Learning & Teaching Facilities
Visitors will find that the facilities available in Cardiff are as you might expect for an organisation committed to training the whole dental team for the 21st century. The hospital completed an extensive 5 year refurbishment in 2003 which included an £11m renovation and refit and now has modern airy clinics throughout.
Brian Cooke Dental Library
The Library is named for Professor Brian Cooke, the founder dean of the Dental School. The library has approximately 9,000 books predominantly in dentistry but covering some aspects of medicine as well. There is a small historical collection.
Pre-clinical Skills Lab
The eight dental simulators in the pre-clinical skills lab are used to train BDS and Dental Therapy students. The DentSim system uses the latest in optic imaging and simulation technologies to give the most effective training available. As students practice procedures, they are provided with case history information about the simulated patient, on-screen visual tracking of the procedure being performed and real-time feedback and evaluation of procedures performed.
Lecture Theatres
The School of Dentistry has two newly-refurbished lecture theatres with capacities of 112 and 135. The following facilities, controlled via a lectern mounted touch panel, are available: data projector, networked computer, laptop connection, dual slide projection, VHS projection, DVD projection, document camera, overhead projector, PA system, video conferencing (ISDN and IP).
IT Room
The Open Access Computer Room is situated in the Brian Cooke Dental Library, and is equipped with 36 networked computers, scanner, B&W and colour laser printers, and an assistive technology workstation.
St David's Primary Dental Care Unit
St David's provides an introduction to students to dental practice in a primary care setting. The unit, the first Primary Dental Care Unit in the United Kingdom, houses state-of-the-art clinical training facilities and includes the first Electronic Patient Record system used for dental undergraduate training in the United Kingdom.