Education Objectives of the Programme : |
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The Orthodontics postgraduate program is designed to prepare a dentist for a career in clinical orthodontics, research and teaching. The overall goal is to educate dentists to become competent clinical orthodontics who will serve the public and the profession at a high level of excellence. |
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Outcomes of the Programme : |
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Upon successful completion of this programme, students will be able to : |
OP-1: | provide outstanding clinical and didactic education so that the orthodontic residents provide the best possible orthodontic treatment for their patients. | |
OP-2: | prepare orthodontic residents with the scientific background to make competent treatment decisions and to assess the quality of orthodontic treatment they provide. | |
OP-3: | instill professional and societal responsibility in all residents that will prepare them to become orthodontic leaders and address the public need. | |
OP-4: | provide residents with adequate computer skills to assist in practice management and patient treatments. | |
OP-5: | provide residents and practitioners with continuing education opportunities about recent advances in orthodontics and related fields. | |
OP-6: | contribute to the advancement of orthodontics through basic, applied and educational research. | |
OP-7: | be a resource in orthodontics for the public and community leaders. | |
OP-8: | manage patients with cleft lip and palate. | |
OP-9: | understand and apply the preventive and interceptive treatment strategies in clinical orthodontics. | |
OP-10: | competent to diagnose a patient, to collect orthodontic diagnostic records, and to evaluate and analyze these records. | |
OP-11: | competent to diagnose and manage a patient requiring orthognatic surgery using contemporary diagnostic methods and appliances. | |
OP-12: | understand and apply basic principles of fixed orthodontic treatment and retention protocols. | |
OP-13: | understand normal timing and patterns of craniofacial growth and development, and to evaluate hand-wrist radiographs. | |
OP-14: | plan removable appliances for simple orthodontic treatment and construct these appliances.
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OP-15: | evaluate research report in scientific background | |
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TQF/Programme Outcomes Matrix |
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