Information valid for students commencing in 2021.
Bachelor of Dental Surgery [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]
Handbook year | 2021 |
Course code | 105310 |
Course type | Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) |
Owner | Division of Tropical Health and Medicine |
College | Medicine and Dentistry |
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English, Mathematical Methods, Chemistry (Units 3/4,C) Recommended: Biology |
Additional selection requirements | Submit 番茄社区 internal application form by 30 September The written application form (and other information published by 番茄社区 or otherwise made available to students when applying), may specify additional criteria to be considered in ranking applicants in order of merit if the number of applications exceeds a quota or other limit on the places made available for the course. Information provided by applicants during the application process and any other information obtained by 番茄社区 in the application process may be used by 番茄社区 to rank applicants in order of merit by reference to those additional criteria. |
Special admission requirements | Nominate with QTAC as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at Coursework Enrolment Procedure. |
Post admission requirements | This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, a Suitability to Work with Children Card, a federal police check and/or other conditions that students must comply with. Students must complete all professional experience placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of these requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your course requirements here: |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 132 credit points as per course structure |
Additional completion requirements | Students who contract a blood-borne viral disease during the course of their studies will be unable to complete placements and consequently will be unable to complete the requirements of the course as accredited by the relevant professional accrediting body. |
Course learning outcomes | The 番茄社区 Bachelor of Dental Surgery will prepare graduates to be dental health practitioners who meet the professional attributes and competencies of the newly qualified dentist as defined by the Australian Dental Council. On successful completion of the course, the graduate will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the fundamental abilities, attributes, skills and behaviours needed to complete the learning outcomes of a course while preserving the academic integrity of the university’s learning, assessment and accreditation processes. Students and prospective students must be able to demonstrate that they have acquired or have the ability to acquire the inherent requirements for their degree. For more information refer to Inherent Requirements page. |
Reasonable adjustments | Reasonable adjustments may be made to assist students manage additional circumstances impacting on their studies provided these do not change the academic integrity of a degree. Reasonable adjustments do not alter the need to be able to demonstrate the inherent requirements of the course. |
Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Year 1
Teaching Period 1:
MA1020:03 Preparatory Mathematics
RH1002:03 Communication Skills for Health Professionals
Teaching Period 2:
CU1010:03 Effective Writing
CH1020:03 Preparatory Chemistry
HS1003:03 Lifespan Development for Health A
Option
IA1011:03 Indigenous Australians or IA1012:03 Indigenous Australians of North Queensland
Level 2
Teaching Period 1:
DS1101:09 Dental Science Part 1 of 2
Teaching Period 2:
DS1102:06 Dental Science Part 2 of 2
HS1401:03 Health and Health Care in Australia
Level 3
Teaching Period 1:
HS2402:03 Health Professional Research 1
HS2406:03 Health Promotion in Dentistry
DS2101:06 Simulated Clinical Dentistry Part 1 of 2
Teaching Period 2:
DS2102:12 Simulated Clinical Dentistry Part 2 of 2
Level 4
Teaching Period 1:
DS3101:12 Introduction to Clinical Dentistry
Teaching Period 2:
HS2401:03 Rural and Remote Primary and Public Health Care
DS3102:09 Clinical Dentistry 1
Level 5
Teaching Period 1:
DS4101:12 Clinical Dentistry 2
Teaching Period 2:
DS4102:12 Clinical Dentistry 3
Level 6
Teaching Period 1:
DS5101:12 Clinical Practice 1 (Comprehensive Oral Care)
Teaching Period 2:
DS5102:12 Clinical Practice 2 (Comprehensive Oral Care)
Location
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
番茄社区 Cairns |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 6 years full-time, not available part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 8 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 1 year |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Must complete all level 1 and 2 subjects before attempting any level 3 subject Must complete all level 3 subjects before attempting any level 4 subject Must complete all level 4 subjects before attempting any level 5 subject |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Students may be required to be interviewed, in accordance with procedures approved from time to time by the Division, to assess their suitability for entry to the Dentistry profession before undertaking clinical practice and research projects. Refer to Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement policy. |
Special assessment requirements | Nil |
Accreditation requirements | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Credit
Eligibility | Students may apply for credit transfer for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure. |
Maximum allowed | 6 credit points |
Currency | Credit will be granted only for studies completed in the 5 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 13 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree. |
Other restrictions | Not applicable |
Award Details
Award title | BACHELOR OF DENTAL SURGERY |
Approved abbreviation | BDS |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Not applicable - this course does not have majors |
Exit with lesser award | Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Honours
Honours availability | Not available |
Eligibility | Not applicable |