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DENT6013: Dental Research Studies 4

This unit involves a research project related to dentistry and oral health and also provides the training opportunity to develop a research grant proposal or discipline specific exercise to advance research skills.

Details

Academic unit Discipline of Population Oral Health
Unit code DENT6013
Unit name Dental Research Studies 4
Session, year
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Semester 1, 2022
Attendance mode Normal day
Location Surry Hills, Sydney
Credit points 6

Enrolment rules

Prohibitions
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None
Prerequisites
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DENT6011 and DENT6012
Corequisites
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None
Available to study abroad and exchange students

Yes

Teaching staff and contact details

Coordinator Jinlong Gao, jinlong.gao@sydney.edu.au
Type Description Weight Due Length
Online task Oral presentation
Oral presentation on draft treatise
0% Ongoing Various
Outcomes assessed: LO4 LO5
Dissertation hurdle task DENT6013 Research Portfolio
This contains the draft treatise and research progress report
100% STUVAC Please refer to the handbook on Canvas
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4
hurdle task = hurdle task ?

The DENT6013 portfolio contains two required components, including the draft treatise and DENT6013 research progress report. Please refer to the DClinDent Research Handbook for details. 

 

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1). The learning outcomes of this unit of study is reported by grade only. 

As a general guide, a pass or satisfactory requirments indicates student demonstrates the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard as defined by grade descriptors and DClinDent research provisions. A fail or failed requirements indicates students fails to demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard as required by the DClinDent research provisions. 

For more information see sydney.edu.au/students/guide-to-grades

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

  • Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
  • After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Special consideration

If you experience short-term circumstances beyond your control, such as illness, injury or misadventure or if you have essential commitments which impact your preparation or performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic honesty, academic dishonesty, and the resources available to all students.

The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic dishonesty or plagiarism seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of dishonesty, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

WK Topic Learning activity Learning outcomes

Attendance and class requirements

  • Attendance: Attendance is a professional responsibility required of all students admitted to academic programs within the Sydney Dental School. All programs in the Sydney Dental School have a 90% attendance policy, for all compulsory components of Units of Study, as detailed in the Faculty of Dentistry Attendance Provisions 2015. This includes all clinical and practical sessions. The course requirements cannot be satisfied if more than 10% of any section of a course is missed for any reason.
  • Professionalism: Students in all Sydney Dental School programs are subject to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Professionalism Requirements 2019 and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Professionalism Provisions 2019. Professionalism is an essential component of developing competency to practice. It is important for students to demonstrate professional behaviour in all contexts and environments. In accordance with these local provisions: candidates who demonstrate serious or repeated unprofessional behaviour may be required to show cause as to why their enrolment should be continued. Failure to show cause may result in exclusion from the course.

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University’s graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. complete all experimental aspects of a project
  • LO2. analyse the data and present the findings in a scientifically acceptable format
  • LO3. assemble the experimental chapter of the treatise, complete the draft treatise with or without the discussion and conclusion chapter
  • LO4. discuss and summarise the main findings of previous relevant literature; show how the findings advance knowledge; indicate limitations of the findings; and propose future directions in research.
  • LO5. give an oral presentation on draft treatise and respond to questions raised from audience

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1 Depth of disciplinary expertise

Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.

GQ2 Critical thinking and problem solving

Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.

GQ3 Oral and written communication

Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.

GQ4 Information and digital literacy

Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.

GQ5 Inventiveness

Generating novel ideas and solutions.

GQ6 Cultural competence

Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.

GQ7 Interdisciplinary effectiveness

Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.

GQ8 Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity

An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.

