CLINICAL DENTAL PRACTICE

DEN4CDP

2020

Credit points: 75

Subject outline

In this subject you will build on the clinical skills attained previously in all areas of clinical practice pertaining to adult, adolescent and child patients. You will undertake two clinical placements in public dental facilities and one two week intensive teaching block on-campus. You will apply all therapeutic and preventive techniques learned previously in a guided clinical setting. You will further develop your treatment planning skills, and will provide patients with general restorative care, periodontal therapy and maintenance, paediatric dentistry, prosthodontics (fixed and removable) and permanent tooth removal. In addition you will commence straightforward endodontic cases and manage patients with special needs.

School: La Trobe Rural Health School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 75

Subject Co-ordinator: Ian Terrill

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: DEN3TPC AND DEN3OPM AND DEN3ICP

Co-requisites: DEN4FPR AND DEN4DTH

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: Yes

Work-based learning: Yes

Self sourced or Uni sourced:
Uni Sourced

Entire subject or partial subject: Entire subject

Total hours/days required: Preclinical Practical 63 hours, Tutorials 6 hours, Clinical Placements 840 hours

Location of WBL activity (region): Domestic - regional

WBL addtional requirements: Clinic Credentialing required by clinical placement agencies.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Synthesise and evaluate clinical information and patient oral health related needs to determine provisional and differential diagnoses.

02. Communicate and engage effectively with patients from diverse backgrounds and other health professionals

03. Recognise personal limitations in terms of scope of practice regarding clinical skills and make appropriate referrals for complex clinical cases.

04. Formulate and record comprehensive treatment plans for noncomplex cases incorporating endodontics and prosthodontics.

05. Apply principles of disease, trauma prevention and early intervention in the management of dentition, the mouth and associated structures.

06. Demonstrate clinical competence in intra-oral radiography, local anaesthesia, non-surgical periodontal instrumentation and straight forward direct restoration of teeth, appropriate to a 4th year student.

07. Prescribe, administer and apply pharmaceutical agents safely

08. Demonstrate preclinical competence in accessing, instrumenting and obturating single and multirooted teeth in a simulated environment

Bendigo, 2020, Week 05-50, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ian Terrill

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 6 - 6
Five 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 6 to week 6 and delivered via blended.
Endo lectures for preclinical lab

Placement - Off SiteWeek: 5 - 50
One 120.00 days placement - off site per study period on weekdays during the day from week 5 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.
Clinical placement

PracticalWeek: 5 - 6
Nine 7.00 hours practical per study period on weekdays during the day from week 5 to week 6 and delivered via face-to-face.
Endo preclinical lab

TutorialWeek: 30 - 50
Two 3.50 hours tutorial per study period on weekdays during the day from week 30 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.
Pros case discussions off campus

TutorialWeek: 5 - 50
Six 1.00 hour tutorial per study period on weekdays during the day from week 5 to week 50 and delivered via blended.
Off campus face to face and online case based discussions.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One 15-min case presentation followed by 15-mins responding to questions (3,000-word equivalent)Questions may be on all aspects of clinical practice appropriate to a year 4 student	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6, SILO7
Treatment Planning Exam, duration 60 minutes, including preparation/reading time (3000-word equivalent)Students are provided with clinical information including photographs and radiographs (de-identified) and have 60mins to formulate an oral health care plan	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO7
Completion of eportfolio requirements (15000 words equivalent)Hurdle Requirement:All specified year 4 clinical competencies should be successfully completed and recordedCompletion of a minimum of 90% of the clinical placement hoursMonthly reflective report, inclusive of SWOT analysis submitted via PebblePadConsistent reflective practice recorded each session whilst on clinical placement and tracked through PebblePad	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8
Preclinical endodontic test - 2 hours, including setting up / prep for practical test (2000 words)Hurdle requirement: minimum score 50% required	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	20	SILO8