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Orthodontics – (M.Sc.)
Newcastle University
School of Dental Sciences
| Application Deadline: | Applications are considered throughout the year | ||
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Newcastle University
The MSc consists of a series of tutorials, seminars, practical classes and diagnostic exercises, timetabled on the current basis of two days per week in the first two years and one day a week in the final year of the training programme. You will submit a dissertation (about 20,000 words) based on a research project in the third year of study.
The clinical component of the SpR training programme is located in the Newcastle Dental Hospital or Regional Hospitals. The treatment of patients is supervised by the consultant orthodontists in those hospitals.All students are provided with one-to-one nurse support, all necessary instruments, materials and access to orthodontic laboratories.
An annual travel grant is provided to enable students to participate in the Northern Universities Consortium for orthodontic teaching. This collaboration enables you to experience teaching from a wide base of clinical academics, many of whom are leaders in their field.
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Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
To be eligible for the three-year EU/UK NHS specialist registrar programme, applicants must have:
* a dental degree from a course lasting five years which would enable full registration with UK General Dental Council (GDC).
* two years General Professional Training or equivalent (as approved by the JCSTD Equivalence Committee).
* MFDS or equivalent (as approved by the JCSTD Equivalence Committee).
* the required immunisation against blood borne viral disease and must not have any disease which would constitute a hazard to their patients.
Students must attend to these requirements before starting the programme and will not be allowed clinical access until they have done so.
Please note: students on the EU/UK NHS SpR programme are allocated National Training Numbers by the postgraduate deanery and are eligible for registration on the GDC specialist list in orthodontics on completion of the programme and passing the appropriate Royal College examination.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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