James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021
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DS4101 - Clinical Dentistry 2
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Prerequisites: | DS3101 AND DS3102 |
| Administered by: | College of Medicine & Dentistry |
This subject is only available to those students enrolled in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery.
Subject Description
- This subject integrates a clinical program with research that underpins evidence based practice. Students participate in a clinical program (the foundations of which were developed in DS3101:12 Introduction to Clinical Dentistry and DS3102:09 Clinical Dentistry 1) that exposes them to a wide range of clinical practice. This allows the development of competency in procedures which are examined at the end of Year 4. This includes further exposure to the disciplines focused on children (Paedodontics and Orthodontics), adults (Restorative, Periodontics and Endodontics) and Gerodontics and Oral Medicine. The cross-age disciplines of Oral Surgery and Restorative Dentistry are a strong focus of the clinical program. This dental specific content is augmented by a medicine and surgery component and has a strong ethical base. The development of clinical skills continues across the year to achieve competencies in all the key areas of dentistry. Ethical, evidence-based practice is reinforced throughout Year 4 as students deepen their theoretical and applied knowledge about research in dental science. Groups of students build on earlier studies by designing a research project and developing an ethics application.
Learning Outcomes
- Perform an expanding range of dental procedures under supervision
- Understand the use of drugs commonly used in oral medicine, their side effects and drug interactions
- Understand the special needs of children with disabilities
- Develop a research proposal
- Prepare an ethics proposal for the research project following a structured template
Subject Assessment
- Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (40%) - Individual
- Performance/Practice/Product > Clinical assessment 1 - (20%) - Individual
- On-course (includes oral presentation, poster, written essay) - (25%) - Individual
- Performance/Practice/Product > Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) - (15%) - Individual
Note that 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.
Special Assessment Requirements
Satisfactory attendance is required at (pre)clinical placements. Satisfactory academic and professional standard, as described in the College Assessment Guidelines, must be achieved in order to progress
Availabilities
Cairns, Study Period 1, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 25 Mar 2021 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 22 Feb 2021 to Friday, 18 Jun 2021 |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Dileep Sharma |
| Lecturer(s): | Assoc. Professor Geoff Booth DR Blake Phibbs DR Sonali Mistry DR Tulio Fernandez Medina DR Harini Mani DR Susan Gorton Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey MS Poornima Roche Assoc. Professor Robyn Boase DR Kornelija Sfera Professor Richard Stoll DR Kate Miller DR Amar Sholapurkar DR Alex Dancyger DR Callum Blackhall Assoc. Professor Marguerite Reith MS Darlene Wallace MR Don Gamage MRS Deanne Johnstone Assoc. Professor Andrew Lee Professor John Abbott DR Manjunath Rajashekhar Professor Alan Nimmo DR Shashidhar Venkatesh Murthy Professor Robert Jones DR Kevin Ang MR Ando Kerlen DR Stephen Pearson Assoc. Professor John Smithson DR Erica Martin Assoc. Professor Anna Vnuk Assoc. Professor Justin Curtin MS Karryn Lytton Assoc. Professor Anura Ariyawardana MR Jan Du Bruyn Assoc. Professor Dileep Sharma DR Clara Jo DR Ersan Karadeniz DR Tonia Girdis MRS Amanda du Bruyn DR Kavita Rana DR Rodrigo Rodrigues Amaral DR Felicity Croker Assoc. Professor Yousef Abdalla DR Roy Rasalam DR Carmen Karadeniz |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 12 credit point subject is approximately 520 hours.
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