Undergraduate Course: Personal & Professional Development 2 (DENT09002)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The areas of study in this course will include Evidence based dentistry, research methods, health informatics, statistics, reflective portfolios, case based learning and journal clubs.
Course description	This second year course will encourage and enable you to examine, critically analyse and evaluate scientific literature in preparation for a literature review of your choice in third year. In conjunction with research methods you will cover the fundamental aspects of statistics used within medical/dental literature/studies. Case based learning and reflective portfolio sessions will allow interactive work and discussions between you and your peers and allow you the opportunity to consider your time and practice as a student and clinician on the OHS programme. This course is comprised of classroom based lectures and tutorials.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 30, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 13, Formative Assessment Hours 5, Summative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 9 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Examination 50%, course work 50%
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Personal & Professional Development 2		1:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: -Understand the importance of evidence based dentistry and its application in your practice. Undestadn the importance of clinical audits annd how they may be conducted Be competent at descriptive statistics and measures of association Demonstrate engagement with reflective practice and case based learning Demonstrate the ability to search, read and critique dental/medical literature