den4dth dental theory
DENTAL THEORY
DEN4DTH
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
This subject is split into two components. 1. A series of one day or half-day seminars will increase the students' knowledge base in each specialty area within dentistry - periodontics, endodontics, oral medicine, oral surgery, removal prosthodontics, paedodontics, orthodontics, extraoral radiography, special needs. 2. One 'Back to Base Week Conference' will be held in the first half of the year at the Bundoora campus to focus on an interdisciplinary approach to treatment planning and patient management. In addition, specifc clinical topics within each discipline will be discussed. Each discipline within dentistry will be represented by a mixture of speakers from both teaching staff and invited guest speakers.
FacultyFaculty of Health Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorJacki Goode
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites DEN3ICP & DEN3TPC
Co-requisites DEN4CDP
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Subject options
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Bendigo, 2014, Week 04-50, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorJacki Goode
Class requirements
Seminar
One 12.0 days seminar per study period on weekdays during the day and delivered via face-to-face.
"'Back to Base Week' conference totalling 26 hours"
Seminar
One 14.0 days seminar per study period on weekdays during the day and delivered via face-to-face.
"A series of half-day and day seminars will be held throughout the year at each of the clinical placement sites (totalling 42 hours for the year)"
Tutorial
Four 2.0 hours tutorial per study period on weekdays during the day and delivered via face-to-face.
"There will be four 2-hour orthodontic tutorials at clinical placements (8hours)"
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
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one 3-hour written paper (3,000-word equivalent) | hurdle requirement | 40 |
one 30-min OSCE (3,000-word equivalent) | hurdle requirement | 40 |
research and presentation to class of selected topics in orthodontics (1,000-word equivalent) | 10 | |
research and presentation to class(1,000-word equivalent) | 10 |