Dental Education

Entry requirements

• Applicants must hold a relevant Dental degree such as Dental Hygiene or Dental Therapy or equivalent.
• Be actively engaged in dental practice.
• IELTS: 7.0 or equivalent in all components.
• All suitable applicants will be interviewed.

If you have already completed Facilitating Learning and or Mentoring in Dental Practice or equivalent please contact us to discuss entry onto the programme.

Months of entry

September

Course content

About the course

Are you a dental professional working in the NHS, HEI or the private sector? Are you looking to develop as a dental educator and support the development of your team? Our innovative learn-as-you-work MSc in Dental Education is fully online, so you can learn in a flexible way.

This programme offers you the opportunity to diversify into an educational role.

After Year 1 you can opt to graduate with a postgraduate certificate. If you decide to continue you can gain a postgraduate diploma at the end of Year 2. If you then go on to complete Year 3 you will graduate with a full Master of Science (MSc) degree.

The course is designed to meet the needs of an inter-professional care team. Dentists, dental care professionals and their extended team will all benefit from the support provided by our course team, gaining the knowledge and skills needed to become effective in developing others.

The environment in which training takes place becomes a learning community. This maximises the opportunity for learning for all. Where identified, development needs are considered and supported.

By the time you graduate, you'll have learned how to facilitate effective learning within and outside the workplace, selecting and applying best practice principles to teaching, assessing, supporting learning, and giving feedback to others.

WHY STUDY WITH US

• The course content is delivered through the Microsoft Teams platform, which allows for easy communication with your tutors and other students.
• You will be assessed by coursework, including assignments, presentations and professional dialogue. You’ll be supported from start to finish.
• You’ll develop an understanding of the theory, practice and research around dental education. This will help you undertake an independent research study on the management of dental education based on your own professional interests.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• You’ll have multiple opportunities to learn about best practices from educational practices who are experts in their fields.
• You will have the benefit of close support and supervision at all stages of the course.
• You will be part of a community of practice, sharign ideas and engaging in online discussion groups.

LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

This online, part-time course takes place over five months.

This will include five online workshops, structured independent study and related tasks equating to 200 hours of guided learning.

There’s an emphasis on pre-sessional tasks, which are followed by live, online workshops where you’ll be engaging with experienced educators and other dental professionals. After these sessions, there will be follow-up activities to help you apply what you’ve learnt in practice.

You are required to engage in the independent study alongside the taught online sessions, managing your time to accommodate the additional study expected for the qualification, which is an essential consideration prior to starting the course.

PATHWAYS

On completion of the certificate level, you will be encouraged to apply for Membership of the Academy of Medical Educators (accreditation already gained).

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION

The first module, Facilitating Learning in Healthcare Practice is accredited by the Academy of Medical Educators.

If you successfully complete the module and assessments you will be eligible to apply for full membership of the Academy without going through the individual assessment process.

This module is also mapped into COPDEND Standards for Dental Educators (2013).

Fees and funding

For more information on fees and funding, please visit our Dental Education MSc course page.