PG Certificate (Postgraduate Certificate) Clinical Oral Surgery
- PG Certificate (Postgraduate Certificate)
Overview
This programme aims to develop your knowledge and enhance your clinical skills in oral surgery. Following a series of study days revising the foundation and enhanced skills for oral surgery practice, students will undertake a clinical placement at Bristol Dental School. This will include hands-on surgery covering a range of routine and complex oral surgery procedures under the supervision of a specialist team.
This course offers quality-assured clinical teaching, with contact study days where students will learn through pigs head and cadaver simulation in small groups alongside their peers. Assessment will stimulate critical thinking and application of theory through assignments, examination and workplace-based assessments, covering complex subject areas such as managing complications and ridge preservation. Students will maintain a validated clinical logbook alongside completing workplace-based assessments to evidence their experience and enable reflection.
Students can build their skills and experience, graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma when combining this programme with the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Conscious Sedation and Anxiety Management.
Programme structure
There are 3 units that make up the PG Certificate in Clinical Oral Surgery.
Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for this programme.
Entry requirements
You will typically need a Bachelor of Dental Surgery or an equivalent United Kingdom General Dental Council-registrable dental qualification. You must already either hold full or temporary registration with the UK General Dental Council; a current GDC registration certificate must be uploaded with the application. You will also need at least one year's postgraduate clinical work experience - please upload a copy of your CV with your application.
See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.
Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process and supporting documents required.
If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level B.
Further information about English language requirements and profile levels.
Fees and funding
- Home: part-time
- £12,800 per year
Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.
More about tuition fees, living costs and financial support.
Funding and scholarships
To assist with the delivery of more advanced NHS dental care outside an acute hospital setting, Health Education England has teamed up with the NHS Local Dental Network to provide financial support for practitioners providing NHS services within the South West.
This is available for dentists who wish to develop their clinical skills by studying on one of our postgraduate programmes. Applications are assessed on merit and according to predefined criteria by the relevant Managed Clinical Network. More information is available here.
Further information on funding for prospective UK and international postgraduate students.
Career prospects
This programme is aimed at dental practitioners who want to develop their skills in providing clinical oral surgery for patients in their workplace. Some students on this programme have gone on to obtain accreditation to perform Level 2 oral surgery complexity care or applied for further dental core and specialty training in oral surgery.
Contact us
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- choosebristol-pg@bristol.ac.uk
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