Postgraduate Course: Literature Review or Clinical Governance Project (DENT11159)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | This module aims to allow the student to demonstrate competency in the appraisal, design, synthesis  and delivery of a literature review or a clinical governance project. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Design and organisation of a literature review with a systematic literature search, appraisal of methodological quality, data extraction and evaluation and narrative synthesis in preparation for a peer-reviewed publication.  Alternatively, design and organisation of a clinical governance project relevant to the management of a child or adolescent patient including data collection and analysis write-up.
    
    
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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 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Flexible | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
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 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
392 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Written Assessment 100% | 
 
| Feedback | 
Students receive informal feedback / feed forward from their on-line tutor on a weekly basis.  Students receive formal feedback at the end of each module on assessed course-work and written assignments. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Be competent in the design and organisation of a literature review / clinical audit project
 - Obtain, critically appraise, summarise and synthesise clinical and research material from a range of appropriate resources
 - Evaluate research appropriate to the discipline
 - Consider, appraise and evaluate the relative benefits of different modalities of dental treatment appropriate to the discipline
 - Compile a literature review / clinical audit for peer-reviewed publication / poster presentation
 
     
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Reading List 
| Available on the VLE as links to the University of Edinburgh library. |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Be able to apply the skills necessary for study and enquiry in an on-line academic environment. 
Possess skills in understanding research in this subject and have the ability to analyse literature in an appropriate way. 
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| Keywords | critical appraisal,systematic literature search,data extraction,clinical audit,narrative synthesis | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Jennifer Foley 
Tel:  
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Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Allison 
Tel: 0131 536 3975 
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