Each week you will complete an online quiz related to the learning material for that week.

You must complete each quiz in a limited time within the quiz open period. Your attempt for each quiz will be submitted automatically, but no more questions can be answered once the time limit expires.

To prepare for this assessment you can study the learning resources for the relevant quiz - this includes lectures and relevant textbook readings.

There are a number of support and technology mechanisms of which you need to be aware.

If you experience any technical difficulties accessing or during the quiz, please contact TASAC (Moodle assistance option) on 1300 666 620.
Notify the unit coordinator as soon as physically possible (same day) with details of the technical issues. If you are able, take a screenshot of any error message received and include that in your email to the unit coordinator.
If you are unable to undertake the quiz at the set time and date you will need to apply for an extension in Moodle (in the support area at the top of the page) and supply supporting documentation as per normal extension requests.

You will be assessed on your competence through online quizzes. Each quiz will be based on the linked content.

Self-reflection is an important practice for personal and professional development. You will be required to write daily self-reflective entries in your ePortfolio based on your work-integrated learning experiences (clinic).

• Include a brief summary of procedures OR A brief summary of placement.
• Which procedures were performed well? OR Expectation of learning on the placement.
• What procedures could be improved? OR What did you learn today on placement?
• Strategies for improvement OR Strategies to enhance learning on placement.
• What did I learn today?

The completion of the personal reflective blog is a compulsory assessment, and each entry must be completed to a satisfactory standard. 

There are two places you are to enter your reflective blog. 

1. ePortfolio: Firstly, in your ePortfolio, complete a separate reflection entry for each placement day. Entries must be completed for every placement day, including DA and FTAs.

Here is an example of an entry in the ePortfolio for week 6:

2. Moodle Submission: Then at the end of the week, copy these entries into the Moodle submission for the week eg "Week 1 Reflective Blog Entry". NOTE: There is no need to copy these onto and upload a word document. You can simply copy and paste directly into the Moodle assignment. These Moodle Submissions are due by 11.59pm Sunday night each week. A reviewer will view these each week on Moodle and assign a satisfactory/unsatisfactory for each week.

If you have been asked to resubmit a reflection, this is due at 11:59 pm Wednesday night.

At the end of the term, there will be a final check of your submissions on your ePortfolio to ensure all assessment criteria have been met. 

Component 1 Safety Audit:

The safety audit is an assessment of your oral hygiene education and basic hygiene clinical skills, to ensure you are safe to commence treatment on patients from the general public.

There are 2 parts to the safety audit.

PART A: Patient advice on preventative home care

VIDEO UPLOADS Due Date: Monday 1st April 2024, 11:59 PM 

This component will be assessed via video upload. For each of the below topics, you are to upload a video to Moodle.

• Periodontal Disease diagnosis, prevention and management
• Caries diagnosis, prevention and management
• Non-carious tooth loss diagnosis, prevention and management 

A few guidelines:

• Use terminology relevant to ADULT patients
• Keep it brief and to the point. Remember a patient’s attention span is only 2-3 minutes long
• Have a peer check it!
• You do not need to go into detail about actual biofilm disruption (toothbrushing/interdental cleaning) techniques

A tutorial will be held during the clinical sessions on Friday, Week 2 2024, to provide an opportunity for students to explore the topics listed above, ask questions and seek guidance for this assessment task.

Feedback will be provided in time for the pre-clinical safety audit. If needed, you will have the opportunity for a resubmission, within a week.

Students are graded against criterion-referenced rubrics. Please review the rubrics when preparing for your assessments. 

PART B: Hygiene Skills Safety Audit.

This pre-clinical safety audit will occur during your clinical session on Friday 5th April, 2024.

The safety audit is an assessment of your basic hygiene clinical skills to ensure you are safe to commence treatment on patients from the general public.

There will be 2 periodontal typodont stations set up. At these stations, we will be assessing:

• Periodontal probing technique
• Use of powered and hand debridement instruments.
   

Feedback will be provided by the end of the next day. If needed, you will have the opportunity for a resit within a week.  

Students are graded against criterion-referenced rubrics. Please review the rubrics when preparing for your assessments. 

STUDENTS MUST ACHIEVE A SATISFACTORY SCORE IN ALL CRITERIA TO PASS THE SAFETY AUDIT.

Re-attempt for Safety Audit:

Re-attempt is where you are given a second opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of one or more of the unit’s learning outcomes before you can progress to new learning or participate in subsequent learning activities.

If you do not pass the safety audit, you will be given an opportunity to re-attempt the safety audit within a week. Note that only one opportunity to do a re-attempt will be given. If you do not pass the re-attempt, you will be unable to continue clinical practice in ORAL12003.

