Diş Hekimliği Lisans Diploması

2261.04 Dentist

2261.04 Dentist

The training process contains a period of 5 years, including theory, laboratory studies and patient simulation studies. In the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades basic science courses and pre-clinical practice training are included. The 4th and 5th year courses include intensive clinical practice as well as medicine and dentistry courses.

Learning occurs formally or, for some courses, in the form of distance learning. In addition, practical training is provided in the laboratories and clinics within the institution.

• Scientificness “Makes clinical decisions by using problem solving and critical thinking skills during the patient diagnosis and treatment plan process. - Monitors academic resources at an international level and evaluates research results. - Uses evidence-based dentistry practices, if any, in professional practice to provide a high level of up-to-date clinical service and skills.”
• Professionalism and Ethics “By adopting the concept of lifelong learning; makes and implements plans that will ensure continuous professional development and adopts continuous professional development - Complies with universal professional ethical rules in solving clinical problems - takes into account the medical situations that are urgent and with higher priority in the case of  multiple patient admission - Complies with national legal rules in service provision - Ensures that patient information and records are kept confidential. - Obtains informed consent"
• Communication “Applies interpersonal harmony and communication skills - Communicates effectively with colleagues and team members - Establishes effective communication with patients and patient relatives - Evaluates and communicates with patients in accordance with their age and development levels - Obtains informed consent.”
• Prioritization of Health “Prioritizes the protection and development of health, not corrective treatment in individual dentistry practices. - Takes responsibility for the protection and development of oral and dental health at the social level. - Plans and implements the self-prepared social preventive programs, according to the risk groups of the patients. - Carries out the national oral and dental health program. "Makes recommendations regarding the dental health system and health policies - Supports health promotion practices - Supports welfare in different stages of life (pregnancy, birth, postpartum, newborn, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, menopause, andropause, and old age)"
• Corporate Governance and Leadership “Systematises patient safety and clinical risk management in the provision of treatment services - Establishes a team within the scope of health care, ensures the harmonious functioning of the team and leads the team - Respects the team, patients and colleagues he works with and empathizes with them - Ensures that patient records are kept complete and confidential - Monitors, evaluates and implements current developments regarding the management of oral and dental health services. - Manages financial and human resources effectively and efficiently. - Complies with and implements quality improvement processes - Makes disaster plans in corporate management - Provides ergonomic and safe working environments for themselves and other employees.
• Informatics “Uses information technologies in administrative and clinical processes -Uses information technologies to prepare, store and utilize patient records - Ensures the security and access control of electronic records - Monitors, evaluates and applies current developments within the scope of information technologies in dentistry.”
• Diagnosis and Treatment Processes “Determines the working limits accurately, requests consultation when necessary and refers the patient to a specialist. - For diagnosis and treatment planning, takes the patient's detailed history, performs clinical and radiographic examination, uses auxiliary diagnostic methods when necessary, evaluates the findings and manages the process - In treatment planning, takes into account the general health status of the patient - Prepares and presents alternative treatment plans for the patient, taking into account the patient's oral and dental health risk group (tooth decay, periodontal disease, etc.) - Provides information to the patient about the advantages and disadvantages of alternative treatment plans, makes clinical decisions together with the patient - plans oral and dental care for all groups, including different age groups and patients with special needs - Uses professional practices specified in the job description appropriately and in a timely manner - Applies universal infection control instructions for all clinical procedures – Takes precaution against  the patient’s pain and dentist anxiety, diagnoses, and manages. - Uses early diagnosis and treatment methods in the field of dentistry and prevents the progression of diseases - Evaluates the results of the treatment service provided - Considers the urgent and high priority situations of the patient in treatment planning - Recognizes the abuse and/or neglect of the person admitted as a patient and manages the process - Recognizes substance addiction and manages the process - Provides dental health services for groups with priority and who are risky/vulnerable.

Possesses the key competencies listed below at an advanced level.

•  Reading and writing competence
•  Multilingual competence
•  Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology, and engineering
•  Digital competence
•  Personal, social, and learning to learn competence
•  Citizenship competence
•  Entrepreneurial competence
•  Cultural awareness and expression competence

Exams, testing and evaluation are carried out based on the "Bezmiâlem Vakıf University Faculty of Dentistry Education - Training and Examination Directive". Students are also subject to a final exam in addition to the exams they have taken or to the work they have done before during the academic year. The criteria to be taken into account in the evaluation of students' success (midterm exam, homework, practice, final exam, etc.) and the percentage of the marks are stated in the education guide published on the website at the beginning of the semester. All exams are held on the dates announced by the University, at the specified place and time. Students' final grades at the end of the semester are given by the faculty member/staff responsible for the course, based on their midterm and final exam grades, their studies during the semester, and course attendance rules. Make-up exams are held for students who do not take the final exam even though they meet the requirements for taking the final exam, or who fail (F) at the end of the final exam.

 YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing, and supervising education, training, and other activities in higher education institutions.

• "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" of higher education institutions, prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK, are published every year. Reports prepared according to these reports, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations for higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

• The "Higher Education Report of Foundation Institutions", which includes academic, administrative and financial data of higher education foundation institutions, is published every year by YÖK. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education foundation institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the "Procedures and Principles for Providing Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

Design and Approval of Curriculum: YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the opening of undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will offer to the students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these subjects.

2.The curriculum of National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK after being accepted by the relevant Deans Council.

3. Measurement-Evaluation: How to measure and evaluate the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to the student is carried out in accordance with the teaching and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these subjects.

4. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs receives a bachelor's degree if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions;

Self-Evaluation-External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the "Institution Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. The "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared by YÖKAK regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions is shared with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is ensured. It implements regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the YÖKAK legislation.

Our Faculty of Dentistry was entitled to be 'Full Accredited' for 6 years by the Dental Education Programs Accreditation Association (DEPAD) on 06.04.2022

Within the framework of the regulations determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), student admission to this program is administered through the central examination system called YKS. After students submit their preferences for the program they want to study in, they are placed in the relevant programs by the Student Selection and Placement Center according to the score they receive from this exam. Recognition of previous formal learning in Turkish Higher Education Institutions, vertical, horizontal and university transfers, "Transfer Between Associate and Master's Degree Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer" determined by the Higher Education Institution is administered within the scope of the "Council of Higher Education Regulation on the Principles of Transfer Between Associate Degree and Undergraduate Programs, Double Majors, Minors, and Inter-institutional Credit Transfers at Higher Education". Foreign students are admitted to this program based on their internationally recognized exam results or secondary school graduation grades. Admittance of exchange students is carried out within the framework of bilateral agreements signed between BVU and partner universities.

There is the opportunity to work in the public sector or as a freelance dentist. There are academic career opportunities, as well. Students who successfully complete this program can apply for a master's degree or directly for integrated third cycle (doctoral) programs and the Specialization Examination in Dentistry (DUS).

Higher Education Law No. 2547

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

Higher Education Law No. 2547 (Additional Article-35)

Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board Regulation

Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Dentistry Education and Examination Directive

Bezm-İ Alem Foundation University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Training Regulations

The qualification is valid at all times.