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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION:

Advanced Diploma in Community Dentistry

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
117090	Advanced Diploma in Community Dentistry
ORIGINATOR
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Advanced Diploma	Field 09 - Health Sciences and Social Services		Curative Health
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	120	Level 7	NQF Level 07	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Reregistered		EXCO 0821/24	2021-07-01	2027-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2028-06-30		2031-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

PRIMARY PURPOSE

1. To provide qualifiers with specific knowledge, skills and competence in the field of Community Dentistry that will enable them to be appointed to managerial positions in the Public Health services.

2. To provide the public health services of South Africa with an adequate supply of auxiliary personnel who can function at an administrative level as well as the clinical level.

SUBSIDIARY PURPOSE
To provide future teaching staff for the dental schools of South Africa.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Applicants who want to register for the Advanced Diploma in Community Dentistry must
be either a registered dental therapist or an oral hygienist.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

A newly qualified person must:

1. Know how and be able to determine the prevalence and incidence of diseases and abnormalities in a well-circumscribed community.

2. Know how and be able to identify the factors involved in the natural history of diseases and abnormalities in that community.

3. Know how and be competent to use the above knowledge and skills to develop a preventive programme that will prevent diseases and abnormalities to that community to the maximum extent possible.

4. Know how and be competent to manage public health services in that community within the mission and mode of the primary health care systems in the public health services in South Africa.

5. Know and be able to evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the public health services in that community.

6. Be able to maintain continued competence and to keep abreast of up to date techniques and procedures.

7. Know the laws and ethical rules and regulations controlling the practice of the health professions in South Africa, with specific reference to the scope and nature of dentistry as set out by the Medical and Dental Professional Board of the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

8. Know how to engage in lifelong learning through well-developed learning skills.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Integrated assessment.

In order to assess whether the exit-level outcomes have been achieved a range of formative and summative assessments are done throughout the two years of study. These include seminars, research projects, practical work in the public oral health services, portfolios, and written and oral tests and examinations. In the case of knowledge assessment samples of the qualifier's knowledge is tested for depth and width of knowledge.
A qualifier must have, through the above assessment procedures, proved that s/he has achieved the NQF level 7 standards.

INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY

This diploma is comparable to diplomas in Community Dentistry offered in most foreign countries.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

1. Articulation with qualifications at other institutions
Presently none
2. The qualifications toward which the advanced Diploma in Community Dentistry may proceed is the BDS degree.
3. Exit level outcomes articulating with other qualifications are:
None

MODERATION OPTIONS

The Faculty maintains a bank of external examiner as approved by Council, with the necessary knowledge, academic qualifications and clinical/practical expertise and national and international standing, from which the external examiners are appointed for each year.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Staff members of the Department of Community Dentistry of the Faculty of Dentistry with the necessary academic qualifications and experience are used as internal assessors

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

NONE

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

1.	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University