The BDS curriculum in Dundee will help you develop the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to graduate as a dental practitioner capable to care for the oral health of the patient and thereby influence positively the patients systemic health. Not only will you develop clinical skills across the full range of dental disciplines, but you will also build the foundation of scientific knowledge on which clinical practice is based. In addition, you will appreciate the ethical and legal basis for dental practice, and acquire appropriate skills for communicating with your patients and helping them deal with what many find an anxious experience.
The staff in the Dental School are committed to your professional education as dental practitioners. The School is small enough for you to get to know the staff well and the care and support provided for our students is recognised as excellent.
Dental knowledge and practice is ever-changing and developing and an important aim of the BDS curriculum is that you appreciate that your undergraduate learning is the first phase in a professional education that will continue throughout your career.
In order for you to gain sufficient knowledge and clinical experience, the BDS degree is a 5-year programme. A wide variety of teaching methods are used in the dental curriculum, reflecting the breadth of knowledge and skills you must develop as a dental student. These methods will include lectures, tutorials, practical classes, clinical skills classes and most importantly "hands on" patient care. The Dental School also makes increasing use of My Dundee, the University's virtual learning environment, to support teaching.
Assessment in each year of the curriculum combines continuous assessment and an end-of-year examination.
In addition, the Dental School is keen that you develop the attributes of a professional practitioner from the outset, therefore your professional attitudes will be developed and monitored throughout the curriculum.
You will have the opportunity for a period of elective study between Years 4 and 5 of the course, when you can undertake a project in an area of dentistry of specific interest to you. Many students take this chance to travel overseas to gain experience of dental practice in environments very different to the UK, broadening both their educational and personal horizons. Some students take the opportunity to extend this experience by spending the first semester of Year 5 on an Erasmus exchange programme. The Dental School has agreements with dental schools in France, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Norway and this provides an excellent chance for you to experience both dental education in a different context and the cultural and social benefits of spending an extended period in another country.
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