The DClinDent in Prosthodontics is full-time programme which will allow the candidate to achieve specialist-level training in orthodontics, together with a taught professional Doctorate, and will also prepare them for the Speciality Membership Examinations of one of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of the UK.
The DClinDent aims to provide doctoral level educational opportunities to enable students to develop, consolidate and enhance their range of academic and clinical competencies to enable independent and reflective practice at the standard of a specialist in each clinical discipline.
On completion of the DClinDent, the student will be able to demonstrate the following:
The programme addresses five components:
For Year 1 and Year 2 students, there will be a written exam at the end of each semester.
In addition to the above, at the end of Year 2, students will also have oral exams.
Successful completion of the first two years of the programme will allow students to proceed to Year 3 of the programme. In Year 3, students will present the following:
a) a clinical governance project b) a systematic review of a topic related to orthodontics c) two fully documented patient case presentations d) two unseen (diagnostic) cases will also form part of this examination
The third year of the DClinDent programme will be structured over three semesters and during this time the student will be timetabled to four protected academic sessions each week with the remaining time dedicated to primarily independent clinical practice and inter-disciplinary patient management.
Programme structure:
Year 1 courses:
Year 2 courses:
Year 3 courses:
The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The DClinDent in Prosthodontics is full-time programme which will allow the candidate to achieve specialist-level training in orthodontics, together with a taught professional Doctorate, and will also prepare them for the Speciality Membership Examinations of one of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of the UK.
The DClinDent aims to provide doctoral level educational opportunities to enable students to develop, consolidate and enhance their range of academic and clinical competencies to enable independent and reflective practice at the standard of a specialist in each clinical discipline.
On completion of the DClinDent, the student will be able to demonstrate the following:
The programme addresses five components:
For Year 1 and Year 2 students, there will be a written exam at the end of each semester.
In addition to the above, at the end of Year 2, students will also have oral exams.
Successful completion of the first two years of the programme will allow students to proceed to Year 3 of the programme. In Year 3, students will present the following:
a) a clinical governance project b) a systematic review of a topic related to orthodontics c) two fully documented patient case presentations d) two unseen (diagnostic) cases will also form part of this examination
The third year of the DClinDent programme will be structured over three semesters and during this time the student will be timetabled to four protected academic sessions each week with the remaining time dedicated to primarily independent clinical practice and inter-disciplinary patient management.
Programme structure:
Year 1 courses:
Year 2 courses:
Year 3 courses:
The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom