Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 142)
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Year 4 Dental Science.
Contact: 550 hours, including lectures and clinical, laboratory, library and research work.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should:Comprehend: the applications and use of pharmacological agents in the practice of dentistry; the differential diagnoses of oral diseases and the use of special diagnostic procedures; the principles of extra-oral radiography and radiology; the management of the psychological and psycho-social features encountered in dental practice and dental health education; the diversity of factors associated with the prevention of dental caries and periodontal diseases and the potential for their control; the delivery and evaluation of dental care in both public and private sectors; normal and abnormal growth and development, including behavioural growth; the biomechanical principles of orthodontics; the theory and practice of total patient care for both dentate and edentulous individuals; the relationship between oral and general health in elderly persons and the role of the dental profession in the advocacy of health for all including elderly persons.
Have developed: the communication and psychomotor skills necessary for providing total patient care in a general dental practice setting; skills in critical listening and case presentation.
Appreciate: the concept and practice of ongoing total patient care in the prevention, identification, assessment and treatment of oral diseases - as opposed to the episodic management of symptomatic oral problems; the concept and practice of maintaining oral health; the need for the dentist to provide leadership in advocating and practising total patient care; an awareness of the range of differing dental health care needs of individuals and groups within the community and the diversity of the methods needed to provide them; that dental health is an integral part of general health.
Content:
Research Projects: supervised group project; supervisors will provide further information in relation to the Research Project and facilities. One session of three hours per week in second semester in fourth year, and during first semester in fifth year for the completion of the Research Project. By the end of the Research Project Teaching Program in the fifth year, the dental student should:Comprehend: the principles of research methodology; the importance of formulating precise objectives for a research project; the need for a thorough review of the existing knowledge of the research topic; the necessity for thoughtful planning for the execution of the project; the need for the scientific assessment of the results and the presentation of the findings in a manner acceptable to the scientific community.
Have developed: skills in working as a member of a research team; skills in formulating an hypothesis and in planning how the hypothesis may be tested; skills in planning the execution of the research, in carrying it out, recording data and in analysing results; the ability to assess the validity of results and to set these in the overall knowledge on the topic; skills in writing up the project, its oral presentation and in responding to questions.
Appreciate: the necessity of research as the means of furthering advances in all aspects of dentistry; a commitment to research in dentistry; the value of team research; the need for the lucid and accurate presentation of results; ways of evaluating the findings in research reports.
Content (cont): Clinical Oral Therapeutics, Radiography and Radiology, Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Applied Behavioural Science, Preventive Dentistry, Gerodontics, Community Dental Health, Growth Studies, Applied Basic Sciences, Fixed Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, Removable Prosthodontics and General Practice.
Assessment:
A 2-hour written oral or practical examination (or any combination of these) at the end of semester 1 (15 per cent); two 3-hour written examinations at the end of semester 2 (25 per cent each); two essays (2500-3,000 words each) (15 per cent); assessments of other written, practical and clinical work throughout the year (12.5 per cent); a 15-minute viva voce examination at the end of the year in General Practice (7.5 per cent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 142)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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