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DS5102 - Clinical Practice 2 (Comprehensive Oral Care)

Credit points:	12
Year:	2023
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	DS5101 DS5102
Administered by:	College of Medicine & Dentistry

This subject is only available to those students enrolled in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery

Students participate in a clinical placement program that enables them to provide comprehensive oral care to patients in a range of clinical settings. Each clinical site will have students providing dental care under supervision. The development of clinical skills continues across the year to achieve competencies in all the key areas of dentistry.

Learning Outcomes

Perform an expanding range of dental procedures under supervision;
Demonstrate the ability to treat complete or partially edentulous patients with either fixed or removable prostheses;
Address professionally and ethically the health care needs of patients, including both their direct clinical needs as well as their social and cultural expectations;
Demonstrate competent use of radiographic techniques and interpretation of results to aid diagnosis;
Evaluate the oral health care needs of patients; Diagnose, plan and appropriately manage the care of patients with special needs; Identify the need for specialist dental care and refer appropriately when required; Prepare and restore teeth using a range of materials for both direct and indirect restorations.

Subject Assessment

Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (25%) - Individual
Written > Case report 1 - (20%) - Individual
Oral > Viva - (20%) - Individual
Performance/Practice/Product > Clinical assessment 1 - (%) - Individual
Performance/Practice/Product > Portfolio - (25%) - Individual
Performance/Practice/Product > Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) - (10%) - Individual.

Special Assessment Requirements

Satisfactory attendance is required at (pre)clinical placements. Satisfactory academic and professional standard, as described in the College Assessment Guidelines, must be achieved in order to progress.

Prerequisites:	DS4101 AND DS4102
Corequisites:	DS5101

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Cairns, Study Period 1, Placement/fieldwork
Census Date 23-Mar-2023
Coordinator:	Dr Clara Jo
Lecturers:	Dr Kornelija Sfera, <Person not found>, Professor John Abbott, Assoc. Professor Anura Ariyawardana, Dr Amar Sholapurkar, Dr Clara Jo, Dr Manjunath Rajashekhar, Professor Peter Thomson.
Workload expectations:	600 hours fieldwork

Cairns, Study Period 2, Placement/fieldwork
Census Date 24-Aug-2023
Coordinator:	Dr Poyan Barabari
Lecturers:	Dr Felicity Croker, Dr Kornelija Sfera, Dr Maleta Seiler, <Person not found>, Professor John Abbott, Dr Anita Griffin, Dr Michael Robinson, Dr William Shield, Dr Andrew Liaw, Dr Jordan Lines, Dr Hannah Treston, Dr Cassey Fogarty, Dr Amar Sholapurkar, Dr Alex Dancyger, <Person not found>, Miss Miren Villanueva, Dr Rita Louise, Dr Caitlin Boxsell, Dr Manjunath Rajashekhar, Professor Peter Thomson, Dr David Fu, Assoc. Professor Marguerite Reith, Dr Tulio Fernandez Medina, Dr Harini Mani, Assoc. Professor Justin Curtin, Dr Pratibha Dabas, Dr Rodrigo Rodrigues Amaral.
Workload expectations:	600 hours fieldwork