Professionalism and the
Foundations of Dental Practice
Workbook 2015-16
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Use 10pt Arial font for your text.
Your original hand written notes and attendance signature sheet must be digitised
by scanning or photography and inserted into this Word Document. The digitised
copies MUST be legible.
 A word count should be placed clearly at the end of each question.
 Anonymous marking is undertaken and therefore your completed workbook must
be saved and submitted through Canvas (https://canvas.bham.ac.uk):
 As a word document with the simple title of your candidate number only.
 You must not insert your name anywhere in the document.
 You must submit the Clinical Workbook TWICE on Canvas. Once to
"Clinical Workbook Final (Marker 1)" and again to "Clinical Workbook
Double Marking (Marker 2)". This will allow us to double mark your
assignment.
If for any reason we cannot open your attached work, we shall email you to request a
further copy. Please keep an up-to-date back-up copy of your work.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN YOUR SUBMISSION
BEING REFUSED.
Module Coordinators
Dr Kirsty Hill & Mr Upen Patel
Page 1 of 10
Contents
Page
1
Front Cover
2
Contents
3
Admissions Department
15 marks
4
GDP / CP Clinic
15 marks
5
Oral Surgery OR Paediatric Clinic
15 marks
6
Outreach Clinic
15 marks
7
Clinic Comparison
15 marks
8
Ethical Issues
15 marks
9
Appendix
10 marks
I
Information Governance Training Certificates
II
Observation Attendance Signature Sheet
4 marks (marks will be awarded when confirmation is received from HSCIC)
a. Patient Confidentiality
b. Secure Handling of Confidential Information
c. Password Management
d. Information Security Guidelines
e. Secure Transfers of Personal Data
f. Information Security Management
g. Business Continuity Management
h. Records Management and the NHS Code of Practice
3 marks
III
Handwritten documentation from all clinic
and department observations
3 marks
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Admissions Department
OBSERVATION
Provide a summary of what you have observed on this department. (maximum 150 words)
(5 marks)
REFLECTION
Reflect on your observations from this department in relation to the patients’ dental
problems, the diagnoses made, the treatment undertaken and the clinical environment.
What have you learnt?
(maximum 250 words)
(10 marks)
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GDP / CP Clinic
OBSERVATION
Provide a summary of what you have observed on this clinic.
(maximum 150 words)
(5 marks)
REFLECTION
Reflect on your observations from this clinic in relation to the interactions between the
different members of the dental team, the treatment undertaken by the dental student,
the behaviour of the patient and the clinical environment. What have you learnt?
(maximum 250 words)
(10 marks)
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Oral Surgery OR Paediatric Clinic
OBSERVATION
Provide a summary of what you have observed on this clinic.
(maximum 150 words)
(5 marks)
REFLECTION
Reflect on your observations from this clinic in relation to the behaviour of the patient
(and if present friends and/or family members), interactions between the different
members of the dental team, the treatment undertaken by the dental student and the
clinical environment. What have you learnt?
(maximum 250 words)
(10 marks)
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Outreach Clinic
OBSERVATION
Provide a summary of what you have observed on this clinic.
(maximum 150 words)
(5 marks)
REFLECTION
Reflect on your observations from this clinic in relation to the interactions between the
different members of the dental team, the treatment undertaken by the dental student
or dentist, the behaviour of the patient and the clinical environment. What have you
learnt?
(maximum 250 words)
(10 marks)
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Clinic Comparison
OBSERVATION
What differences have you observed between the outreach clinic and your observations
on the GDP / CP clinic in the dental hospital?
(maximum 150 words)
(5 marks)
REFLECTION
Reflect on your observations of the differences between these clinics in relation to how
the differences may affect the dental team and their patients. What have you learnt?
(maximum 250 words)
(10 marks)
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Ethical Issues
OBSERVATION
Provide a summary of ethical issues that you have observed during your time on the
different clinics/departments. Also include a summary of ethical issues that you could
foresee happening in a clinical environment.
(maximum 150 words)
(5 marks)
REFLECTION
Reflect on the possible outcomes of the ethical issues you described and their possible
effect on the dental team and their patients.
(maximum 250 words)
(10 marks)
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Observations Attendance
Signature Sheet
Please replace the text on this page with
anonymised digitised copy(ies) of the attendance
signature sheet containing signatures from
supervising clinical staff indicating your attendance
on the clinic or department.
Page 9 of 10
Handwritten
documentation from all
clinic and department
observations
Please replace the text on this page with
anonymised digitised copies of your handwritten
documentation from all clinical and department
observations.
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