Oral Health Sciences 4

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

80 Self-directed learning.

Total = 120 hours

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in PC-DENTHRP. This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.

It is proposed to offer this subject to registered, currently practising dental therapists and oral health therapists in Australia and New Zealand. Previous management of clients aged 18-24 years would be of benefit but not essential.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Overview, Objectives and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this course are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit:

http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject has the following components: Medically compromised patients, oral medicine and pharmacology, local anesthesia and emergency management of oral conditions. It will be conducted as a didactic and case based component.

This subject continues alongside subjects Oral Pathology and Adult Oral Function & Oral Health Practice 4. Teaching and learning activities will be centered at the Melbourne Dental School and supported via the computer aided learning management system.

Student learning will include: the importance of oral medicine being recognition and identification of oral pathological conditions; pharmacological interactions with the adult population; management of the poly-medicated patient and those with physical, intellectual and sensory disabilities; management of medically compromised adult patients; local anaesthetic administration to the adult client and emergency management of oral conditions such as acute oral infection and dental trauma.

Students who complete this subject will be able to:

1. Competently show knowledge in the assessment of a patient’s medical history to ascertain possible complications to care and to seek appropriate referral advice when required
2. Describe common endodontic therapies used in permanent teeth and recognize clinical signs of failure that require referral
3. Display knowledge in treatment planning for care considered part of the scope of practice for OHT or DT and consults or refers to a dentist for those elements outside such scope.
4. Demonstrate knowledge in adult clinical dental therapy practice
5. Demonstrate knowledge of adult dental trauma and dental emergencies
6. Recognize when clinical cases are beyond their skill set and make appropriate referrals.

Type of Assessment (Including Extent/Duration):

1 x 1 hour Summative Case Based Clinical On-line Assessment

Timing of Assessment - Mid Semester

Assessment % - 20%

1 x 45 minute written test on medically compromised patients

Timing of Assessment - End of Semester

Assessment % - 40%

1 x 1 hour Objective Structured Clinical Examination on oral medicine, pharmacology and dental emergencies

Timing of Assessment - End of Semester

Assessment % - 40%

All class materials will be provided.

n/a

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.