Module manager: Sarah Carter Walshaw
Email: s.carter-walshaw@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
Successful completion of Year 1 modules
This module is not approved as a discovery module
You will focus on exploring and understanding key ethical concepts, as well as continuing to develop your self-management and teamworking skills. You will focus on developing your inter-personal communication skills to support your development of working collaboratively within the dental and wider team. You will also develop your understanding of the principles of equality, inclusion, and diversity.
Students will achieve the following objectives through engagement in lectures, seminars, scenario-based learning and groupwork.
Students will:
- Understand and apply key ethical principles in healthcare and dentistry.
- Discuss ethical dilemmas to further develop understanding of ethical principles and standards.
- Demonstrate understanding of the ethical concepts underlying the GDC standards.
- Develop effective communication skills for teamwork.
- Continue to develop active learning skills and provide strategies for self-management and wellbeing.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Explain the importance of applying professional values and standards as a student dental professional.
2. Describe key ethical concepts in dental practice in given, common scenarios.
3. Apply strategies to be an effective collaborative learner in non-clinical settings.
4. Apply effective strategies for self-management and well-being as a student dental professional.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
WR3 - Teamwork/collaboration
SK9 - Ethical
Professional
- Teamworking through producing a collaborative project for ethical and professional practice
- Communication skills, compassion and empathy through engaging with patients and colleagues
- Ethical and sustainable practice through engaging in carbon footprint activity
- Consent, confidentiality and trust
- Cultural Competence
Personal
- Presentation and communication skills in the teamworking project
- Active learning skills using feedback and reflections
- Insight in relation to personal behaviour and professional practice
- Adapt and apply strategies for management of health and wellbeing with personal growth
- Strategies to identify and manage personal and emotional challenges/Self-monitoring/self-care
- Continue to develop sustainable practices as a student
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Supervision | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Lecture | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Seminar | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Seminar | 8 | 1.5 | 12 |
| Private study hours | 160 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 40 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
There is no compensation between elements of summative assessment; each element must be passed. In the event of failure of one or more elements, the module mark will be capped at 40 on successful resit of the failed element(s).
Poster presentation and reflective assignment:
Students will be given verbal and written feedback on the group's performance in the poster presentation. This will be used by students in their summative reflective assignment.
Personal Development Portfolio:
The Personal Development Portfolio is an ongoing, continuous reflective and action planning process which will be reviewed periodically throughout the academic year. Students will receive feedback on specified parts of their reflective activities at key points in the academic year. There will also be space for private reflections which will be reviewed but will not form part of the formal assessment.
Students will be required to reflect on their progress and the feedback they receive and to plan their ongoing personal and professional development. Any areas which have not been satisfactorily reflected on will be identified to allow students to remediate before the end of the academic year.
Students will receive feedback on their performance using a 'not met', 'just met', 'met' and 'exceeds' expectations approach. This will allow students to have insight into how they are meeting expectations and their progress through the academic year.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Poster Presentation | FORMATIVE: Poster Presentation (15 mins) | 0 |
| Assignment | Reflective Assignment (1000 words) | 100 |
| Portfolio | Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) (Pass/Fail) | 0 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Poster presentation: This will involve students working as part of a team of peers to present on a given ethical topic area to a panel of IDEA ethics tutors, and School of Dentistry tutors. Students will be expected to demonstrate insight into the application of the ethical topic into professional dental practice. Reflective assignment: This assignment aims to assess students' reflection on their experiences of working as part of a team to prepare and present a poster in relation to a clinical/ professional scenario. Students will be expected to reflect on: - The ethical principles considered as part of the poster topic. - The teamworking and communication challenges in preparing and presenting the poster. Personal Development Portfolio (PDP): The Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) is a pass/ fail element of the Personal and Professional Development 2 module which provides a scaffold for students to demonstrate and record their progress. The PDP continues through the programme with specified requirements in each year. Students will receive feedback on their performance using a 'not met', 'just met', 'met' and 'exceeds' expectations approach. A student must meet expectations across all specified areas of the portfolio to pass the PDP assessment element overall. This ensures that students have met the General Dental Council Safe Practitioner Framework behaviours requirement as they progress through the programme. The four areas of the PDP are: 1. Professional standards and behaviours 2. Ethical principles 3. Learning and development 4. Self-management and wellbeing Progress will be reviewed periodically throughout the academic year and students who have not met expectations in a specified element of the portfolio will be given opportunities to resubmit after receiving feedback at key stages in the academic year. The PDP will comprise the following elements: - Personal reflections and action planning on performance in year 1 outcomes and assessments. - Written submissions in relation to given clinical and non-clinical ethical scenarios. - Personal reflections and action planning on student professional behaviours (including communication skills). - Personal reflections on individual and collaborative learning and working in the clinical skills context. - Personal reflections and action planning on self-management and well-being strategies. - Personal reflection and action planning on development in relation to education capability statements in dentistry. The Personal Development Portfolio may comprise a range of approaches such as written, audio and video formats to support appropriate reflection and action planning across the various aspects of the PDP.
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Last updated: 19/05/2026
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