Unit information: Clinical Skills - Year 2 in 2022/23

Unit name	Clinical Skills - Year 2
Unit code	ORDS20025
Credit points	40
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Mrs. Stockford
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 2:

Subject Areas:

• Operative techniques
• Dental Radiography

Aims:

• To develop existing clinical skills from year one and introduce operative techniques for adults and children
• To ensure safe and competent skills to undertake Intermediate Clinical Practice
• To introduce practical radiography techniques

Your learning on this unit

Intended Learning Outcomes

1. To be competent in all restorative techniques within the scope of practice for a Dental Therapist
2. To be competent in the re-cementation of crowns and placement of rubber dam
3. To understand and apply the scientific principles, selection and use of dental materials appropriate to operative techniques
4. Assess and manage caries occlusion and tooth wear, and where appropriate restore the dentition using the principle of minimal intervention maintaining function and aesthetics
5. Be competent in the placement of preformed stainless steel crown and pulp therapy in primary molar teeth
6. Accurately assess own ability and apply through reflective practice
7. To be able to accurately follow a prescribed treatment plan and deliver treatment according to patients needs
8. Contribute to relevant special investigations and diagnostic procedures, including radiography

How you will learn

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Small group Seminars and Tutorials
• Practical classes
• 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 are two parts to the unit summative assessment:

1. Clinical Radiography practical logbook & portfolio

• 25% of unit total

2. Operative Techniques OSCE - adult and paediatric

• 1.5 hours
• 75% of unit total

Students must pass each assessment. To pass each assessment students must achieve 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 2 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 2 Summative Assessments and thus will not be able be progress to Year 3.

In accordance with university regulations, students will be permitted two attempts at summative assessments in Year 2. Dependent on extenuating circumstances, a student may be permitted a second attempt at Year 2 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. ORDS20025).

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.