Advanced Clinical Practice 4 (DENT90038)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
Contact information
Semester 1
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinator
Implants - Dr Jaafar Abduo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinator
Implants - Dr Jaafar Abduo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject is offered as one in a series of four subjects for students enrolled in the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry. Students study either implant dentistry or oral surgery. For further information about the implant dentistry content, please contact Dr Roy Judge. For further information about the oral medicine content, please contact Associate Professor Michael McCullough. For further information about the oral surgery content, please contact Associate Professor Andrew Smith. Please see the web link above for further details.
Intended learning outcomes
To provide advanced clinical practice in the student's chosen field.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
IMPLANT DENTISTRY: On going clinical assesment on the restorative and surgical clinics will occur throughout the two years. The prepared seminars in each clinic stream will be assessed and feedback directly provided. At the end of year one a mock viva will be conducted allowing the students to gauge their effectiveness in learning. At the end of two years the exit exam will be a restorative/surgical viva as well as a combined 3 hour paper. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
ORAL SURGERY: Please contact Associate Professor Andrew Smith for details of assessment for students taking oral surgery. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
ORAL MEDICINE: Please contact Associate Professor Michael McCullough for details of assessment for students taking oral medicine. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours IMPLANT DENTISTRY - The group entering 2009 will have alternative Monday afternoons on the surgical clinic, Tuesday morning will be research, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon will be the restorative clinics. Typically the students will attend one surgical and one restorative clinic per week. Students will have 36 weeks of contact per year over two years. ORAL MEDICINE - Please contact Associate Professor Michael McCullough for details. ORAL SURGERY - Please contact Associate Professor Andrew Smith for details. Total time commitment 240 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 31 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 Semester 1 contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinator
Implants - Dr Jaafar Abduo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator David Manton Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours IMPLANT DENTISTRY - The group entering 2009 will have alternative Monday afternoons on the surgical clinic, Tuesday morning will be research, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon will be the restorative clinics. Typically the students will attend one surgical and one restorative clinic per week. Students will have 36 weeks of contact per year over two years. ORAL MEDICINE - Please contact Associate Professor Michael McCullough for details. ORAL SURGERY - Please contact Associate Professor Andrew Smith for details. Total time commitment 240 hours Teaching period 28 July 2025 to 26 October 2025 Last self-enrol date 8 August 2025 Census date 1 September 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 September 2025 Assessment period ends 21 November 2025 Semester 2 contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Specialist Coordinator
Implants - Dr Jaafar Abduo
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Implant Dentistry About 6 hours of reading and lab time per week. Oral Surgery Please contact Associate Professor Andrew Smith for details. Oral Medicine Please contact Associate Professor Michael McCullough for details.
What do these dates mean
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Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Implants) - Links to additional information
Last updated: 4 March 2025