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Clinical Master in Oral Surgery

Overview

Due to the great development that the different medical sciences are witnessing in general, and the Dentistry field in specific, and due to the scarcity in the oral and dental specialties nationwide, Arab American University aspires to be the first to start graduate studies programs specialized in the dental field. This will help in providing the local and regional area with specialized dentists that will work to raise the dentistry professional level, especially as the infrastructure, faculty members and staff of AAUP are meeting the conditions and needs for the Clinical Master in Oral Surgery to get started.

This 3 years program will provide students with advanced knowledge in Oral Surgery through many theoretical, pre-clinical and clinical courses.

 

Goals

This program aims to enable students to gain scientific and technical skills of high quality, and so the Clinical in Oral Surgery program aims to prepare students to:

  1. Gain basic and comprehensive knowledge in Oral Surgery.
  2. Gain skills to diagnose the different oral cases and the treatment priority.
  3. Enable students to make tests, radial and laboratory needed tests.
  4. Enable students to be capable to treat most of the oral surgery cases.
  5. Gain knowledge and skills to develop preventive plans based on scientific basics.
  6. Enable students to treat clinical cases by providing them with scientific and clinical knowledge to help them make the best treatment plans and decisions.
  7. Ensure that students are committed to the professional conducts and ethics.
  8. Enable students to gain the needed knowledge and to work in one team to treat the different cases of Oral Surgery and other medical issues.
  9. Train graduate students to provide high quality treatment services in the field of Oral Surgery.
  10. Provide students with the needed skills to evaluate the scientific evidence effectively.
  11. Encourage students to conduct scientific research.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME

  • Enable graduate students to develop their surgical treatment skills through lectures and study groups.
  • Provide clinical and laboratory training and encourage students to conduct researches and medical reports.
  • Improve and build on the previous knowledge and skills that students had during their undergraduate studies.
  • Enable graduate students to understand the basics in oral surgery treatment with a special focus on the recent diagnostic and therapeutic means.
  • Prepare graduate students to conduct original and valuable scientific research.
  • Train graduate students to provide the best treatment for patients in need of oral surgical interventions.
  •  Provide students with research skills to enable them to evaluate scientific papers.

 

Program Structure

The Clinical Master in Oral Surgery is divided into the following:

  1. Theoretical Educational Program: It includes the different educational means from small study groups to personal educational means and education based on specific problem. This will provide students with advanced knowledge in oral surgery.
  2. Clinical Training: in this part, students will apply the knowledge learned from the theoretical part in order to prepare treatment plans and evaluate patients’ treatment. Students will be able to treat minor oral surgery problems under clinical supervision. Students need to show their efficiency in treating patients.
  3. Full-time, 3 days/week: Each academic year will be (3 semesters) and the program will be for three academic years (9 semesters).
  4.  Comprehensive Exam at the end of each academic year: At the end of each course, students will take short exams and will be under continuous clinical evaluation according to the clinical requirements set by the department.
  5. Thesis: Students need to write an original scientific research that can be published in a scientific journal.

 

Careers of Graduates

At the end of the programme, graduates can obtain a Master's degree entitled Clinical Master in Oral Surgery recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research to work in the private sector, in Palestinian universities and in medical and dental research.