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Master in Dental Public Health
School of Clinical Dentistry,
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Course description
On this course, you’ll develop an in-depth understanding of dental public health practice. You'll be able to apply your understanding to challenges in the delivery, planning and management of health services.
You’ll learn how to critically analyse problems and find practical solutions that protect and promote oral health.
Once you've graduated, you’ll also be able to understand and carry out health services research and apply key findings into dental public health practice.
This course often produces the researchers of the future, with many students progressing to study for a PhD.
Modules
Core modules
- Introduction to Public Health
- Dental Public Health: Foundation and Theory
- Health Promotion
- Dental Public Health: Application and Critique
- Research Methods in Clinical Dentistry
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Introduction to Statistics
- Health and Social Justice
- Dissertation
The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption. We are no longer offering unrestricted module choice. If your course included unrestricted modules, your department will provide a list of modules from their own and other subject areas that you can choose from.
Book open day
ScHARR campus courses - online open day
Thursday 6 April 2023, 12-1pm UK time
Find out more about studying at Sheffield at our online event. You'll have the chance to ask course tutors your questions during question and answer sessions.
Duration
- 1 year full-time
- 2 years part-time
Teaching
- Lectures
- Small group work
- Independent study
- Applied research dissertation
Parts of the course are taught with students from other programmes. This creates a rich and lively environment for your learning.
Assessment
- Formal examinations
- Coursework assignments
- Dissertation
Entry requirements
A dental or health-related degree or evidence of professional experience with at least one year's postgraduate experience.
Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the department.
Fees and funding
David Locker Scholarships
Three scholarships are available of £7,500 each for students with a background in social science and/or dentistry who are seeking to register for this course for the academic year 2021-22.
David Locker Scholarship in Social Science, Oral Health and Dentistry
Apply
You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It's a quick and easy process.
Contact
dentalpgtadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9318 or +44 114 215 9319
Any supervisors and research areas listed are indicative and may change before the start of the course.
Recognition of professional qualifications: from 1 January 2021, in order to have any UK professional qualifications recognised for work in an EU country across a number of regulated and other professions you need to apply to the host country for recognition. Read information from the UK government and the EU Regulated Professions Database.