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DENT6211: Perioperative Care 1

2025 unit information

This course seeks to provide the foundational elements for basic perioperative care of the surgical patient including; Preoperative assessment and management, the ability to assess the patient adequately prior to operation and manage any preoperative problems appropriately; intraoperative care: Ability to conduct safe surgery in the operating theatre environment; postoperative care: Ability to care for the patient in the postoperative period.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Discipline of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Diagnostics
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
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 management of oral surgical procedures and emergencies.
  • LO2. demonstrate through reflective learning an understanding of personal limitations, and patient limitations and the need for continuing professional development in the management of the oral surgical patient.
  • LO3. demonstrate an emerging capacity in communicating effectively with the patients, their relatives and carers as well as the dental team and other health professionals.
  • LO4. demonstrate a thorough knowledge of evidenced-based information in relation to multidisciplinary management and algorhythmic approaches to the development of comprehensive treatment plans for the surgical management of patients and the management of complications
  • LO5. demonstrate a thorough knowledge of evidence-based information in relation to electronic monitoring that is pertinent to oral surgery management.
  • LO6. demonstrate a thorough knowledge of evidence-based information in relation to the pre-eminent place of non-technical skills and human factors in the oral surgical management of patients.
  • LO7. demonstrate an emerging capacity to utilize the range of investigative, technical and clinical procedures for the management and treatment planning, with multidisciplinary engagement for complex cases, including the medically compromised patient
  • LO8. demonstrate an emerging capacity to recognise disorders of the oral and dentoalveolar tissues and differentiate those amenable to surgical and non-surgical management
  • LO9. demonstrate in the clinical setting an emerging knowledge of the basis, diagnosis and management of orofacial pain, odontogenic and oral infections and oral pathology.
  • LO10. demonstrate in the clinical setting an emerging knowledge of the basis, diagnosis and management of orofacial pain, odontogenic and oral infections and oral pathology.
  • LO11. demonstrate emerging skills and understanding in managing surgical procedures to the oral and dentoalveolar tissues

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Nepean Clinical School
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Nepean Clinical School
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal day Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Nepean Clinical School
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Nepean Clinical School

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