GQ9 Influence

Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes Graduate qualities
GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7 GQ8 GQ9

Alignment with Competency standards

Outcomes Competency standards
LO1
Public Health Dentistry - DBA
1.a. recognising the personal limitations and scope of the specialty and knowing when to refer or seek advice appropriately
1.b. practising with personal and professional integrity, honesty and trustworthiness
1.c. providing patient-centred care, including selecting and prioritising treatment options that are compassionate and respectful of patients’ best interests, dignity and choices and which seek to improve community oral health
1.d. understanding and applying the moral, cultural, ethical principles and legal responsibilities involved in the provision of specialist dental care to individual patients, to communities and populations
1.e. displaying appropriate professional behaviour and communication towards all members of the dental team and referring health practitioner/s
1.f. understanding and applying legislation including that related to record-keeping
1.g. demonstrating specialist professional growth and development through research and learning
1.i. demonstrating leadership in the profession.
2.c. use of technological and telecommunication aids in planning and delivering specialist treatment
2.d. communicating effectively in all forms of health and legal reporting, and
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
4.1.a. historical and contemporary literature
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.2.c. the principles of public health research oral disease prevention at a population level, and
5.2.a. designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating population oral health programs, and
5.2.b. writing reports.
LO2
Public Health Dentistry - DBA
1.b. practising with personal and professional integrity, honesty and trustworthiness
1.c. providing patient-centred care, including selecting and prioritising treatment options that are compassionate and respectful of patients’ best interests, dignity and choices and which seek to improve community oral health
1.d. understanding and applying the moral, cultural, ethical principles and legal responsibilities involved in the provision of specialist dental care to individual patients, to communities and populations
1.e. displaying appropriate professional behaviour and communication towards all members of the dental team and referring health practitioner/s
1.f. understanding and applying legislation including that related to record-keeping
1.g. demonstrating specialist professional growth and development through research and learning
1.i. demonstrating leadership in the profession.
2.c. use of technological and telecommunication aids in planning and delivering specialist treatment
2.d. communicating effectively in all forms of health and legal reporting, and
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
4.1.a. historical and contemporary literature
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.2.c. the principles of public health research oral disease prevention at a population level, and
5.2.a. designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating population oral health programs, and
5.2.b. writing reports.
LO3
Public Health Dentistry - DBA
1.b. practising with personal and professional integrity, honesty and trustworthiness
1.c. providing patient-centred care, including selecting and prioritising treatment options that are compassionate and respectful of patients’ best interests, dignity and choices and which seek to improve community oral health
1.d. understanding and applying the moral, cultural, ethical principles and legal responsibilities involved in the provision of specialist dental care to individual patients, to communities and populations
1.e. displaying appropriate professional behaviour and communication towards all members of the dental team and referring health practitioner/s
1.f. understanding and applying legislation including that related to record-keeping
1.g. demonstrating specialist professional growth and development through research and learning
1.h. supporting the professional development and education for all members of the dental and/or health community, and
1.i. demonstrating leadership in the profession.
2.c. use of technological and telecommunication aids in planning and delivering specialist treatment
2.d. communicating effectively in all forms of health and legal reporting, and
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
4.1.a. historical and contemporary literature
4.1.b. the scientific basis of dentistry including the relevant biological, medical and psychosocial sciences
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.2.c. the principles of public health research oral disease prevention at a population level, and
5.2.a. designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating population oral health programs, and
5.2.b. writing reports.
LO4
Public Health Dentistry - DBA
1.b. practising with personal and professional integrity, honesty and trustworthiness
1.c. providing patient-centred care, including selecting and prioritising treatment options that are compassionate and respectful of patients’ best interests, dignity and choices and which seek to improve community oral health
1.d. understanding and applying the moral, cultural, ethical principles and legal responsibilities involved in the provision of specialist dental care to individual patients, to communities and populations
1.e. displaying appropriate professional behaviour and communication towards all members of the dental team and referring health practitioner/s
1.f. understanding and applying legislation including that related to record-keeping
1.g. demonstrating specialist professional growth and development through research and learning
1.h. supporting the professional development and education for all members of the dental and/or health community, and
1.i. demonstrating leadership in the profession.
2.c. use of technological and telecommunication aids in planning and delivering specialist treatment
2.d. communicating effectively in all forms of health and legal reporting, and
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
2.e. interpreting and communicating knowledge, skills and ideas.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
3.b. synthesising complex information, problems, concepts and theories.
4.1.a. historical and contemporary literature
4.1.b. the scientific basis of dentistry including the relevant biological, medical and psychosocial sciences
4.1.d. the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures, and
4.2.c. the principles of public health research oral disease prevention at a population level, and
5.2.a. designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating population oral health programs, and
5.2.b. writing reports.
LO5
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