511-522 Dental Practice 5

Successful completion of Year 4 subject.

This subject, which covers the entire 5th year curriculum, encompasses a wide variety of clinical teaching, within and without the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. During the year, students treat patients in general practice clinics and rotate through specialist teaching. Students are not expected to perform treatment during specialist practice.

General Practice Rotation: All aspects of dentistry for adults including Operative Dentistry, Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Periodontics, Preventive Dentistry and Oral Surgery and Medicine; clinical treatment as needed by patients, with the emphasis on `whole patient treatment' and continuing care on a rotational basis at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne (RDHM) clinics and community clinics. Referral of patients to oral health students.

Specialist Practice Rotation: Specialist clinics at the RDHM, seminars and postgraduate student clinical sessions in the areas of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Periodontics, Special Needs Dentistry, Radiology and Paediatric Dentistry. An Orthodontic course associated with Paediatric Dentistry follows treatment in progress. Attendance at: external clinics for experience not available at the RDHM, such as complex radiology; Oral Surgery departments for consulting clinics and operating theatre experience; and emergency departments and medical teams for experience of seriously ill patients.

Academic Teaching/Study Module: Lectures, workshops and other teaching in areas such as Treatment Planning, Dental Ethics and Jurisprudence.

Advanced Dental Study 2: Continuation of the background research and literature review of a research project (commenced in Semester 2 of 4th year) and an oral presentation of that project in Semester 2.

Elective Study: There is time available during the year for students to undertake elective studies which can include interstate and/or overseas visits.

(1) One 25-minute viva voce examination on integrated treatment planning. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ability of the student to formulate an appropriate treatment plan after analysis of clinical data of a patient (not present). The student will be presented with a patient's clinical records (eg. histories, dental charts, radiographs, photographs, study casts, etc.) one hour before the viva voce examination of 25 minutes. The student will make a written treatment plan to be taken into the oral examination and may also prepare personal notes. (2) One 30-minute case presentation with the patient present and complete records. The student may choose a patient they have treated in any discipline. (3) One 2-hour integrated multiple station Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) presented in an electronic format and based on clinical scenarios with appropriate photographs and radiographs. (4) An oral presentation of the research project (during Semester 2) and a written report of no more than 3000 words at the end of Semester 2 and an oral presentation on the Shepparton rotation. A pass in each section of the assessment is required to pass Dental Practice 5 overall. If a student does not perform satisfactorily in one section, he/she may have to submit to further assessment in a form to be determined by the relevant subject examiner/s.

Although there are no numerical quotas for any particular clinical treatments, students should endeavour to obtain exposure to as wide a range as possible of ALL forms of dental treatment. Students should note carefully that their lack of experience in any clinical area will NOT be acceptable as an excuse or reason for unsatisfactory progress in Dental Practice 5.

All students are required to complete a log and attendance book of clinical procedures in order to sit the final examinations. Students should also note that it will be necessary to have completed a wide range of treatment procedures to be permitted to sit the final examinations. This will be determined by completion of the clinical log forms.