Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Applied Dental Professional Practice) University of Kent

Overview

Who is the programme for?

• Dental care professionals including dentists, therapist, hygienists and nurses, who wish to develop their academic skills alongside their professional role. 
• It has been specifically designed to meet the needs of qualified, registered dental professionals allowing them to study part-time while working and managing other personal responsibilities.
• Due to visa restrictions, students who require a student visa to study cannot study part-time, unless undertaking a distance or blended-learning programme with no on-campus provision.

• An innovative, flexible, work-related approach to studies.
• Recognition of Prior Learning or Credit Transfer may be available.
• The opportunity to develop the academic, leadership and professional skills necessary to meet the evolving patient-care needs of contemporary practice.
• A multi-disciplinary learning environment. 
• A module structure, providing the opportunity to gain credit for individual modules.
• Access to University resources and specialist academic and professional services. 

You are encouraged to convert prior learning achievements into University of Kent academic credit via Recognition of Prior Learning. To be eligible for accreditation, prior learning must be at the appropriate and relevant to the programme's learning outcomes.

Taught by expert academics and clinicians, you broaden your expertise, deepen your knowledge and hone your research skills while gaining a recognised qualification to help progress your career. The programme is delivered through a variety of teaching methods, including taught sessions and work-based learning, self-study, case-study analysis, individual and group tutorials, projects and presentations. Online learning recourses are available on our virtual learning environment.

Teaching is structured around a series of extended taught weekends (on average four weekends a year at our Medway campus), Friday - Sunday, 9.00-17.00.

The programme has the following alternative exit awards, subject to credit numbers:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Applied Dental Professional Practice), 60 credits. 
• Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Applied Dental Professional Practice), 60 credits - 120 credits in total.