Postgraduate Course: Comprehensive Treatment Planning for Children and Adolescents (DENT12031)
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 | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | The aim of this course is to teach the student how to reach a diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan, taking into account the findings of their history and examination of the child or adolescent, and expert opinion of specialist colleagues from other disciplines. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    In this course students learn how to bring together all the teaching from other courses to adopt a holistic approach to treatment planning for paediatric patients.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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| 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:
200
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 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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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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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Apply the knowledge gained from previously covered clinically-related seminars
 - Take a comprehensive history
 - Complete an examination and request special tests as required
 - Appreciate the need for multidisciplinary input
 - Formulate a comprehensive treatment plan
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mrs Antoniella Busuttil Naudi 
Tel: 0131 536 3981 
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Course secretary | Mrs Jacqueline Mcgurk 
Tel: 0131 536 3979 
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