The words to use
- Phantom head
- A model of a patient's head and mouth used to practise clinical skills safely before treating real patients.
- Outreach placement
- Treating patients in community clinics away from the main dental hospital, under supervision. Schools differ in how much, when and where.
- Problem-based learning (PBL)
- Learning built around clinical cases rather than lectures first, often with more patient contact in the early years.
- Programme specification
- The formal document setting out a course's structure, teaching and assessment. Duller than a prospectus, and far more useful for checkable facts.
