Graduate Diploma of Orthodontics

Information valid for students commencing in 2017.

Course code	116506
Course type	GDN – Graduate Diploma (AQF Level 8)
Division	Division of Tropical Health and Medicine

Award Requirements

Course pre-requisites	Completion of an undergraduate degree in dentistry at this or another University more than two years previously.
Minimum English language proficiency requirements	Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3b – Schedule II of the ʯ��Ƶ Admissions Policy.
Additional selection requirements	Applicants must hold full registration with AHPRA as dental practitioners. Interview (by invitation).
Post admission requirements	Immunisations: Students must provide evidence that they have been vaccinated or evidence that they are not susceptible for the vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) of Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella and Pertussis. Students enrolled in Dental Courses are required to undergo testing for Blood-Borne Viruses (BBVs) including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency virus before, or on entry to the Course. Professional experience placement is a requirement of this course and students may be engaged in roles where there is contact that would allow transmission of a VPD or BBV. Students are required to comply with the above requirement prior to commencing their first Professional Experience Placement or by the end of the first teaching period of their studies, otherwise their enrolment will be terminated. Computer and internet access is required due to online/external course delivery
Closing date	01 June

Credit points	24 credit points
Additional course rules	Compulsory attendance and participation at all prescribed clinical workshops
Course learning outcomes	On successful completion of Graduate Diploma of Orthodontics, graduates will be able to: Apply the scientific basis of orthodontics, with particular emphasis on current theories relevant to growth and development; diagnosis; treatment planning; and, clinical management of malocclusions. Properly diagnose orthodontic dental malocclusions and skeletal discrepancies. Formulate a competent treatment plan following consideration of the underlying aetiological factors and addressing the patient’s chief complaint. Implement biomechanical methods to treat orthodontic cases. Provide orthodontic treatment based on evidence-based dentistry. Critically analyse orthodontic literature and apply it clinically.

DS6601:06 Fundamentals of Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

DS6602:06 Clinical Orthodontics

DS6603:06 Reflective Orthodontics Practice

DS6604:06 Advanced Clinical Orthodontics

COURSE AVAILABLE AT	NOTES
Cairns	Attendance at Cairns-based clinical workshops is mandatory for course completion.

Course progression requisites	Nil
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)	Clinical sessions: This course includes prescribed clinical sessions. These workshops are a compulsory/mandatory component of the course.
Special assessment requirements	Nil
Professional accreditation requirements	Nil
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade	Nil
Supplementary exam for final subject	Not applicable

Award title	GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF ORTHODONTICS
Approved abbreviation	GDipOrtho
Inclusion of majors on testamur	Not applicable - this course does not have majors
Exit with lesser award	Not applicable
Course articulation	Not applicable