DS5102 - Clinical Practice 2 (Comprehensive Oral Care)

Credit points:	12
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	DS5101 DS5102
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry

This subject is only available to those students enrolled in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery

Students participate in a clinical placement program that enables them to provide comprehensive oral care to patients in a range of clinical settings. Each clinical site will have students providing dental care under supervision. The development of clinical skills continues across the year to achieve competencies in all the key areas of dentistry.

Learning Outcomes

• Perform an expanding range of dental procedures under supervision;
• Demonstrate the ability to treat complete or partially edentulous patients with either fixed or removable prostheses;
• Address professionally and ethically the health care needs of patients, including both their direct clinical needs as well as their social and cultural expectations;
• Demonstrate competent use of radiographic techniques and interpretation of results to aid diagnosis.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Prerequisites:	DS4101 AND DS4102
Corequisites:	DS5101

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Cairns, Placement/work experience, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Non-standard start/end 10-Jun-2013 to 22-Nov-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Felicity Croker
Contact hours:	600 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	end of semester exam (25%); other exams (10%); portfolio including clinical activity log (25%); written clinical case reports (4) (20%); clinical placement assessment graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory (%); school-administered final exam (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must pass all components of assessment to pass the subject overall.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.