Unit name | Year 1 BDS |
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Unit code | ORDS10019 |
Credit points | 120 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Mrs. Liz Gaze |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
School/department | Bristol Dental School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Description
Year 1 BDS provides the early education and training within a curriculum based on the student dentist as a Person and Citizen, a Scientist and Scholar, a Practitioner, and a Professional and Agent of change. These major themes comprise ‘helical’ themes, with fundamental active and experiential learning in Year 1 which will seamlessly extend throughout the five year programme to allow progression towards achieving the requisite learning outcomes necessary to become a registered dentist.
Initially a 10-week Foundations of Dentistry course will provide an introduction to student life and study at University. Course content will include study skills teaching; introductory biomedical sciences teaching essential for later activities within the Year and programme; fundamentals of communication, ethics and teamworking; and introduction to clinics and observational assisting. Foundations of Dentistry will conclude with a conference where students present a topic of particular interest to them.
The remainder of the unit will focus on the Student Dentist as a Practitioner with learning through structured clinical topics, each of these supported by appropriate biomedical and social sciences teaching, and with opportunities for interprofessional learning and teamwork with students training to be dental hygienists and therapists.
In Year 1 there will be strong focus on wellbeing and study skills, as part of the initial delivery of ‘Student Dentist as Person and Citizen’ helical themes. Project work and early focus on evidence-based dentistry will contribute, with biomedical sciences teaching, to ‘Scholar and Scientist’ themes, and professionalism and accountability emphasised alongside opportunities for teamwork with peers and with hygiene and therapist students, within ‘Professional and Agent of Change’ helical themes.
Aims
Year 1 initiates delivery of the following GDC Preparing for Practice (2015) learning outcomes (LOs) (to be continued in subsequent years of the programme).
A. Knowledge and Understanding
B. Intellectual skills and attributes
OVERARCHING OUTCOMES
C. Other skills and attributes (practical/professional/transferable)
Year 1 initiates delivery of Bristol Skills Framework learning outcomes and attributes (to be continued in subsequent years of the programme)
The teaching and learning methods to be adopted in Year 1 reflect the aim of developing students as adult learners, whilst recognising that this takes time to develop. From day one, students should feel they are preparing to become a dentist. They should learn to study with support of their peers, mentors and lecturers. Practical procedures and learning with students from the full dental team are all highly valued.
The teaching methods used are:
Students will be pre-allocated to act as patients for a variety of their peers during the course of these sessions. This teaching approach enables students to develop the necessary skills and attitudes required for treating the diverse range of patients that will be encountered during the programme and within the wider population. Using peers as patients effectively supports the development of practical and patient management skills required for the transition to first patient care, and is underpinned by a range of General Dental Council Learning Outcomes within the domains of clinical care, communication, professionalism, and management and leadership (see 'Intended Learning Outcomes' above). Procedures where students will be required to act as patients include: history taking, examination of the head and neck, examination of the oral cavity (including the charting of teeth and periodontium), recording plaque indices, oral health advice, removal of dental deposits (as appropriate), suction practice, impression taking, and the delivery of local anaesthesia. This teaching approach will be fully supported by a process of informed consent, and an appropriate level of supervision by clinical teaching staff.
Summative assessment
An integrated, programmatic assessment delivered at the end of Year 1, comprising two parts.
The End of Year 1 Summative Assessments will be taken as a first attempt in May/June and, if required, as a second attempt (resit) in July.
Part 1) Knowledge examinations
This consists of two components whereby marks are combined to give an aggregate for the Part.
Part 2) Objective Structured Practical (OSPE)/Spotter:
Students must achieve a minimum standard set pass mark (scaled to 50%) for each Part in order to pass the Unit. There is no compensation permitted between the Parts.
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.
Demonstrating satisfactory engagement
Students must demonstrate satisfactory engagement with the programme, as set out in the student progression requirements for Year 1 in the BDS Assessment Handbook.
Satisfactory engagement with the programme will be determined by the Progress Committee which meets termly. The committee will monitor engagement against the engagement and progression criteria, review performance in '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 progress to Year 2.
Progression to Year 2
In order to progress to Year 2 of the BDS programme students must pass the End of Year 1 summative assessments at first or second (resit) attempt as determined by the Board of Examiners and demonstrate Satisfactory Engagement with the programme as determined by the Progress Committee.
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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 University 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. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.