Program Overview

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Program Information

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery program at Medipol University aims to raise academic staff holding a PhD degree in oral and maxillofacial surgery, who are competent in both theoretical and practical fields of this specialty.

Aim

The aim of this program is to educate students who can produce new hypotheses, find literature, and follow advancements in the scientific field, and are capable of working independently and taking responsibility.

Qualification Awarded

The qualification awarded is a Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree).

Registration and Admission Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and/or Master's Degree Diploma
• Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Exam (ALES) Result
• Certificate of English Proficiency

Graduation Requirements

Students who have successfully completed all of the courses and taken a minimum of 240 ECTS with a seminar, qualifying exam, dissertation proposal, and PhD dissertation have the right to receive a diploma.

Recognition of Prior Learning

PhD students willing to transfer to Medipol University from other institutions may get recognition for their lessons if the contents are equivalent.

Lesson Plan - ECTS Credits

The courses indicated in the course table show current course plan information in Student Affairs. Compulsory courses are certainly opened, whereas the opening of elective and optional courses may differ according to preferences and quota conditions in the related term.

Course Lists

1. Year

• Fall Semester:
  • MINOR ORAL SURGERY (Turkish, 2+0, 22 ECTS)
  • LITERATURE (Turkish, 2+2+4, 22 ECTS)
  • ORAL PATHOLOGY (Turkish, 3+3+8, 22 ECTS)
  • SYSTEMIC DISEASES and EMERGENCY RESPONSE (Turkish, 2+2+9, 22 ECTS)
• Spring Semester:
  • ORAL PATHOLOGY (Turkish, 3+3+8, 22 ECTS)
  • AAT (Turkish, 2+2+4, 22 ECTS)
  • TREATMENT in OROFACIAL CLEFTS (Turkish, 2+2+7, 22 ECTS)
  • CLINICAL and TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY of HEAD and NECK (Turkish, 2+2+8, 22 ECTS)
  • DENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY and DOCUMENTATION (Turkish, 1+2+2+4, 22 ECTS)
  • STATISTICAL METHODS (Turkish, 3+3+8, 22 ECTS)
  • FURTHER TOPICS in SCIENTIFIC RES. PRO. PREPARATION (Turkish, 2+2+6, 22 ECTS)

2. Year

• Fall Semester:
  • MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY (Turkish, 2+0, 22 ECTS)
  • RESEARCH METHODS and ETHICS (Turkish, 2+2+7, 22 ECTS)
  • SEMINAR (Turkish, -7, 22 ECTS)
  • QUALIFYING EXAM PREPARATION (Turkish, -20, 22 ECTS)
  • MEDICAL SCHOOL ROTATION (Turkish, 0+10+5+10, 22 ECTS)
  • JAW NECROSIS (Turkish, 2+2+3, 22 ECTS)
  • DIGITAL PLANNING (Turkish, 2+2+5, 22 ECTS)
• Spring Semester:
  • QUALIFYING EXAM PREPARATION (Turkish, -20, 22 ECTS)
  • THESIS (Turkish, -120, 22 ECTS)

3. Year

• Fall Semester:
  • QUALIFYING EXAM PREPARATION (Turkish, -20, 22 ECTS)
  • THESIS (Turkish, -120, 22 ECTS)
• Spring Semester:
  • QUALIFYING EXAM PREPARATION (Turkish, -20, 22 ECTS)
  • THESIS (Turkish, -120, 22 ECTS)

4. Year

• Fall Semester:
  • THESIS (Turkish, -120, 22 ECTS)
• Spring Semester:
  • THESIS (Turkish, -120, 22 ECTS)

Program Qualification

Knowledge

• Theoretical, Factual: Has comprehensive knowledge pertaining to basic and advanced oral and maxillofacial surgery.
• Is aware of basic scientific problems and research topics.
• Can produce new hypotheses accordingly.
• Is capable of finding literature and following advancements in the scientific field.

Skills

• Cognitive, Practical: Ability to work independently and take responsibility.
• Learning Competence: Communication and Social Competence, Field-based Competence.

Program Output

• TYYﾇ Basic Area Matrix: KNOWLEDGE, Theoretical, Factual.
• Program Qualification: KNOWLEDGE, Theoretical, Factual.

Employment Opportunities

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons with a PhD degree may be entitled as academicians. They may work at governmental and private hospitals and clinics but cannot use the specialist title.

Upgrading

May apply to post-doctoral programs.

Type of Training

Full Time.

Assessment and Evaluation

Students are assessed with oral and written examinations. Moreover, practical and point-of-care testing are conducted. Students are given homework and projects.

Head of Department/Program

Learning Experiences aim to develop students' creative, critical, reflective thinking skills and higher-level thinking skills such as logical and mathematical thinking skills.

Learning Experiences

• Discussion Method
• Problem Solving Method
• Case Study Method
• Self Study Method
• Question - Answer Technique
• Micro Teaching Technique
• Brainstorming Technique
• Project Based Learning Model
• Problem Baded Learning Model
• Computer-Internet Supported Instruction
• Experiential Learning
• Lecture Method
• Traditional Written Exam
• Oral Exam
• Homework
• Project Task

Course - Program Competencies Relations

• CLINICAL and TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY of HEAD and NECK
• LITERATURE
• MINOR ORAL SURGERY
• ORAL PATHOLOGY
• RESEARCH METHODS and ETHICS
• SEMINAR
• SYSTEMIC DISEASES and EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Surveys for Students

ﾖretim eleman deerlendirme anketi (Instructor Evaluation Survey).

Numerical Data

Number of Students by years, Student Success, Graduate Success.