Preventive Dental Care - Clinical Course
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 0
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- TPBAFOR-K3
- Number of semesters
- 2
- Teaching language
- Norwegian
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course, the students should be able to:
Knowledge
- apply general odontological knowledge at a level that reflects information that has been taught in the spe-cialized disciplines of dentistry
- apply theories and knowledge of psychology and pedagogy that can be transferred to the individual pa-tient
- have an understanding of diseases (an understanding of health) in a social psychological and educa-tional context
- apply knowledge about how behavioral change is often necessary to achieve the patient's learning to take care of own oral health
- introduce pedagogical measures to increase interest in prevention in special populations (nurses, assis-tant nurses, preschool teachers, students, etc.)
- identify the patients rights for reimbursement from Helfo
Skills
- identify diseases/conditions in the oral cavity, and bite functional abnormalities
- apply clinical skills in dental care
- conduct a professional discussion on "handing over" of a patient completed treatment
- initiate debate on current literature through digital presentation
- give a lecture for a larger group of people on preventive dentistry
- present a patient case for their fellow students
General competence
- recognize that an important goal in the field of preventive dental care is to enable people to maintain and improve their oral health by facilitating the possibilities to perform actions that promote and affect oral health
- communicate and perform individual-oriented prophylaxis measures, motivate and instruct people at dif-ferent age groups and development stages to prevent disease
- recognize that efforts for public health is a common area of interest for all actors in health services (dental hygienist will be able to inform and refer patients to appropriate health institutions when necessary)
- have a critical attitude towards literature and other sources
Semester of Instruction
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Clinical service is approved according to defined requirements for quantity, time used for patient treatment and qualitative patient relations.
The courses TPBAFOR-K2 and TPBAFOR-K3 span two semesters. In these courses, the first semester must be passed in order to proceed to the second semester.
Clinical service as a prerequisite for the student to sit the exam in General Dentistry (TPBAALM).
All teaching is mandatory, except for lectures. The student is responsible for reporting absences, and unexcused absences are not allowed. In addition to the attendance requirements, the academic requirements must be met, both in terms of the quality of the work and sufficient practice.
In this subject, mandatory activities are valid for two semesters.
It is not permitted to have more than two attempts at mandatory teaching in this subject.