Graduate Certificate in Dental Sleep Medicine
The Graduate Certificate in Dental Sleep Medicine is aimed at providing Dental Practitioners with formal theoretical training in sleep medicine to complement clinical training in the use of Oral Devices used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Students in this course will be practicing Dentists who will develop their knowledge and practical skills in the area of dental sleep medicine under the guidance of supervisors/industry mentors.
Course overview
- Course title
- Graduate Certificate in Dental Sleep Medicine
- Award abbreviation
- Grad Cert DSM
- Course code
- 52350
- Course type
- postgraduate certificate
- Status
- current / 2020
- Administered by
- Faculty of Science
Course details
- Intake periods
- Throughout the year
- Attendance type
- part-time only
- Credit points required
- 24
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1
- Time limit
- 4 years
- Delivery mode
- online
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Commonwealth supported and/or HECS-HELP; or postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Associate Professor Christopher Pantin, Professor Peter Eastwood, Dr Jennifer Walsh
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
Course structure
| Key to availability of units: |
|---|
| NS = non-standard teaching period |
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Take all units (24 points):
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | ANHB5431 | Fundamentals of Sleep Technology |
| no formal contact—students are able to seek assistance by email or phone. Students are expected to spend approximately 50 hours working through the online learning modules, readings and quizzes. Some additional study time is recommended (approximately 100 hours). |
| NS | ANHB5432 | Fundamentals of Sleep Biology |
| no formal contact—students are able to seek assistance by email or phone. Students are expected to spend approx. 50 hours working through the online learning modules, readings and quizzes. Some additional study time is recommended (approx. 100 hours). |
| NS | ANHB5546 | Foundations of Dental Sleep Medicine |
| no formal contact—students are able to seek assistance by email or phone. Students are expected to spend approximately 50 hours working through the online learning modules, readings and quizzes. Some additional study time is recommended (approximately 100 hours). |
| NS | ANHB5547 | Clinical Dental Sleep Medicine |
| no formal contact—students are able to seek assistance by email or phone. Students are expected to spend approximately 50 hours working through the online learning modules, readings and quizzes. It is expected that approximately 15 hours will also be spent preparing each case presentation and an additional 50 hours of study time is recommended. |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/postgraduate/student-procedures'>student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials module
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Doctor of Dental Medicine, or an equivalent qualification that allows dentistry practise, as
recognised by UWA;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent;
and
(c) at least two years of relevant, documented professional experience assessed by UWA to be sufficient to permit
satisfactory completion of the course;
and
(d) registration to practice dentistry, demonstrated by
(i) registration on the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency Website; or
(ii) satisfactory documentation showing registration with an international accreditation body, as recognised by UWA
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6. This course does not form part of an articulated sequence.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 24 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10. 8. A student who does not pass units to a value of at least half the total points value of units for which they are enrolled, or
who fails a unit twice, will not have made satisfactory progress.
. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress status is
assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in
Rule 8.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.