Professional and Community Practice 1
SDMD5112
This unit introduces the student to Cariology and the disease of dental caries, covering natural history, causation, prevention, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, treatment and clinical management, patient management and the roles of professional and home care. Population Oral Health is also introduced and discusses the primary health care approach, society and health, water fluoridation, Aboriginal health, ethics and epidemiology. The study of Professional Practice will include professional behaviour, communication, body image, motivational interviewing, health behaviour change, oral health promotion skills and portfolio development. Aspects of clinical management will also be introduced, including, ergonomics, cross-infection, handling of instruments, the normal (healthy) appearance of tissues and structures; taking a patient history, extra and intra-oral clinical examinations, charting of findings and other patient record keeping.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 2
Commencing semesters: 1
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: SDMD5112
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No