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DENT5301: Theory and Practice of Dental Sedation A
2025 unit information
This unit provides students studying at the postgraduate level with an advanced level of experience in practical dental sedation methods and procedures, also with an overview of theoretical dental sedation methods and procedures.
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 | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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DENT5300 |
| 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 in the clinical setting an emerging understanding of the moral, cultural, ethical principles, legal responsibilities, and regulatory requirements involved in the provision of conscious sedation
- LO2. demonstrate (through reflective learning) an understanding of personal limitations, patient limitations, and the need for continuing professional development
- LO3. demonstrate an emerging capacity in communicating effectively with patients, carers, and their families, including shared decision making, concerning all aspects of their care
- LO4. demonstrate an emerging capacity in communicating effectively with the dental team and other health professionals
- LO5. demonstrate an emerging capacity in critically evaluating research and the literature, products, and techniques in forming an evidenced based practice
- LO6. demonstrate a thorough knowledge of evidence-based information in relation to electronic monitoring that is pertinent to conscious sedation
- LO7. demonstrate a thorough knowledge of evidence-based information in relation to advanced local anaesthesia that is pertinent to conscious sedation
- LO8. demonstrate (in the clinical setting) an emerging knowledge of relevant regulations, policies and guidelines, patient assessment and recovery, and discharge criteria
- LO9. demonstrate (in the clinical setting) an emerging knowledge of the different states of altered consciousness, the limitations and risks of the techniques involved in inducing conscious sedation, and the pharmacology of the various agents used
- LO10. use, manage, and troubleshoot relevant electronic monitoring that is pertinent to conscious sedation
- LO11. perform advanced local anaesthesia that is pertinent to conscious sedation
- LO12. demonstrate emerging skills and understanding of practical dental sedation methods and techniques, including decision making
- LO13. demonstrate an emerging skill in pre-operative and perioperative patient assessment, including informed consent, as relates to conscious sedation
- LO14. demonstrate an emerging skill in methods of airway control on a manikin.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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