Clinical (General & Dental) Module

Clinical (General & Dental) Module (year 4, 5 semesters 7-10)

The 9002AK_N educational program and pages 13-21 of the 9002AK_N study plan of the University of Szeged, Faculty of Dentistry applies to fourth fifth year students of dental medicine in the academic year 2015/2016.

Students have to acquire a total of 300 credits in 3 modules (scheduled into 5 years, 10 semesters) in order to obtain the Doctor of Dental Medicine diploma.

All the requirements of a module have to be fulfilled in order to enter the next module:
• acquisition of the required credits
• completion of Criteria Subjects:
- 2 semesters of Physical Training (it is recommended to complete it in the Basic Module)
- Dentist-Patient Communication (in the 5th semester)
- Preclinical Course of Prosthodontics and Gnathology Examination (in the 6th semester)
- Prosthodontics and Implantology (in the 10th semester)
- Operative Dentistry and Endodontics (in the 10th semester)
- Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics (in the 10th semester)
- Oral Surgery (in the 10th semester)
- Periodontology (in the 10th semester)
- Summer practices
- 8 semesters of Hungarian Language
- 2 semesters of Latin Language

In the (General & Dental) Clinical Module, one has to acquire the credit points assigned to every compulsory subject in the module—110 credits (25 credits from General Clinical Module and 85 credits from Dental Clinical Module)—, moreover, one has to complete every criteria subject— summer practice in Basic Treatment in Dental Medicine, 2 semesters of Hungarian Language, Prosthodontics and Implantology, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Periodontology—in the module in order to complete the Clinical module.

State Board Examination:
A student is entitled to sit for the State Board Examination if he/she has fulfilled all the study and examination requirements of the Dental Medicine Program.
In order to certify the completion of the ten-semester education period of the Dental Medicine Program, student has to fulfill all the study and examination requirements according to the Curriculum by obtaining minimum 280 credits. The thesis has to be submitted and defended in the 10th semester. The number of credit points obtained in a successful thesis defense procedure is 20.

Compulsory Elective Subjects:
One has to acquire a minimum of 25 credits by the end of the examination period of the 10th semester.

Elective Subjects:
One has to acquire a minimum of 15 credits by the end of the examination period of the 10th semester.

Please note that every criteria subject must be completed in the semester they are scheduled for according to the Study Plan.

Conditions of issuing the Diploma of Dental Medicine:

• Obtaining a minimum of 300 credits
• The completion of every component of the State Board Examination
• A successful defense of the thesis
• The completion of the written test, the practical and the component of the patient examination