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University of Sheffield: Endodontics
| Institution | University of Sheffield |
|---|---|
| Department | Clinical Dentistry |
| Web | http://www.sheffield.ac.uk |
| dentalpgtadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 0114 271 7884 |
| Study type | Taught |
DClinDent
Summary
Restorative dentistry focuses on repairing or replacing teeth damaged by disease. Study on a full-time, three-year, taught clinical doctorate programme to become a specialist in endodontics.
**Course description**
This course is for dentists who want to specialise in endodontics and earn speciality membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). At the end of your final year, you can sit a single exit assessment held jointly between the University of Sheffield and RCSEd. Candidates will be awarded a DClinDent from the University of Sheffield and a membership from the RCSEd in the relevant specialty, without the need to sit a separate examination.
Although endodontics will be your speciality focus, you will learn alongside students in our Periodontics and Prosthodontics courses. With small class sizes (a ratio of 1:4) you will gain a broader knowledge base, preparing you well for the RCSEd membership exams and a clinical career in restorative dentistry.
All our courses are mapped to the UK General Dental Council’s speciality curricula and in this way, we ensure that the whole syllabus is covered throughout the three years.
Your first year is shared between all students in the three speciality courses. This provides a unique opportunity to develop a solid foundation in all aspects of restorative dentistry. All aspects of restorative dentistry in all three specialisms will be covered, including operative skills, clinical assessments and patient care. You will develop new practical skills in clinical training sessions, and attend consultant clinics and case discussions.
In the second and third years, your learning and professional development will focus almost exclusively on your mono-speciality working towards the end-of-programme con-joint examinations. You will gain the confidence to make sound judgements in complex and unpredictable patient care. You will further develop a speciality skill set in the multidisciplinary environment of the programme; working, learning and sharing experiences with students and trainees from other areas, including orthodontics, dental public health and paediatrics. You will develop your skills and professional aptitudes in all domains so that you can communicate confidently, clearly and professionally with specialists, non-specialists and your patients.
Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | A university-accredited degree in dental surgery that enables the practice of dentistry and a minimum of two years’ post-qualification experience in any sphere of restorative dentistry, including a general dental practice. You must also meet our health and Disclosure and Barring Service requirements for clinical courses. We also consider a wide range of international qualifications: Overall IELTS score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component, or equivalent. |
Summary
This course is now closed to new applications for 2023 entry.
In your second and third years you'll specialise in endodontics and gain extensive practical experience as you work with patients. This course prepares you for the specialty membership examinations in endodontics of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd).
**Course description**
The DClinDent is suited to all dentists who wish to pursue specialist training in one of the restorative mono-specialities and wish to prepare for the speciality membership examinations in endodontics, periodontology and prosthodontics of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd).
This is a three-year full-time clinical taught postgraduate course delivered by specialists. All three monospecialites run simultaneously with a common first year for all students across the three disciplines. This enables a strong multi-disciplinary grounding across all aspects of restorative dentistry. The second and third years are speciality-specific (Endodontics) and you will study and develop your knowledge and skills in close collaboration and interaction with students in the other two specialities. This model fosters a broad learning experience, beyond that of your chosen speciality. A 1:4 clinical tutor-student ratio supports excellent clinical teaching, feedback, reflection and mentoring.
You’ll have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and critical awareness of the issues that determine successful outcomes, informed by the latest research in restorative dentistry, in accordance with the requirements of the UK’s GDC specialist curricula. We’ll foster your ability to make sound judgements in complex and unpredictable situations, so you can plan and implement tasks at a professional level. You’ll learn how to communicate clearly and professionally to specialist and non-specialist audiences
Distinct and carefully mapped opportunities to work and interact with colleagues in the other two restorative disciplines and other hospital trainees will give doctorate students the opportunity to develop their skills in a multidisciplinary environment.
The first year of the course gives you a solid grounding in endodontic, periodontal and prosthodontic treatments. You’ll develop your clinical skills in our first-rate facilities and attend treatment planning clinics with course tutors. You’ll also carry out the literature review component of the research project.
In the second and third years, you’ll treat patients and focus on your specialism of endodontics. You’ll carry out the experimental component of the research project and complete a thesis of publication standard.
Final-year students (year 3) can choose to sit a conjoint examination. Successful candidates will be awarded the degree of DClinDent and speciality membership (RCSEd) in endodontics.
The University of Sheffield has a memorandum of agreement with RCSEd on conjoint examinations in endodontics. This memorandum recognises this three-year programme as providing sufficient equivalence that the RCSEd will permit registered candidates to sit the Membership Examination in Endodontics; if successful, candidates will be granted the RCSEd Membership in Endodontics (the "MEndo RCSEd") and the DClinDent (Endodontics) from the University of Sheffield.
Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | A university-accredited degree in dental surgery that enables the practice of dentistry and a minimum of two years’ post-qualification experience in any sphere of restorative dentistry, including a general dental practice. You must also meet our health and Disclosure and Barring Service requirements for clinical courses. English language requirements: Overall IELTS score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component, or equivalent. |
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