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DENT5120: Internal and General Medicine Level 1A
2025 unit information
This unit provides an introduction to Internal and General Medicine as it relates to the practice of clinical Oral Medicine. Students commence rotations through various medical and dental specialty clinics at Westmead Hospital including Head and Neck Radiation Oncology, Haematology (with emphasis on the care of patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplants), Dermatology, Immunology, Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Respiratory Medicine; and Orofacial Pain. Students also attend weekly Medical Grand Rounds. An emphasis is placed on gaining the foundational knowledge of systemic disease and the basics of how these conditions affect the orofacial complex including the oral cavity. Students will begin to gain understanding and experience in pharmacological management of these conditions.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Discipline of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Diagnostics |
| Credit points | 3 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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DENT5200 and DENT5119 and PAIN5023 and DENT6000 |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate a good understanding of disease conditions in medical specialty clinics, at the level expected of a first year trainee in oral medicine
- LO2. demonstrate a good understanding of the application of principles of pharmacology, at the level expected of a first year trainee in oral medicine
- LO3. demonstrate a good understanding of the spectrum of internal medicine including the aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, prevention and epidemiology of systemic disease, at the level expected of a first year trainee in oral medicine.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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