Unit information: Personal and Professional Development - Year 1 in 2022/23

Unit name	Personal and Professional Development - Year 1
Unit code	ORDS10018
Credit points	20
Level of study	C/4
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Miss. Sarah Bain
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	N/A
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	N/A
Units you may not take alongside this one	N/A
School/department	Bristol Dental School
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Unit Information

Year 1:

Subject areas:

1. Law and Ethics
2. Professional Development
3. Personal Development (including Reflective Practice)
4. Protection of Vulnerable Patients (including dementia awareness)

Aims:

• To provide an understanding of the requirements as a registrant for lifelong learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with relevance specifically to the working practice of the dental hygienist and therapist and the consequences of professional malpractice.
• To promote an awareness in the student of the legal and ethical obligations of the practice of dental hygiene and therapy.
• To provide students with an introduction to law and ethics, reflective practice, communication and research skills applicable to dentistry with a specific focus on the needs of different patient groups including children, adults, older people, and those with special care requirements.

Your learning on this unit

Intended Learning Outcomes

1. Be familiar with the social and psychological issues relevant to the care of patients.
2. Understand the legal and ethical obligations and responsibilities of the practice of dental hygiene and therapy.
3. To describe the principles of an evidence-based approach to learning, clinical and professional practice and decision making.
4. To be knowledgeable in the tenets and values surrounding obtaining appropriate reliable consent for dental procedures and care.
5. Have an awareness of the tools required to promote a positive attitude to working as a valued member of the dental team.
6. Have knowledge of the role of the dental team in the facilitation, provision and care of patients.
7. Be able to discuss the importance of feedback and the benefits of reflective learning and to understand why personal development is essential throughout the registrants career in practice.
8. Be familiar with the social and psychological issues relevant to the care of patients.
9. The student should appreciate the need to collaborate in prevention, treatment and management of disease with other healthcare professionals and with patients themselves.
10. Recognise the signs of abuse or neglect, describe local and national systems that safeguard welfare and understand how to raise concerns and act accordingly.

How you will learn

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Small group Seminars and Tutorials
• Clinical Practice (Work based learning)
• Guided Independent study
• Continuous Clinical Assessment logbook/portfolio (CCA) including Reflective Practice

Teaching will use a blended learning approach delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities. Students will be expected to engage with all learning.

How you will be assessed

Summative assessment

There is one summative assessment in this unit:

1. Law and ethics Single Best Answer (SBA)

• 1 hour
• 100% of unit total

Students must pass the assessment by achieving a minimum mark of 40%.

Formative assessment and progression

Students must satisfy all engagement requirements and successfully complete all 'must pass' assessments, as set out in the student progression requirements for Year 1 in the BSc Assessment Handbook.

Satisfactory and appropriate engagement with the programme will be determined by the Progress Committee which will normally meet termly. The committee will monitor engagement against the engagement and progression criteria, review performance in formative and 'must pass' assessments and monitor levels of professionalism.

A student who has not demonstrated satisfactory and appropriate engagement with the programme, nor reached a satisfactory level of professionalism (as determined by level of engagement and any other evidence relating to professionalism presented to the Progress Committee) will not be permitted to sit the End of Year 1 Summative Assessments and thus will not be able be progress to Year 2.

In accordance with University regulations, students will be permitted two attempts at summative assessments in Year 1. Dependent on extenuating circumstances, a student may be permitted a second attempt at Year 1 or otherwise will be required to withdraw from the programme.

Resources

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. ORDS10018).

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 Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
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. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.