1	Development of the necessary advanced clinical skills expected of a specialist endodontist
2	Appreciation of the scientific basis for successful clinical practice
3	Development of clinical scientific and research methodology
4	Develop research skills to underpin clinical competency

Clinical Experience
The clinical component provides experience within the discipline of endodontology in the form of technique work on extracted teeth, clinical practice and interdisciplinary seminars.
 
Coursework
Through reading, tutorials, seminars and case discussions students will gain knowledge and understanding in the areas of patient examination, assessment and management in endodontics, diagnosis, treatment planning and a range of endodontic techniques.  Students will also participate in a range of interdisciplinary activities with students from other specialist areas. 

Note that the workload model is based on 20 teaching weeks

Contact Hours (semester)
Type of session: Number of sessions x Duration of each session (hrs) = Total hours
Lectures 16 x 1 = 16 hrs
Tutorials 60 x 1 = 60 hrs
Clinical Sessions 80 x 3 = 240 hrs
Exam 2 x 3 = 6 hrs
Other teaching 16 x 3 = 48 hrs
Total: 370 hours

Assessment Tasks (semester)
Type of session: Number of sessions x Expected preparation time (hrs) = Total hours
Extended lab report / Assignments 20 x 3 = 60 hrs
Literature review 20 x 3 = 60 hrs
Laboratory work 20 x 3 = 60 hrs
Summative tutorials 60 x 2 = 120 hrs
Total: 300 hours

Non-contact (semester)
Type of activity: Number of sessions x Anticipated time (hrs) = Total hours
Preparation for tutorial (hours/tutorial) 60 x 2 = 120 hrs
Exam preparation 20 x 3 = 60 hrs
Conference 24 x 1 = 24 hrs
Total: 204 hours

Workload Grand Total (hrs/semester): 874 hours
Workload/week (hrs): 43.7 hours

Expected workload (hrs/week):
3 unit course 12 hrs
6 unit course 24 hrs
9 unit course 36 hrs
12 unit course 48 hrs

Clinical Component
Clinical sessions treating patients.
Supervision/teaching undergraduates in endodontics either in the clinic or in the simulation clinic
 
Discipline seminars
Includes case presentations, problem solving and topic related literature reviews, including the following:
Themes include - Endodontology, oral and general pathology, oral microbiology, immunology, lecturing and public speaking, oral
surgery, restorative dentistry, periodontology, management of endodontic emergencies and radiology.

Assessment tasks within all courses require students to demonstrate that they are able to find, evaluate, utilise, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet. Clinical assessment is provided by examinations by internationally accredited examiners. The examinations include case presentations and discussions at specialist level. Assessment tasks within research project courses require students to demonstrate understanding and application of discipline and project-specific technical skills, knowledge and intellectual understanding including evaluation of outcomes.

Communication of research proposal and outcomes are assessed. Assessment is in both verbal and written form.
Demonstration of professional and ethical behaviours within a research context are assessed within oral presentations and by supervisor assessment of behaviours in a research context.
Research presentations are incorporated in annual examinations, presentation to Society groups and at International research meetings.

The sensitive management of patient data is assessed at clinical examination periods by the masking of confidential material.
Assessment tasks include individual oral and written activities that require locating and evaluation of existing information.
These include preparation and delivery critical literature review related to the research topic and preparation of a thesis and or portfolio describing and evaluating the project findings.

These tasks test the ability of students to critically analyse/review data/information and produce written or verbal outputs that demonstrate comprehension and/or synthesis of new ideas/understanding.

Clinical literature is prepared for seminar presentation, discussion and group assessment via participation.
Written communication is assessed through tasks including critical literature reviews, poster presentation of research findings and preparation of a research thesis to present research project findings.

Oral presentation is assessed through participation in clinical tutorials including journal clubs, case preparation and presentation of seminars related to patient treatment plans, and individual and oral research presentations to the School.
Team work performance in research projects are assessed within by the supervisory panel.

Clinical effectiveness is assessed by external examination during designated assessment periods.

Multiple assessment tasks, often requiring long lead times and planning occur across the DClinDent program and overlap with requirements for preparation of assessment tasks.

ASSESSMENT OF THE STRUCTURED PROGRAM
 
Clinical
Assessment/Case Reports/Log Book
 
Formative Review
The emphasis of this program is self-motivated learning and evaluation. However, regular formative review is also held with senior teaching and clinical staff.   Postgraduate students are assessed continuously throughout their training.  Assessment reviews clinical case mix, amount of clinical experience and standard of patient care.  Deficient areas are discussed with clinical supervisors
and remedied together with the postgraduate student. 
 
In all years, students are assessed on a continuing basis in the conduct of their clinical activities, patient management, treatment planning, case report presentation, presentations of patients seen in the clinics and the log book. Clinical assessment will include pre-operative, peri-operative and post-operative management in lines with the specialist discipline and established guidelines on the overall management of endodontic dentistry patients.
 
Summative Assessment
Students will receive continuous assessment of their clinical work, clinical case presentations and log book. These form the overall clinical assessment and lead to the clinical barrier written examinations and viva voce examinations at the end of 1st year.
 
Achievement Case Reports
Twelve “achievement” case presentations are required at the end of the 3rd year.  These “achievement” cases are cases selected by the student to highlight their achievements during the program and the range of cases managed.  The principle of the “achievement” cases is to ensure a broad range of clinical cases is obtained and treatment is provided and supported by current research and literature. During each semester, students will be expected to prepare and present their clinical achievement cases. There is an expectation that students present five to six clinical cases each year, the most comprehensive of these will be included in the “twelve achievement cases” submitted for their final assessment in third year. These case reports will be assessed based on the presentation style, pre-operative, peri-operative and post-operative management. In addition, appropriate literature to support their respective management of each case.
 
Portfolio/Logbook Requirements
Students will complete a comprehensive logbook of patients. The patient logbook satisfies the requirements of the Dental Board of Australia and other registering authorities such as the Australian New Zealand Academy of Endodontists. The logbook will serve as a reference of the relative clinical case mix of patients seen; treatments performed and will aid continual assessment of each postgraduate. The registrar logbooks will be audited at the end of each semester. This process will aid in the clinical experience all postgraduate students receive and to expose the postgraduate students to a wide variety of cases. The logbook will also form part of the clinical assessment for each semester and will form part of their overall assessment during their final examination in October of the third year. 
 
Assignments / Presentations
In each semester there are a series of traditional didactic teaching seminars, as well as departmental / discipline meetings. Students will be required to present comprehensive reviews of selected topics as directed on their individual didactic roster and departmental / discipline meetings. The students are required to present twoassignments in the 1st year, and one in semester 1 of the 2nd year.  The research undertaken should be written up in a format suitable for publication and this satisfies the requirement of an assignment for semester 2 of the 2nd year. The end of year examination will assess the specific topics from that year. In
following years, examinations will include all relevant information covered by the student to provide a continuous assessment of knowledge related to endodontic dentistry.
 
Examinations
Comprehensive internal written and oral examinations are held at the completion of each year. In the first two years there are two three-hour written examinations, and one hour oral examination including achievement case reports. During the final year in October of the 3rd year, a comprehensive external examination will be conducted. This consists of two three-hour written examinations and a three-hour viva voce examination which includes achievement case reports and the students Log Book. Students must complete the examination satisfactorily before proceeding to the next semester.
 
Summary
In order to fulfil the requirements for this course, the student will need to have satisfactorily completed all components of the program.