Unit Code: DNT736

Unit Name: Clinical Practice V

Description: Clinical dentistry at the fifth year level seeks to further develop and enhance the skills developed by the fourth year student. Final year clinical dentistry seeks to ready the student for practice as a dentist in private and public clinics throughout the pacific. the course seeks to combine the necessary skills for complete clinical practice with knowledge the students have gained over the five years of dentistryThe clinical dentistry course encourages the student to consider the continual development their dental skills and knowledge will require outside of the dental school through continued professional development and lifelong improvement of skills. The course aims to allow students to demonstrate clinical competency in all aspects of general dental practice, and further develop their skills in comprehensive treatment planning with consideration to complete patient care. In the clinic the student is made to focus on completing a comprehensive range of clinical criteria ranging from an individual restoration through to the total oral health care of an individual patient. Students also improve their skills in the management and treatment of periodontic, peadodontic , endodontic, orthodontic, removable and fixed Prosthodontic and oral surgery patients. The lecture/tutorial component of the course design incorporates great flexibility, with a multi -disciplinary approach to teaching. Each Lecturer probes students in student clinical sessions to define areas in which they may need to be strengthened .The lecturer than incorporates these areas into the streams to be discussed in class. Primarily the class is problem based with all relevant information provided in earlier years. Teaching is conducted through discussion based classes, problem solving sessions, case discussions and tutorials. The major of the theoretical aspect have been presented to students through didactic and preclinical sessions in different disciplines in earlier years of study and this module encourages students to review all previous learning in order to partake of the class discussion, which aims to integrate knowledge from all previous dental exposure and experience With clinical training the student is able to enhance and develop all of the skills that have been taught in theory. These include Communication and motivational skills, empathy, professional attributes and appropriate modes of behaviour for the clinical environment .The student will also develop skills in the ethical treatment of all patients and to develop the students Communication skill in terms of being able to change or modify patient behaviour in order to achieve better health outcomes.Working as a clinician within a clinical environment the student is able to recognize their role within the dental team and further develop the skills required to lead the dental team This module is designed to provide an update and integrate the basic and advanced skills the student has acquired in the lecture room, previous teaching blocks, and from personal experience in the oral health-teaching clinic. Componenet 2:This course is designed to provide students with standard clinical experience in office surgical procedures and problems The hospital aspect of the rotation allows students to participate in the management of patients with common oral surgical diseases including: odontogenic infections, oro-facial trauma, developmental anomalies, neoplasia and oral medicine cases. They would also get exposed to dento-alveolar and major oral surgical procedures performed by Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons and trained dentists under general anaesthesia and develop skills in minor oral surgical procedures such as surgical removal of impacted teeth and biopsy/flap procedures performed under local anaesthesia. Hospital work experience will also be gained by student participation with the oral surgery resident or house officers at the CWMH Dental Department in the evaluation for hospitalization and admission process, physical exam and writing of orders. Students will be asked to observe or assist with the more complicated procedures. With this exposure the student will be able to recognize the clinical and surgical indication for appropriate patient referral.

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Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 90

Offered In: Semester 1,2