Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 120 credits. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
You are required to take:
- Science of Conscious Sedation (45 credits)
- Clinical Conscious Sedation (45 credits)
- Conscious Sedation: Literature Review, Critical Appraisal (30 credits)
Teaching methods - what to expect
Teaching
- Lectures, seminars and education supervision: 70-100 hours
- Self-study, set essays and dissertation: 950-1000 hours
- Supervised clinical practice and feedback: 200-300 hours
We will use a delivery method that will ensure students have a rich, exciting experience from the start. Face to face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that students also experience elements of digital learning and assessment. This course is taught at King’s College London's Guy’s Campus.
Extra information
As we are seeking to identify your suitability for this clinical environment, we expect our interviewees to adopt the dress code required of clinical dental students at King's. Further information will be given should you choose to apply. Entry to the programme is strictly dependent upon occupational health clearance that you are able to conduct exposure prone procedures (EPPs) before you start clinical work. This will assess your hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C antibody status, HIV and TB status following the completion of a health questionnaire and a further health check before or at enrolment.
If offered a place on the course, overseas students are advised to be tested locally and send the results of these checks with the questionnaire, prior to a separate full test in the UK at the College's Occupational Health Department before the term begins. All offers of a place on a programme are made subject to a satisfactory criminal conviction disclosure. If you are from overseas or have never lived in the UK before, you should contact the relevant authorities in your home country to arrange for the equivalent check to be conducted and/or a certificate of good conduct to be issued.
Assessment
- Formative Assessment
- Summative Assessment
Assessment on the programme is both formative and summative and can take the form of seen/unseen written examinations, single best answer questions, unseen case presentations, oral and practical examinations and dissertations. The programme handbook will provide more specific detail of assessment within modules.
Application closing date guidance
We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible as we may need to request further information from you to assess your application. This is particularly important if your application is successful, and you are required to meet any conditions and/or you need a Student Visa to study at King’s.
The application deadline will be on 15 September 2025 (23:59 UK time).
Key Information
Course type:
Diploma
Delivery mode:
On campus
Study mode:
Full time
Duration:
Nine months, January to September. Clinical attendance is part-time - one day per week, January to July, alongside self-directed study. In addition, seven study days and at least two assessment days are attended on campus.
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
January 2026