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Course Coordinator 

Associate Professor Maurice Meade

Academic Staff

Dr Esma Dogramaci

Part-time teaching lecturers

Dr Wayne Chen

Dr Linda Curl

Dr Darren DiIulio

Dr Simon Freezer

Dr Sven Jensen

Dr Sara Roberts

Dr Richard Salmon

Dr Prash Sooriakumuran

Dr Andrew Tindall

Dr Simon Toms

Dr Sam Whittle

Dr Benlee Yap

1. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge, and advanced research skills including competency in investigative techniques and technologies relating to orthodontics.

2. Understand and demonstrate professional and ethically appropriate research principles and workplace behaviours.

3. Critically interpret, evaluate and synthesise understanding of background literature, and critically interpret and evaluate the methodology used and results obtained in a research context.

4. Communicate scientific information including research context, approach, findings and significance clearly and concisely in written and spoken English.

5. Work effectively in teams in small group and research contexts.

6. Work effectively as an individual to plan and deliver outcomes.

Textbooks, scientific journals, websites, Barr Smith Library access, MyUni, clinical access to materials to undertake research. Postgraduate students will be advised of the specific required resources.

A list of resources will be provided by the course co-ordinator. 

Information will be provided by the course co-ordinator.

Clinical Experience

The clinical component provides experience within the discipline of orthodontics in the form of:

• 5-6 supervised clinical sessions per week at the Orthodontic Unit at the 黑料社区 Dental Hospital
• Additional supervised clinical sessions at the Womens and Children Hospital (WCH) in Year 3 (approximately 20 throughout the year).
• Interdisciplinary seminars with other dental specialty postgraduate students and medical specialty teams.
• Multi-disciplinary meetings with the Craniofacial Unit at the WCH.
• Undergraduate teaching
• Case based discussion seminars
• External practice visits
• Supervised clinical activity may occur at other SA Dental clinics.
• Laboratory work  

Coursework

Coursework is provided via:

• Seminars (x5 weekly). A timetable provided at the beginning of each Semester provides guidance on the topics to be covered during that Semester. It includes information on the core information on the topic covered for that week and information on which postgraduate student is to present what paper from the literature. Details on who will make presentations to the student group are also provided. This provides the framework via which the students can self-directed their own learning. The topics covered over the three-years cover all of the areas of the DClinDent program.
• Lectures.
• Annual visiting MR Sims Visiting Professor (2 weeks)
• Online lectures.
• Laboratory work
• Interdisciplinary meetings

Research

• Research Methods, Experimental Design & Ethics online module to be completed in Semester 1
• Guidance/mentoring by research project supervisors.
• Evaluation of published literature practice with the expectation of the outcomes forming the platform for life-long learning and informing clinical practice as specialist orthodontists.

The program is intensive and requires a significant time commitment. The workload model is based on 24 teaching weeks per semester and is likely to be greater than 37.5 hours per week. This will vary depending on the time of the year, topics being studied and the students understanding.

The learning activities are designed to provide students with the knowledge and clinical skills to successfully transition into orthodontic practice. Clinical and research activity, seminars and long hours of small group and case-based discussion characterise the course. 

A list of specific requirements will be provided by the course co-ordinator. Each student must have their own laptop computer and clinical camera, details of which will be discussed prior and at the commencement of the program.

Clinical assessment is ongoing and provided by the sessional supervisors. Academic assessment is based on seminar and tutorial participation and knowledge. This is augmented by annual mid-year and end-of-year examinations which comprise written papers, oral viva voce assessments, the clinical presentation of patients (seen and unseen) and a research discussion. 

To be advised by the course co-ordinator.

Clinical

Patient case write-ups are comprehensively reviewed and audited by clinical supervisors every Semester. and students receive continuing ongoing feedback regarding clinical performance and patient management. Students mintain a comprehensive logbook of patients that serve as a record of all cases managed by the students, treatments performed and treatment progress. This aids in the acquisition of clinical experience receive and ensures that the postgraduate student is exposed to a wide variety of cases. The logbook will also form part of the clinical assessment for each semester and will form part of their overall assessment during their final examination in October / November of the third year. 

Formative Review

Formative review is ongoing and relates to

• Level of performance in the clinic
• Level of performance in seminars, interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary meeting environments
• Outcomes from workplace-based assessment including mini-clinical evaluation exercises, Direct Observation of Procedural Skills exercises, case-based discussions, and 360-degree feedback.

Feedback from clinical tutors, SA dental staff and members of research supervisory teams also ensure that the students’ learning is optimised and that any potential issues are identified early.

Summative Assessment

DClinDent I

• Mid-year essay paper examination
• Two papers (each a maximum of 5000 words) submitted in April and August
• Successful completion of a series of wire-bending exercises
• Successful presentation of the research protocol
• Two end of year essay papers examination
• End of year viva and case presentations. (1 hour)

DClinDent II

• Mid-year OSCE
• Two end of year essay papers examination
• End of year viva and case presentations. (2 hour)

DClinDent III

• Mid-year unseen cases/structured clinical reasoning exercises
• Two end of year essay papers examination
• End of year viva and case presentations. (2.5 hours)
• End of year unseen cases/structured clinical reasoning exercises (1 hour)

A wide selection of cases is expected to be shown (approximately 40) to indicate the range of diagnostic, treatment planning and problem-solving skills acquired during the program. The cases come from the logbook which has the details of all the patients managed by the student.

In addition, the students must have satisfactorily met the milestones required by the research component of their studies. Their thesis must be submitted for examination by a date nominated by the Course Coordinator – usually June/July of the DClinDent III. Submission is in a thesis-by-publication format – with the expectation that there will be two papers submitted for publication in a peer review journal.

 End of year examinations are assessed by external examiners.

The submission of a research thesis occurs in the final year of the programme. Discussions regarding a research topic and proposal will be held with the course co-ordinator early in the programme.