means being able – without assistance – to write or type prescriptions accurately, to understand written and spoken reports on patients and to communicate information to others by the same means.
programme content • typical degree programme example
The dental curriculum is under continuing development and review. Therefore, although all the content indicated below will be covered, how this is arranged across the years may be subject to change by 2012/13. Please visit our programme webpage for up-to-date information.
Year 1 Pre- and Para-clinical dentistry: Focus is on biomedical sciences (anatomy, physiology and biochemistry), with the addition of the para-clinical dental sciences of oral biology, cell biology, microbiology, pathology and dental materials science.
You will also undertake a basic emergency care module and basic clinical infection control measures will be introduced in the Cleanliness Champion programme.
Year 2 Pre- and Para-clinical dentistry: Focus is on the dental and para-clinical sciences. You will complete the Cleanliness Champion programme. You will also begin to develop your clinical skills, with introductory skills courses in periodontology and the management of dental caries.
At the end of Year 2, you will undertake the Introduction to Clinical Skills course. These skills will be assessed in a degree examination to ensure that you are ready to go on to provide dental care for patients in Year 3.
Year 3 Clinical Dentistry: You will begin your clinical attachments in a range of dental disciplines within the Dental Hospital.
You will also study the theoretical background of these different disciplines and will continue to develop your skills with further clinical skills courses.
You will also study human disease. This teaching takes place at Ninewells Hospital and there is a separate degree examination in this subject.
Year 4 Clinical Dentistry: You will continue your clinical attachments with the addition of further disciplines such as orthodontics, oral medicine and treatment of the dentally-anxious.
At the end of Year 4 you will have your first outreach attachments, at centres both local and distant from Dundee. You will also undertake your period of elective study.
Year 5 Clinical Dentistry: Focus is on holistic patient care and you will have sessions in the Integrated Oral Care clinic in the Dental Hospital. You will also have attachments to a range of specialist consultant clinics. A significant proportion of your time will be spent in outreach clinics, both locally and at distant centres in Aberdeen and Inverness.
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