Graduate Diploma of Orthodontics

Handbook year	2019
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	This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, a Suitability to Work with Children Card, a federal police check and/or other conditions that students must comply with. Students must complete all professional experience placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of these requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your course requirements here: /professional-experience-placement/preparation-checklists
Closing date	24 March

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.

Inherent Requirements	Inherent requirements are the fundamental abilities, attributes, skills and behaviours needed to complete the learning outcomes of a course while preserving the academic integrity of the university’s learning, assessment and accreditation processes. Students and prospective students must be able to demonstrate that they have acquired or have the ability to acquire the inherent requirements for their degree. For more information refer to Inherent Requirements page.
Reasonable adjustments	Reasonable adjustments may be made to assist students manage additional circumstances impacting on their studies provided these do not change the academic integrity of a degree. Reasonable adjustments do not alter the need to be able to demonstrate the inherent requirements of the course.

DS6601:06 Fundamentals of Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

DS6602:06 Clinical Orthodontics

DS6603:06 Reflective Orthodontic 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