Postgraduate Course: Management of Anxious Children and Adolescents (DENT12028)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 50 | 
ECTS Credits | 25 | 
 
 
| Summary | The aim of this course is to teach the student about the aetiology, prevalence, assessment and management of dental anxiety in children and adolescents using the most appropriate non-pharmacological and pharmacological behaviour management techniques. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Understanding dental anxiety and behaviour management is essential in Paediatric Dentistry. This course aims to teach the student how to recognise and catagorise dental anxiety in a way that leads to the best behaviour management modality for each individual patient. Students are introduced to the national guidelines for management of anxiety with both pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
500
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 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
490 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
25 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Formative: Workplace-based assessments«br /» 
                  Discussion during seminars«br /» 
                  End of term exams«br /» 
Summative: Written: 50%«br /» 
Case presentations: 25%«br /» 
Unseen cases: 25%«br /» 
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| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Discuss the aetiology, prevalence and assessment of dental anxiety
 - Discuss the non-pharmacological behaviour management techniques used in the United Kingdom (UK)
 - Describe the use of local anaesthesia and procedural pain management in paediatric dentistry
 - Discuss conscious sedation techniques used in the UK, including inhalation sedation, intravenous sedation and transmucosal sedation
 - Discuss the indications, contraindications and decision making processes involved in referring children for treatment under General Anaesthesia
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Local anaesthetic,Inhalation sedation,intravenous sedation,transmucosal sedation,general anaest | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mrs Antoniella Busuttil Naudi 
Tel: 0131 536 3981 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Mrs Jacqueline Mcgurk 
Tel: 0131 536 3979 
Email:  | 
   
 
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