Dental Education PgDip

• Study with an inspirational, inter-disciplinary course team who are established medical and dental educators with experience spanning undergraduate and postgraduate dental, medical and healthcare education
• Explore the wide range of learning, teaching and assessment methods used across all levels of dental education and training
• Develop a supervised independent project that focuses on dental education research, innovation or improvement
• Gain the skills, attitudes and practices of an expert dental educator, acquire a deep awareness of personal responsibility and professional codes of conduct, learn to critically appraise both your own and others’ practice, and address your emerging development needs through independent and collaborative activity
• Benefit from visiting experts who make regular contributions to study days, master classes and online activity.

This course supports your development as a dental educator, scholar and leader. It provides opportunities to develop your thinking and practice within a dynamic multi-disciplinary community of clinical educators. The course team models learner-centred teaching, learning and assessment practices and provides plentiful opportunities for you to rehearse them yourself. Assessments foster strong links between your learning and practice. Your final assignment is a supervised Dental Education Research Project in an area of professional interest, which provides a clear sense of your educational role responsibilities and the confidence to offer guidance to peers who wish to develop their own educational practices. You thus evidence emerging educational leadership capabilities along with developed skills in project design, management and evaluation. Year 1 Students complete either the Postgraduate Certificate in Dental Education (PGCertDedEd) or Postgraduate Diploma in Dental Education (PGDipDedEd). PGCertDedEd consists of:

• Core unit: Dental Education in Practice

Then students choose one unit from:

• Workplace-based learning
• Educational Perspectives for the Workplace

Year 2 Students complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Dental Education (PGDipDedEd) PGCertDedEd consists of:

• Core unit: Developing the Dental Team

Then students choose one unit from:

• Workplace-Based Learning
• Educational Perspectives for the Workplace
• Simulation in Practice