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DE5555: CLINICAL PRACTICE & SERVICE PROVISION 2 (2023-2024)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:38


Course Overview

This course covers, in relation to special Care Dentistry:

 Health, Personal Health, Development and Stress

  • Appraisal
  • Assessment
  • Research

Maintaining good clinical practice

  • Probity
  • Information Technology
  • Clinical Governance
  • Guidelines

Local, National and International service planning

  • Principles of health systems (including NHS)
  • Legal Considerations
  • Financial considerations
  • Business planning

Team work and working with colleagues within and without your own discipline.

  • Systems for communication
  • Patient pathways

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 2
Term Second Term Credit Points 7.5 credits (3.75 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Iain Ramsay Bovaird

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course involves reflection on your own treatment of Special Care patients through a series of workshops (both on campus and some online delivery is likely).

Assessment will be via written case studies and discussion of the studies.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 41 Feedback Weeks 44

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Feedback

Word count: 1,500-2,000

Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseWith regard to service provision understand how financial regulation, business planning and practice relate to issues around equality and diversity and provision of good quality health care.
ProceduralEvaluateUnderstanding of the principles of “maintaining good clinical practice“ including quality assurance, structure and principles of NHS and other health systems.
ReflectionEvaluateHave a complete understanding of how team working and self governance (CPD, health and probity) relate to high quality care for Special needs groups.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 20 Feedback Weeks 23

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Feedback

As per University guidelines, 3 weeks for borderline/fail.  All others upon request.

Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralEvaluateUnderstanding of the principles of “maintaining good clinical practice“ including quality assurance, structure and principles of NHS and other health systems.
ConceptualAnalyseWith regard to service provision understand how financial regulation, business planning and practice relate to issues around equality and diversity and provision of good quality health care.
ReflectionEvaluateHave a complete understanding of how team working and self governance (CPD, health and probity) relate to high quality care for Special needs groups.

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