Dentistry @ BirminghamProfessor Damien Walmsley (Dentistry Admissions Team)

UCAS code: A200Duration: 5 yearsPlaces available: 75Start date: September

In a nutshell…

Education and Training

lectures, seminars, small group work, individual tuition enquiry-based learning eCourse VLE

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Education and Training

Five terms pre-clinical:

Biological Sciences,

Integrated Health Sciences,

Practical Dental Skills, etc.

Education and Training

Introductory

clinical term

Education and Training

Three years clinical: training to

enable graduates to competently and safely treat patients independently

Career Opportunities

General Dental PracticeCommunity DentistryHospital DentistryArmed Forces Dentistry Industrial DentistryUniversity Dentistry

Restricted numbers!

Figures for 2013 BDS intake:

Applications: 687 Interviews: 292 Offers made: 145 Offers accepted: 86 Places filled: 75

Note: Significant financial penalties if student intake quota is exceeded

Requirements GCSE:

– A* (Chem., Biol.); A (Eng. Lang., Maths) AS-level:

– B (or higher) with A-level A-level:

– AAA (Chem., Biol., another subject +)+ must not be General Studies

Work experience: – min. 10 full working days ++

– ++ must be GDP partly-/fully- NHS Work in Society:

– min. few hours most weeks for 3 months

will not be considered

Candidates who re-sit GCSE or A2 exams

Re-sits

Applications

All applications must be through UCAS

Do NOT mix Medicine and Dentistry applications

Use the remaining option for alternative course choice

This will not disadvantage you in any way

Multiple Mini InterviewsNew form of interview process

from 2014 intake onwardsAll interviews undertaken over 1 week

planned for mid-February8 to10 stations testing relevant skills,

knowledge and abilityBest performers will be made

conditional offers

Non-academic Requirements for DentistryHealth DeclarationImmunisation Status

Hepatitis B – enough time for course of inoculations?

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check

Must be completed by specified time or place on course will be forfeit!

New Dental Hospital & School

Further Information

Kris Coomar

The School of Dentistry

University of Birmingham.

dentadmissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

0121 466 5472