MClinDent Oral Surgery - London - Greater London - King's College London - I14392

To fulfil the requirements for higher specialist training in oral surgery and prepare the student for the membership in oral surgery examination of the appropriate Royal College, acquisition of the CCST and entry onto the GDC’s specialist list in oral surgery. Provides concise theoretical and practical understanding of oral surgery and its relation to other dental specialities. To provide academic skills in clinical research and clinical audit.

qualified dentists wanting to extend their knowledge and clinical practice in oral surgery

MClinDent Oral Surgery

Programme description

- Degree programme linked to SAC approved specialist training in Oral Surgery.
- On successful completion of specialist training UK/EU dentists will be eligible for entry onto the GDC of UK’s Specialist list in Oral Surgery.

Training will encompass the diagnosis, treatment planning and management of patients requiring oral surgery under local anaesthesia, sedation and both day-case and inpatient general anaesthesia. You will undertake specialist clinical training in those areas of dentistry related to oral surgery. Clinical audit and clinical research forms a component of the MClinDent degree and therefore an integral component of the higher training programme. You will also maintain an accurate record of all clinical experience in the form of a logbook.

Programme format and assessment
Modular programme consisting of 360 credits, plus an additional 180 credits of non-modular supervised clinical work. Modules are grouped into three distinct types: 1) Six taught modules, covering the scientific and clinical basis of oral surgery usually examined by written and oral examination; 2) Three clinical modules, involving supervised clinical practice and examined by a mixture of case studies on treated and unseen patients, assesment of a log book, and oral examinations; 3) One research module, involving the submission of a research project report including a literature review, with an oral examination.

Duration
Three years, five days per week, October to September.