2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

DSUR5130M Principles of Dental Public Health

35 creditsClass Size: 10

Module manager: Mrs Jenny Owen
Email: j.c.owen@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

A bachelor degree with 2:2 (hons) in a related subject or medical or dental degree. New graduates with limited or no work experience in a health-related area would be expected to have a 2.1 or above.
Or
Professional qualification with 3-5 years' work experience.
We also welcome applications from graduates with a medical or dental degree.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in each component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module forms part of the MSc Dental Public Health and gives students a foundation in the principles of dental public health and in health services research.Unless your programme is designed to be delivered fully online, your programme and modules will be delivered predominantly on campus. These teaching activities will be supported by the use of digital tools to enhance your learning and experience. The catalogue provides details of your module and the teaching methods used to deliver your module (for example, lecture, seminar, tutorial, practical). It does not necessarily provide you with information about the mode of delivery for specific learning activities on your module (whether these will be on campus or delivered digitally). Information about the delivery mode for learning and teaching activities for your modules will be published in the timetable and in the Minerva area for your modules. You can access your personalised timetable through Minerva or our UniLeeds app on your mobile device. We sometimes need to adapt our teaching to take account of developments in the subject, in response to new research and current affairs for example, and on occasion we may need to adapt our delivery modes too. You will be kept informed of any proposed changes to the content and delivery of your modules as described in the module catalogue and we’ll make sure you understand and agree the reasons for any changes before they are introduced.

Objectives

This module will provide students with the knowledge and understanding of the scientific basis which underpins the specialty of dental public health. This will enable them to present as subject experts in dental public health, focusing on the promotion of health, and the prevention and control of dental diseases at a community and population level. Students will develop the skills to critically think about the concepts, theories and methods employed in the speciality and use these skills to advocate for others. Students will be able to explain the influence of lifestyle on oral and general health including inequalities in oral health. They will develop the skills to be able to explain the oral health needs and demands of populations including how to evaluate various methods of prevention within oral health promotion.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students should have shown evidence of being able to:
1. display, in depth, knowledge of improvement of the population oral health improvement and actions to address health inequalities
2. critically evaluate population oral and general health needs and demands and demonstrate knowledge of the appropriate methods to measure them
3. describe in detail the principles of planning and evaluating oral and healthcare services and health promotion programmes
4. use evidence-based approaches to the prevention of oral diseases ad justify their appropriateness in a given population

Skills outcomes
- Find, retrieve and synthesise information; appraise and interpret evidence
- Critically review literature and tools in oral health promotion and improvement
- Critically appraise oral health inequalities theories
- Identify appropriate health services research methods
- Work with colleagues from dental and other healthcare professions and communicate effectively by spoken, written and electronic means the discipline of dental public health
- Translation of theories into practice
- Understand how political agendas influences oral health
- Time management and organisational skills

Syllabus

This module provides an understanding of the basic principles of Dental Public Health. Students will understand the theoretical basis for Dental Public Health and the skills required when using health services research. The main areas below mirror the Diploma in Dental Public Health syllabus of the Royal College of Surgeons of England:
The module explores current issues in Dental Public Health in the UK and internationally within a multi-disciplinary approach. Students will be given opportunities to critically appraise the evidence which underpins Dental Public Health including the importance of evaluation.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	5	3.00	15.00
Lecture	4	2.00	8.00
Lecture	5	1.00	5.00
Lecture	5	1.50	7.50
Lecture	5	3.00	15.00
Seminar	1	1.50	1.50
Seminar	1	2.00	2.00
Tutorial	2	2.00	4.00
Private study hours			292.00
Total Contact hours			58.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			350.00

Private study

Private study and self-directed learning will be used to prepare for lectures and seminars. As part of the assessment, students are required to research into various socio-economic indicators that are used in different countries and assess their validities and to critically evaluate existing oral health promotion initiatives.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

There are several opportunities for students to receive formative feedback throughout this module, however there are three key sessions which are designed to discuss the syllabus and provide formative feedback to the students in preparation of on their summative assessments.
An additional formative feedback session will be held prior to summative assessment submission / presentation (term week 20-21). The session will include a short critical appraisal task, where students can work together in groups to practise their critical appraisal skills. The session will be in the format of a journal club session where a paper will be chosen by the module team. Students will be asked to prepare a short overview of the critical appraisal they have undertaken (with support of a critical appraisal tool e.g., CASP), and present their findings to the students in groups. Feedback and support will then be provided by staff. Peer feedback in the form of a discussion will be facilitated by staff.
The students are also given the opportunity to review the learning objectives and ask for further guidance where they feel they may need additional support.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Critical Appraisal assignment (3000-word structured essay format)	50.00
Presentation	Dental Public Health formal presentation up to 30 minutes (including presentation and subsequent discussion)	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Each learning objective is only assessed once, therefore both elements of the module assessment must be passed to pass the module overall. Each summative element of assessment is not compensatable. In the event of failure of one component, the module mark will be capped at 50 on successful resit.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 20/05/2024

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