Master in

Dental Medicine

New Vision University

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Key Information

Campus location

Tbilisi, Georgia

Languages

English

Study format

On-Campus

Duration

5 years

Pace

Full time

Tuition fees

USD 7,000 *

Application deadline

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Earliest start date

Aug 2024

* with scholarship USD 5250

Introduction

The NVU DMD Educational program is formed with a strong commitment to developing caring, competent, confident specialists for dental medicine through outcome- an based teaching approach; ensuring high-quality healthcare and biomedical research in academic and clinical settings; providing medical training, predominantly in a practical environment (where acquisition and organization of knowledge match with practical application of gained competencies), based on ethical values, respect for individual autonomy and on the premise of rational and efficient interference; to support students’ development of understanding of the essence of Dental Medicine, equip them with skills necessary for working in diverse health care settings, be competent and competitive in a multicultural environment; to raise professionals with high employment chances to be able to make a career in diverse health care settings and multicultural environment. The education process is formed the raising students’ interest and strength, opening new opportunities, and encouraging students the continue learning approach. Through the NVU’s different training programs, NVU DMD students can provide required oral health services to the community, while expanding their knowledge about public health problems. These academically-based training programs offer students and faculty members to take part in community-based activities as an important component of academic work.

Employed teaching and assessment methodologies enable the acquisition and organization of knowledge to match with the practical application of gained competencies. It is based on the mixture of interactive teaching (including class discussions) and the promotion of independent personal and group learning. The combination of theoretical components, problem-solving, and practical experience, aims at the development of knowledge, skills autonomy, and responsibility needed for successful participation in the prevention of dental diseases, dental care process, and dental rehabilitation in line with the requirements of a complex and constantly changing labor market.

The primacy of student opportunities for one’s own profile formation is achieved by the wide range of General Competence courses and the methodology applied therein.

For each subject selected assessment methods provide the most useful and relevant information for the objectives and learning outcomes that the program identified. Principles of outcome-based education imply that teaching, learning, and assessment are conducted on the basis of pre-defined competencies of graduates in accordance with the “top-bottom” principle.

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Curriculum

Program Outcome

The objectives of the program are:

To produce safe, competent, and ethical practitioners of dental medicine equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors (attitudes) appropriate for the independent practice of dentistry through evidence - and outcome-based teaching
To develop a rounded professional who, in addition to being a competent clinician, will have the range of professional skills required to begin working as part of a dental team and be well-prepared for independent practice
To raise professionals with good management and leadership skills and high employment chances to be able to make a career in diverse healthcare settings and multicultural environments
To raise dental professionals who deliver high-quality patient care that puts patients’ needs first, taking account of current and future oral health needs

Upon completion of the program, students:

Knowledge

Describes principles, concepts, and ideas of the basic biomedical, behavioral, and materials sciences
Explain the principles of an evidence-based approach to learning, clinical and professional practice, and decision-making, critically appraise approaches to dental research, and integrate with patient care
Explain the potential routes of transmission of infectious agents in dental practice, mechanisms for the prevention of infection, the scientific principles of decontamination and disinfection, and their relevance to health and safety
Describe the properties of relevant medicines and therapeutic agents and discuss their application to patient management
Explain the principles of epidemiology, health promotion, and disease prevention and critically evaluate their application to patient management
Explain how to apply to clinical practice psychological and sociological concepts and theoretical frameworks of health, illness, behavioral change, and disease
Formulate a differential diagnosis or diagnoses and from there, a definitive diagnosis and synthesize the full results of the patient’s assessment, make clinical judgments as appropriate taking account of the needs of different patient groups

Skills

Obtain, record, and interpret a comprehensive and contemporaneous patient history
Undertake and manage an appropriate systematic intra- and extra-oral clinical examination, relevant special investigations, and diagnostic procedures, including radiography
Prevent, diagnose, and manage pain appropriately, effectively, and safely, treat acute oral conditions
Manage and treat periodontal disease
Manage of the developing and developed dentition
Extract erupted deciduous teeth under local anesthetic and apply restoration and replacement of teeth
Undertake an orthodontic assessment and limited orthodontic appliance emergency procedure
Manage an appropriate treatment plan, synthesize patient assessment and diagnosis data, and communicate effectively and sensitively at all times with and about patients, their representatives, and the public

responsibility and autonomy

Recognize and respect the patient’s perspective and expectations of dental care and the role of the dental team taking into account current equality and diversity legislation
Recognize and demonstrate own professional responsibility in the development of self, develop and maintain professional knowledge and competence, and demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning
Recognise the significance of their own management and leadership role and the range of skills and knowledge required to do this effectively

Dental Medicine

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Introduction

Admissions

Curriculum

General Competence (GC)

Basics of Medicine (BM)

Dental Medicine

Program Outcome

The objectives of the program are:

Upon completion of the program, students:

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