ORAL PATHOLOGY AND MEDICINE
DEN3OPM
2019
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject covers oral pathology and clinical oral medicine topics including: history and diagnosis; infection; oral mucosal disease; white, red and discoloured lesions; swellings; salivary gland disorders; oral ulceration; orofacial pain; oral pre-cancer and cancer; osseous lesions including odontogenic tumours and odontogenic cysts; oral manifestations of systemic disease; soft tissue neoplasms; vesicullobullous lesions; medications in dentistry; and biopsy and laboratory techniques.
School: La Trobe Rural Health School
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Yaghma Masood
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be admitted in HZHSDD and have passed DEN2MDA
Co-requisites: DEN3TPC and DEN3ICP
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Analyse and apply the basic concept of oral pathology and differentiate between normal and pathologic oral tissues.
- Activities:
- Lectures, tutorial, workshop, online activity
02. Analyse and apply the epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, investigation, and prognosis of oro-facial diseases and classify the severity of disease according to the current standards.
- Activities:
- Lectures, tutorial, workshop, online activity
03. Determine the provisional clinical diagnosis through analysis and identify common differential diagnoses for orofacial lesions at radiological and histological level including the clinicopathological correlation aspects.
- Activities:
- Lectures, tutorial, workshop, online activity
Bendigo, 2019, Week 05-50, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Yaghma Masood
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 05 - 50
Fourteen 1.0 hours lecture per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 05 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.
TutorialWeek: 05 - 50
Twelve 2.0 hours tutorial per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 05 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.
WorkShopWeek: 05 - 50
One 2.0 hours workshop per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 05 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 05 - 50
Twelve 12.0 hours unscheduled online class per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 05 to week 50 and delivered via online.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| One 1-hour written exam (1,000- words equivalent) | 30 | 02, 03 | |
| OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) 1 hour (1,000-words equivalent) | 30 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| One written assignment (1,500-words) | Online / Face-to-face | 30 | 02, 03 |
| Quiz (500-words equivalent) | 10 | 01, 02, 03 |