Introduction

Oral surgery is the art and science of surgical dentistry that deals with surgical management of trauma, congenital and acquired diseases of the mouth and its associated structures. The Master of Dental Surgery program in Oral Surgery provide the necessary fundamental sciences and surgical education and skills that would enable the dental practitioner to begin a career in oral surgery.


Program Objectives

The goals of the MDS-OS program are to enable students to:

1. Develop contemporary knowledge specifically in oral surgery, and relevant areas in dentistry and medicine to enable to make appropriate clinical decisions.
2. Acquire basic and advance skills in patient care, investigation techniques and clinical skills at a level of competency for safe practice.
3. Participate in multidisciplinary team work for effective patient care.
4. Develop and adopt high values in decision making, with contemporary evidence based knowledge and skills.
5. Communicate efficiently and practices the highest level of Ethics and Professionalism
6. Promote as an advocate for health and continue to be a life-long learner.

Program Structure & Requirements

The program begins with basic medical sciences and relevant dental sciences courses that help build a core knowledge that enable the trainee to proceed for further surgical education and training. Clinical experience includes mandatory rotations around internal medicine, general surgery, anesthesiology and accident and emergency medicine disciplines. Multidisciplinary team work and quality patient-care outcome in a safe environment remain as the main philosophy of training. The program has an overall 70% clinical component and 30% research component, in the form of a short investigation leading to a thesis. Trainees shall also participate in relevant continuing professional development activities held at College of Dental Medicine, which are accredited by Royal College of Surgeons of England.

 

Academic Courses

 

No	Course Code	Course	Contact Hours	​	​	​	​	​	​	Credit Hours
​	​	​	Lecture	Laboratory	Seminars	Clinical	Independent Study	Research	Total	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
1	1002501	Basic Medical Sciences	​	16	21	​	16	​	53	6
2	1002502	Research Methodology I	16	​	24	​	24	​	64	2
3	1002541	Patient Care I	​	​	6	350	​	​	356	5
4	1002542	Medical Sciences	​	​	​	96	​	​	96	3
5	1002503	Research Methodology II (Biostatistics)	16	​	24	​	24	​	64	2
6	1002543	Patient Care II	​	​	6	350	​	​	356	5
7	1002544	Patient Care: Summer Elective I	​	​	​	96	​	​	96	0
8	1002545	Surgical Sciences	​	16	21	​	16	​	53	3
9	1002504	Research Project I	​	​	5	​	​	128	133	2
10	1002546	Patient Care III	​	​	6	350	​	​	356	5
11	1002547	Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine	​	​	16	​	16	​	32	2
12	1002505	Research Project II	​	​	5	​	​	128	133	2
13	1002548	Patient Care IV	​	​	6	350	​	​	356	5
14	1002549	Patient Care: Summer Elective II	​	​	​	96	​	​	96	0
15	1002650	Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery I	​	​	16	40	16	​	72	3
16	1002506	Research Project III	​	​	5	​	​	128	133	2
17	1002651	Patient Care V	​	​	6	384	​	​	390	6
18	1002507	Multidisciplinary Treatment Planning I	​	​	5	32	​	​	37	1
19	1002652	Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery II	​	​	16	40	16	​	72	2
20	1002509	Research Project IV	​	​	5	​	​	128	133	2
21	1002653	Patient Care VI	​	​	​	384	​	​	384	6
22	1002508	Multidisciplinary Treatment Planning II	​	​	5	32	​	​	37	1
		Program Total	32	32	198	2600	128	512	3502	65

 

Research Project

The academic courses in Research Methods I and II prepare the trainees in their research project work. Trainees are encouraged to embark onto a research project very early in their program. They will be well guided throughout the research activities through courses in Research Project I to IV in association with their appointed supervisor.  This course would enable them adopt an inquisitive mind and continue practice evidence-based medicine. Trainees must submit a thesis and publish a scientific paper which is directly related to their project.

The College of Dental Medicine support the trainees in its three multidisciplinary research clusters as follows:

• Biomaterial Research Group
  
• Wound Healing and Oral Diagnostic Research Group
  
• Oral Biofilm in Health and disease Research Group
  

 

University of Sharjah Graduate Studies Bylaws and Master's Executive Regulations:

For more detailed information regarding the general admission requirements for the Master of Dental Surgery programs at University of Sharjah, as well as the graduation requirements, academic load, maximum duration of program studies, conditional admission, academic probation, examination and grades systems, as well as registration of thesis, you can consult the University of Sharjah Graduate Studies Bylaws and Master's Executive Regulations available in PDF format on the following link (College of Graduate Studies website):