CODE | DNS1005 | ||||||||||||
TITLE | Clinical Practice 1 | ||||||||||||
UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 14 | ||||||||||||
DEPARTMENT | Oral Rehabilitation and Community Care | ||||||||||||
DESCRIPTION | This introductory study-unit exposes dental hygiene students to the foundation knowledge of professionalism and professional development. It focuses on professional image, communication skills, teamwork in health care and personal growth in continual professional development. Dental Hygiene Theory I offers students an introduction to patient care and oral maintenance care, ergonomic posture and periodontal instrumentation. Study-unit Aims Dental Hygiene-Clinical Practice I aims at: - providing an understanding of the dental hygienists' role and responsibilities in clinical settings. - developing professionalism in clinical environment. - introducing basic psychomotor skills for clinical practice. - introducing application of behavioural sciences in clinical practice. - integrating knowledge and theory into dental hygiene practice. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Practise clinical abilities through pre-client simulations. - Demonstrate an Understanding of the importance of ergonomic positioning in clinical setting. - Demonstrate knowledge of the use and function of periodontal instruments in clinical situations. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyze the dental hygiene process of care model as it relates to clinical contexts. - Demonstrate sound ergonomic positioning in clinical setting. - Integrate psychmotor skills on Patient Simulators. - use all periodontal instruments on Patient Simulators. - Apply correct finger position in the modified pen-grasp technique. - Adopt ergonomic positioning to prevent musculoskeletal problems. - Perform exercises for improved hand strength. - deliver oral hygiene instructions (practice placements) - apply disclosing agents (practice placements) - apply mechanisms of infectious disease transmission prevention - Demonstrate the basic life support (BLS) protocol and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Main Text: - Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation [Paperback] - Jill Nield-gehrig (Author) Publication Date: June 13, 2012 | ISBN-10: 1609133315 | ISBN-13: 978-1609133313 | Edition: 7 |
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ADDITIONAL NOTES | A pass in this study-unit is required before registering for ORC2002. Please note that a pass in each assessment component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. Attendance to scheduled sessions, inclusive of lectures/tutorials, practical, laboratory and clinical components is compulsory. Students who do not attend at least 90% of the scheduled sessions will not be allowed to sit for any of the assessment components mentioned below. |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||||||
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LECTURER/S | Annabel Xuereb |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |