Units

• Dental Education In Practice (MEC009-6) Compulsory
• Dental Education Research Project (MEC017-6) Compulsory
• Developing Ethical Dental Teams (PMS024-6) Compulsory
• Educational Perspectives For The Workplace (MEC004-6) Optional
• Simulation In Practice (MEC011-6) Optional
• Understanding Learning In The Workplace (MEC014-6) Optional

The assessment strategy for the course combines formative and summative elements i.e assessment for learning and assessment of learning. It is designed to foster strong links between learning on the course and the lived realities of dental educators working in a range of clinical and academic contexts. It is also designed to enable you to evidence your achievement of standards for dental educators, in order to satisfy requirements of professional bodies and organisations. The choice of assessments is determined on the basis of their fitness for purpose i.e. to evidence achievement of unit learning outcomes at m-level (Level 7). However, they also rehearse writing for a range of academic purposes; an early assessment point in Dental Education in Practice (a core unit) is designed to rehearse writing in the reflective genre and Harvard referencing conventions. Later assessments move to writing in the academic genre, within the traditions of the social sciences. Increasing emphasis is placed on academic literacy and the ability to present complex ideas coherently with reference to appropriate literature. Plentiful opportunities are built in to the course to rehearse these skills, e.g. exercises in problematising, practice in assessing exemplars of actual (anonymised) assignments, using the criteria we use on the course. By modelling and analysing best practice in educational assessment, we hope you will gain confidence and skills in critiquing, using and developing their own approaches to assessment. To enhance your understanding and experiences of assessment practices (relevant to your role as an educator) you will encounter a wide range of assessment methods. Examples of assessment methods used across the course are: evidence based portfolios (e.g. Dental Education in Practice, Simulation in Practice,); academic papers (e.g. Contemporary Educational Perspectives); critical appraisals (Workplace Based Learning); Oral presentations (Dental Education Development Project); Case Studies (Workplace Based Learning, Simulation in Practice) Reflective assignments (Dental Education in Practice, Developing the Dental Team) Literature review (Workplace Based Learning and Dental Education Research Project) and research proposals (Dental Education Research and Development Projects) Details of assessment methods are found in each UIF.