Unit name | Year 5 BDS |
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Unit code | ORDSM0037 |
Credit points | 0 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Mr. Musaab Siddiqui |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
Successful progression from Year 4 BDS21 |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
Not applicable |
School/department | Bristol Dental School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Description:
Year 5 BDS provides the concluding 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. This unit takes an integrated approach to completion of learning outcomes outlined within Preparing for Practice, these being tested through formative and summative assessment, including a global three-part BDS Finals examination.
The unit is focused very much on preparation for clinical practice through the clinical spine of the curriculum including Student Dentist as Practitioner and Student Dentist as Professional and Agent of Change helical themes, and for successful selection for a Dental Foundation Training (DFT) place. Further reference to helical themes of Person and Citizen will be through DFT preparation (employability – Bristol Futures; and wellbeing). The unit encompasses all activity within Year 5 of the BDS programme, this being subdivided into six subjects:
The general aims of the unit are for Year 5 dental students to:
NOTE: Year 5 of BDS Dentistry is weighted 120-cps. This is a non-modular programme, and therefore it is not possible to be awarded a pro-rata of 120-cps for partial completion of the year."
Year 5 continues the delivery of the GDC Preparing for Practice intended
ILOs (ILOs, 2015) which commenced in Year 1.
A. Knowledge and Understanding
B. Intellectual skills and attributes
C. Other skills and attributes (practical/professional/transferable)
Much of the learning in Year 5 will be experiential, with focus on a significant proportion of the week treating patients in the clinic, with supported supervision by small group tutorial teaching. The teaching methods used are:
Students will be expected to engage with all learning.
The BDS21 curriculum has adopted an assessment approach emphasising key engagement milestones, including satisfactory engagement with formative assessments. Demonstration of satisfactory engagement with all milestones (defined within the BDS assessment handbook) will be required before students progress to graduation. Student engagement will be monitored at termly Progress Committee meetings and outcomes will be approved at the Year 5 Faculty Exam Board.
Consequences of non-engagement are that a student will not be permitted to progress to graduation. In accordance with University regulations, students may have two attempts at summative assessments in Year 5. Dependent on extenuating circumstances, a student may be permitted a second attempt at Year 5 or otherwise will be required to withdraw from the programme.
Summative assessment - BDS Finals
Each Part of BDS Finals will be equally weighted. Students must pass each Part to pass BDS Finals overall.
Part 1
Integrated Knowledge-based assessment (KBA) papers covering ILOs across all areas of the curriculum and comprising:
Students will be required to attain an aggregate pass over the four KBA papers.
Part 2
Seen case presentations of treated patients:
Students will be required to achieve an aggregate pass across the two case presentations.
Part 3
Adult and Child unseen clinical cases, comprising 6 unseen cases across three components:
Students will be required to achieve an aggregate pass over the three components of the Part 3 assessment.
Resit opportunities
Details of resits are provided in the BDS Assessment handbook.
Merit and Distinction
Merits and Distinctions will be awarded for the degree as a whole.
Progression to graduation
To successfully complete Year 5 and progress to graduation students must pass Year 5 assessments at first or second (resit) attempt as determined by the Board of Examiners. The final mark for each part of BDS Finals will be recorded on the University transcript.
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. ORDSM0037).
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.