Advanced clinical dental hygiene practice.
| Paper title | Advanced Oral Health Therapy 1 |
|---|---|
| Paper code | DEOH302 |
| Subject | Dentistry (Oral Health) |
| EFTS | 0.375 |
| Points | 45 points |
| Teaching period | Full Year (20 February 2023 - 11 November 2023) (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $3,298.50 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
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- Teaching staff
Course Co-ordinator: Hanna Olson
- Textbooks
Recommended:
Darby and Walsh dental hygiene : theory and practice, 5th edition, by Denise M. Bowen, Jennifer A Pieren. (St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2020.)
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical
thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation,
Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
The objective of this paper is to apply the principles of patient care and practice management to enable students to reach a high level of clinical proficiency in the provision of dental hygiene care.
- Promoting knowledge
- Demonstrating advanced knowledge in specific areas of clinical dentistry as they relate to the practice of dental hygiene
- Demonstrating competency in the dental hygiene treatment of patients, including those with physical, mental and medical disabilities
- Demonstrating understanding of the legal and ethical aspects of dental hygiene practice
- Promoting
understanding
- Demonstrating the ability to critically review the literature in oral health
- Promoting lifelong learning
- Encouraging lifelong learning by providing a stimulating and high-quality learning environment that encourages students to challenge, critique and question knowledge in relation to Oral Health
- Promoting knowledge
