Dissertation - Master in Dental Public Health

DENT76060 Dissertation - Master in Dental Public Health 60 Variable teaching patterns Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Rebecca Craven Unit coordinator Division of Dentistry 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 30.0 A dissertation is a detailed piece of writing to develop further a student’s knowledge and expertise in their area of study. A dissertation often involves examining a particular topic/question in depth, with evidence of an ability to undertake sustained critical analysis. It provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their research/project skills and produce an important piece of written work.At a Master level, the dissertation needs to demonstrate that the student can understand how existing evidence/information relates to a particular question, and how their own work adds to this. Key skills are independent thinking and critical evaluation to enable a critique of ones own work and that of others. Students need to be aware of the implications of their work and defend the findings presented in the dissertation.  The dissertation represents a third of your postgraduate degree (that is equivalent to four units, a total of 60 credits) MDPH students are not expected to carry out primary research and collect new data. Studies requiring ethical approval are usually outside the scope of an MDPH and support for ethical approval is not given. The following dissertation options are available (see Appendix A for further details):1.    Research Grant Proposal / Protocol2.    Quantitative Research Report using existing data3.    Dental Public Health Report / Oral Health needs assessment4.    Project Report. The aims of the dissertation unit are:<ul> <li> to train the student in the identification, formulation and implementation of a specific research project.</li> <li> to give the student experience of working (researching) independently</li> <li> to test the extent to which the student has achieved synthesis of his/her skills and knowledge via a report (dissertation) of the research topic.</li></ul> 4 Dissertation 100% The principles of feedback are as follows:<ul> <li> Feedback should be provided in a timely manner that helps students understand (i) the marks or grades they have received for work submitted and (ii) how they might improve their performance in the future.</li> <li> Feedback should be as personal as possible to the individual student to enable reflection on individual skills and performance.</li> <li> Students have a responsibility to consider feedback given on their work, to seek to understand it, and to act on it.</li></ul> Work based learning 600 0 0