Dclindent oral medicine institute of dentistry

Queen Mary University of London

Postgraduate

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

Overview
Overview
If you are a dental graduate who wants to pursue a career in oral medicine this programme is for you. The Professional Doctorate Programme in Oral Medicine provides an integrated three years training for dentists who aspire to be clinical academics of the future. The DClinDent Degree integrates academic activities with clinical practice and research up to level 8 of FHEQ and the contents of the modules will reflect the General Dental Council (UK) Specialist Curriculum. The degree is full-time and will provide a sound basis for developing an academic career and for preparing for a career as a specialist in oral medicine. The three-year full-time DClinDent Degree programme has a strong emphasis on close chair-side support.
This programme will:
Extend your knowledge and skills in Oral Medicine at a postgraduate level and prepare you for a professional career as a dentist with a specialist interest in the discipline
Provide you with hands-on clinical training through chair-side supervised teaching in which treatment planning and clinical procedures are performed for selected cases, including a number of complex treatments
Provide research training to professional doctorate level allowing you to develop critical appraisal skills in relation to published literature and undertake a research project, under direct supervision
Once we have received applications by the deadline the first selection process will begin. We reserve the right to receive further application after the deadline and make decisions on those applications in July/August subject to places being available.
Why study your DClinDent in Oral Medicine at Queen Mary?.
The School of Medicine and Dentistry has an unrivalled tradition of excellence in research and teaching extending as far back as 1123 with the founding of St Bartholomew’s Hospital o carry out state-of-the-art biomedical research, including:
X-Ray Microtomography, Optical Coherence Tomography, facial and body laser...

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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67-69 Lincoln'S Inn Fields, WC2A 3JB

Start date

On request

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2019

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Subjects

  • Dentistry
  • Full Time
  • Planning
  • Project
  • School
  • Teaching
  • Dental

Course programme

Structure

Structure

DClinDent in Oral Medicine is currently available to study full-time for three years.

The aim of the DClinDent programme is to extend knowledge and skills in Oral Medicine beyond the level obtained as an undergraduate and to prepare the candidate for an academic career or a professional career as a specialist in that discipline.

The components of the programme are designed to accomplish this aim:

  • A programme of seminars, lectures and tutorials commencing with an introductory course to the fundamentals of Oral Medicine and its related disciplines and a review of the evidence base of the clinical and scientific scope of the subject
  • Supervised clinical practice in which treatment planning and clinical procedures are performed for selected cases, including a number of complex treatments
  • A research project leading to a dissertation in which the candidate is required to demonstrate the application of scientific method to a problem of relevance to the subject area

The three years of full-time study will provide 540 credits of which 270 credits are directed study element and 270 credits are research element.

Full-time

Undertaking a professional doctorate programme is a serious commitment, with weekly contact hours being in addition to numerous hours of independent learning and research needed to progress at the required level. When coursework or examination deadlines are approaching independent learning hours may need to increase significantly. Please contact the course convenor for precise information on the number of contact hours per week for this programme.

Core modules

Within the core modules, the topics covered include:

  • Advanced clinical diagnostic and treatment planning in Oral Medicine
  • Multidisciplinary care for Oral Medicine patients
  • Clinical governance and audit – Oral Medicine
  • Research consolidation and manuscript preparation from DClinDent project – Oral Medicine
  • Completion of Clinical Treatment and Cases – Oral Medicine

In addition to your studies, you have a chance to interact with external specialists, through an extensive seminar series held within the Institute of Dentistry, the Blizard Institute and Queen Mary as a whole.

Contact:

For Admission enquiries, please contact Postgraduate Admissions.

The Admissions Office

+44 (0)20 7882 5533

For programme content and Academic School enquiries, please contact the Institute of Dentistry below:

Dr Anwar Tappuni

Academic Lead and Director of DClinDent in Oral Medicine

Email:

Nina Booty

Senior Student Support Administrator

+44 (0)20 7882 8930

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