ORAL PATHOLOGY AND MEDICINE

DEN3OPM

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject you will explore 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; vesiculobullous lesions; medications in dentistry; and biopsy and laboratory techniques.

School: La Trobe Rural Health School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Yaghma Masood

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must be admitted in HZHSDD and have passed DEN2MDA

Co-requisites: (DEN3PSC AND DEN3CPA) OR (DEN3TPC AND DEN3ICP)

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Analyse and apply the basic concept of oral pathology and differentiate between normal and pathologic oral tissues.

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.

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.

Bendigo, 2020, Week 05-50, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Yaghma Masood

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 5 - 50
Fourteen 1.00 hour lecture per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 5 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 5 - 50
Twelve 2.00 hours tutorial per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 5 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 5 - 50
Twelve 12.00 hours unscheduled online class per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 5 to week 50 and delivered via online.

WorkShopWeek: 5 - 50
One 2.00 hours workshop per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 5 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One 1-hour written exam (1,000- words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO2, SILO3
OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) 1 hour (1,000-words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
One written assignment (1,500-words)Online / Face-to-face	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO2, SILO3
Quiz (500-words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	10	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3