Course Overview

On this course youll undertake authentic clinical training and education, delivered both online and face-to-face, preparing you to provide safe and appropriate treatment as part of your clinical practice. The main focus is on patient management and the delivery of appropriate, evidence-based clinical care. There are supporting modules on critical appraisal, research strategies, and clinical audit. During this two-year course, youll attend teaching sessions within the School of Dentistry on our Preston Campus. The early part of the course will consist of lectures together with practical sessions in our state-of-the-art phantom head facility. Youll then progress to working on live patients under close supervision in the Universitys Dental Clinic. Here youll be supported to assess, undertake and ultimately lead in clinical treatment.

General Eligibility

Applicants will be a Registered Dispensing Optician with one-year post-registration experience along with passing the entrance exam Applications from all candidates will be considered on their merits in the light of the nature and scope of the program and if they have experience Recognition Accreditation of Prior Learning may provide entry into other levels such as partway into Level 7 A detailed admissions procedure will be forwarded on the application

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• IELTS: Score of 6.5 with no component below 6.0