Dental Public Health

Aims and objectives
Postgraduate study opportunities
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Aims and objectives

Operating within the overall guidance, structures and facilities provided by Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Faculty of Clinical Dentistry and recognising the opportunities and constraints these might provide, the Department of Dental Public Health is committed to the development for all its members of appropriate personal skills in providing teaching, research and service.

Teaching
Members of the Department will work together to:

  • consolidate and develop the contribution of the academic discipline of Dental Public Health to the dental undergraduate curriculum.
  • establish for the academic discipline of Dental Public Health a greater presence in the MSc programme of the Faculty of Clinical Dentistry, initially through an enhanced contribution to the MSc Core Course.
  • support constructive evidence based changes to the organisation and assessment of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education.
  • develop appropriate academic, clinical and administrative staff development and training pathways.

Research
Members of the Department will work together to:

  • create a research climate within the Department of Dental Public Health which is innovative theoretically, rigorous scientifically and fundable externally.
  • establish within the Faculty of Clinical Dentistry the training needs for high quality clinical/health service research and develop opportunities for meeting those needs.
  • develop through teamwork and mutual support the Department's research contribution to meeting the needs of local populations - both lay and professional.

Service
Working to establish a mutually-supportive and co-operative working environment will help Departmental members to:

  • recognise that colleagues should receive fair and appropriate feedback on their performance.
  • contribute as appropriate to the developing administrative and managerial structures within Saint Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry in general and the Faculty of Clinical Dentistry in particular.
  • develop efficient and cost-effective internal organisational structures within the Department.
  • provide prompt and appropriate responses to requests for help and information from students, academic colleagues and members of local populations.
  • contribute to planned and organised efforts which aim to prevent oral disease, promote oral health and the improve the quality of life of local populations - both lay and professional.

Postgraduate study opportunities

The MSc in Epidemiology and Dental Public Health course extends over 12 months full time or two years half time, preparing the student for the Master of Science degree awarded by the University of London. The course is appropriate for dentists intending to follow either a health service or academic career, especially those with particular interests in community dental health, preventive dentistry, health promotion, epidemiology, service planning and the assessment of needs. The course is taught primarily through seminars. Students are also expected to complete a supervised research project.

The MSc course is also recognised as preparation for the Diploma in Dental Public Health (DDPH), awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and course members may also opt to enter for that examination.

It is also possible to register, on a full or half time basis, for individual programmes of study and research leading to the MPhil/PhD awarded by the University of London. Applications are encouraged from students seeking to develop research within the opportunities offered by the Faculty of Clinical Dentistry's research strategy, specifically in the area of Clinical and Health Services Research.

More information about these postgraduate courses can be obtained by contacting the Department.

Contact us

Department of Dental Public Health
Barts and The London
Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary, University of London
Turner Street
London 
 E1 2AD
Tel. 020 7377 7632
Fax. 020 7377 8481