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ORHL3102: Integrated Oral Health Clinical Practice I
2024 unit information
This unit of study aims to provide students a comprehensive experience in Oral Health clinical practice providing treatment of patients of all ages, including those individuals who are medically compromised. Students are required to demonstrate evidence based clinical decision-making, and high standards of professional conduct and ethics as an oral health professional.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Discipline of Oral Health |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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ORHL2202 |
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Corequisites:
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ORHL3101 and ORHL3103 |
| 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. Recognise signs of abuse or neglect, describe local and national systems that safeguard welfare, understand how to raise concerns and act accordingly in regard to both children and adults.
- LO2. Debate clinical and radiographic caries diagnosis, treatment plan, deliver evidence-based preventive and restorative care to adult and paediatric patients within the scope of an oral health therapist, and instigate appropriate referrals as necessary.
- LO3. Assess, diagnose, treatment plan, perform nonsurgical periodontal and therapeutic treatment
- LO4. Apply the role of the Oral Health Therapist in an orthodontic practice and demonstrate the skills to conduct an orthodontic assessment and deliver supportive orthodontic treatment according to the scope of practice.
- LO5. Demonstrate the ability to manage dental trauma with a flexible splint.
- LO6. Apply the principles of negligence, trespass and assessing capacity, in order to obtain valid consent prior to providing dental treatment for the patients.
- LO7. Analyse clinical decision making using high-quality sources, in order to provide evidence-based patient care.
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