Diş Hekimliği (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO:08

ISCO:08

This program intends to include all kinds of practical and theoretical aspects of the field of study and it aims to provide its graduates with technical and managerial skills in all aspects of Dentistry. Graduates will be able to carry out activities relating to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired diseases and anomalies of the teeth and relative tissues.

Education and training are carried out formally and face-to-face. In addition, practical training is provided in the pre-clinical application laboratory, artificial patient clinic, and clinics of each department within the institution.

• Scientific Quality 1. Makes clinical decisions by using problem-solving and critical thinking skills during the patient diagnosis and treatment plan process. 2. Monitors academic resources at the international level and evaluates research results. 3. Uses evidence-based dentistry practices, if any, in his professional practice to provide a high level of up-to-date clinical service.
• Professionalism and Ethics 1. By adopting the concept of lifelong learning; Makes and implements plans that will ensure continuous professional development and ensures continuous professional development. 2. Complies with universal professional ethical rules in solving clinical problems. 3. In multiple patient applications, considers the urgent and priority medical situation. 4. Complies with national legal rules in service provision. 5. Ensures the confidentiality of patient information and records. 6. Obtains informed consent
• Communication 1. Applies interpersonal harmony and communication skills. 2. Communicates effectively with colleagues and team members. 3. Communicates effectively with patients and their relatives. 4. Evaluates and communicates with patients in accordance with their age and developmental levels. 5. Shows a biopsychosocial approach to the patient and acts patient oriented.
• Prioritization of Health 1. In individual dentistry practices, it prioritizes the protection and promotion of health, not corrective treatment. 2. Takes responsibility for protecting and improving oral and dental health at the social level. 3. He plans and implements the social protective programs he prepares according to the risk groups of the patients. 4. Makes recommendations regarding the national oral and dental health system and health policies. 5. Supports health promotion practices. 6. It supports the state of health in different stages of life (pregnancy, birth, puerperium, newborn, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, menopause andropause, old age)
• Institution Management and Leadership 1. Systematizes patient safety and clinical risk management in treatment service delivery. 2. Establishes a team within the scope of healthcare services, ensures the harmonious functioning of the team and leads the team. 3. Respects and empathizes with the team he works with, his patients and his colleagues. 4. Ensures complete keeping, protection and confidentiality of patient records. 4. Monitors, evaluates and implements current developments regarding the management of oral and dental health services. 5. Manages financial and human resources effectively and efficiently. 6. Complies with and implements quality improvement processes. 7. Makes a disaster plan in institution management. 8. Provides ergonomic and safe working environments for himself and other employees.
• Information Technologies 1. Uses information technologies in administrative and clinical processes. 2. Uses information technologies in obtaining, storing and using patient records. 3. Provides security and access control of electronic records. 4. Monitors, evaluates and applies current developments within the scope of information technologies in dentistry.
• Diagnosis and Treatment Processes 1. Determines working limits accurately, requests consultation when necessary, and directs the patient to a specialist. 2. For diagnosis and treatment planning, he takes the detailed history of the patient, performs clinical and radiographic examination, uses auxiliary diagnostic methods, when necessary, evaluates the findings and manages the process. 3. Considers the patient's general health condition in treatment planning. 4. Prepares and presents alternative treatment plans for the patient, considering the patient's oral and dental health risk group (tooth decay, periodontal disease, etc.). 5. Makes clinical decisions together with the patient by informing the patient about the advantages and disadvantages of alternative treatment plans. 6. Plans oral and dental care for all groups, including different age groups and patients with special needs. 7. Uses the professional practices included in the job description appropriately and on time.

• Scientific                    
• Informatics                 
• Communication                      
• Corporate Governance and Leadership            
• Professionalism and Ethics                 
• Prioritizing Health                  
• Diagnosis and Treatment Processes

According to the provisions of Başkent University Faculty of Dentistry's "Education-Training and Examination Regulations," at least one midterm exam is conducted for each course during a semester, and a final exam is administered at the end of each semester. Additionally, faculty members may use short written exams, assignments, projects, and similar assessments as part of the midterm evaluations. A student's success in courses is determined by evaluating both semester grades and the final exam grade together. Semester grades are composed of quiz scores, midterm exam grades, and grades for assignments, applications, and practical work, which vary depending on the course. The end-of-term passing grade is calculated by combining 60% of the semester grades with 40% of the final exam grade. To pass, a student must achieve a minimum grade of 50 on the final exam. Grades of 60 or higher are considered passing.

To observe the quality of higher education programs;

• CoHE is responsible for the planning, organization, management and supervision of education and training and other activities carried out in higher education institutions.
• “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions prepared annually within the framework of the criteria determined by CoHE are published. The reports prepared according to these reports, including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by CoHE.
• Every year, CoHE publishes the “Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report”, which includes academic, administrative, and financial data on foundation higher education institutions. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by CoHE.

Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is ensured according to the “Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs”:

1. Creation and Approval of Curricula:
   1. CoHE determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the opening of undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.
   2. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by CoHE on these issues.
   3. The curricula of the National Core Curricula are adopted by the relevant Council of Deans and implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of the CoHE.
2. Measurement-Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes of each undergraduate program is carried out according to the education and training and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by CoHE on these issues.
3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs, if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions; receive a bachelor’s degree.
4. Self-Assessment-External Assessment: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter their “Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports” for the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) at the beginning of each year. THEQC shares the “Institutional Feedback Report” prepared for the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions issued by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by THEQC also indicate that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is ensured. THEQC conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the legislation.

• Graduating from secondary education institutions or secondary education institutions of foreign countries whose equivalence is approved by the Ministry of National Education and meeting the admission requirements for undergraduate programs of higher education institutions.
• To be assigned in this program as a result of the central exam conducted by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center, whose procedures and principles are determined by CoHE.

• Master's degree graduates can apply to appropriate doctoral programs or receive specialist training in the field they are placed in with the "Dentistry Specialization Examination" (DUS) conducted by CoHE.
• Graduates of the Faculty of Dentistry, as dentists, have the authority to open private dental clinics within the framework of the laws, and they can work in public institutions, private sector institutions, or private clinics. They can work in hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health, university hospitals, or private healthcare centers.

1. Act No. 2547 on Higher Education

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transferring Between Associate Degree and Undergraduate Programs, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs to Undergraduate Education

Act No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

3. Regulation on specialty training in medicine and dentistry (Official Gazette Date: 03.09.2022 Official Gazette Number: 31942)

The proficiency is valid at all times.