Component 2 Clinical Performance:

 There are two 3-hour clinical sessions per week.

Weeks 1-5 consist of peer learning activities designed to consolidate, apply and extend the theory learnt in years 1 and 2 into clinical practice.

Weeks 6-12 consist of seeing patients for dental hygiene treatments.

Attendance at all clinical sessions is compulsory. Failure to provide a medical certificate to the unit coordinator for missed sessions will result in failure of this unit component.

All clinical sessions are graded by the supervisor on the Online Realtime Assessment System (ORAS).

A criterion-referenced analytical assessment rubric for evaluation of student performance of procedures is provided in the Online Real-time Assessment System (ORAS). ORAS records all work-integrated learning experiences, including a number of assessed student-client interactions and performance of procedures. Placement supervisors are required to complete an entry into ORAS for each student-client interaction assessed.

Each student-client interaction is graded on a rubric, which will reflect a grade of Not Yet Competent (0), Approaching Competent (1), Competent (2), and Highly Competent (3) for each procedure part (see example below). An average grade is given at the end of each student-client interaction assessment for all procedures completed.

In each student-client interaction assessment, there are also Critical Competencies. A Not Yet Competent (NYC) in one or more of the Critical Competencies results in a mark of 0 overall for that student-client interaction.
 

The data is collated over the term to monitor performance and as a “log” of the procedures and student-client assessments completed by the student. The unit teaching team will assess the data aggregated in ORAS over the period of the term to form a longitudinal comprehensive picture of the achievement and development of competence by the student.

Summative assessment for this component commences Monday of Week 4. Prior to that, clinical performance is completed on a formative basis.

In order to achieve a grade of pass in this component, you are required to achieve a minimum average score of Competent (2).

Re-attempt:

Re-attempt is where you are given a second opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of one or more of the unit’s learning outcomes.

If you achieve a minimum average score of 1.8-1.99, you will be offered a re-attempt:

• Three additional student-client interactions will be offered on a mutually agreeable day.
• This task is to be completed no later than one week before the release of grades.
• You must achieve an average minimum score of 1.8 in ALL three student-client interactions.
• These additional sessions will be offered at the CQUniversity Oral Health Clinic based in Rockhampton. It is your responsibility to arrange transport and accommodation if needed to attend these additional sessions.
• Note that only one opportunity to do a re-attempt will be given.
• If you do not pass the re-attempt, you will be unable to pass ORAL12003.

The data is collated over the term to monitor performance and as a “log” of the procedures and student-client assessments completed by the student. The unit teaching team will assess the data aggregated in ORAS over the period of the term to form a longitudinal comprehensive picture of the achievement and development of competence by the student.

Summative assessment for this component commences Monday of Week 4. Prior to that, clinical performance is completed on a formative basis.

In order to achieve a grade of pass in this component, you are required to achieve a minimum average score of Competent (2).

Component 3 Attendance:

Attendance at clinical placements is compulsory. You are required to attend a minimum of 90% of clinical placement days. This allows you approximately 2-3 days of absence without penalty. Absences are required to be supported with a medical certificate or negotiated with the Unit Coordinator in advance.

Note that ALL peer-on-peer tasks must be completed for the term. If you miss a session, it is your responsibility to contact the unit coordinator and make an arrangement to complete the missed tasks. Absences are to be made up at operational convenience.

The 2-week intensive requires 100% attendance.

A pass for satisfactory attendance is defined as 100% attendance at the 2-week intensive, as well as maintaining and fulfilling the 90% pre-clinical placement attendance for the days rostered during the term. Not meeting attendance requirements may result in a placement outstanding until the next available unit offering, which may delay your progress through the course and graduation.

Who to contact if you are sick: The unit coordinator (via email) and Libby Warlow (via phone).

See information in Task Description, which includes assessment criteria.

There will be TWO (2) in-class tests for ORAL12003.

These in-class tests will assess the knowledge you will develop in ORAL12003. You will be given an answer booklet in which to write your responses to the exam questions. At the end of the assessment, your answer booklet must be returned to the assessor. These in-class tests are closed book, so the only items you will be allowed to have on you are pens (black ink only) and your answer booklet. 

Only those answers that have been written in your answer booklet will be marked. 

NOTE: You are also able to bring your own noise-cancelling head/earphones if you prefer. 

In-class Test A

Topics that may be covered:

1.       Management of dentine hypersensitivity

2.       Dietary analysis and advice

3.       Saliva testing and subsequent advice

4.       Periodontal diagnosis NOTE: Staging and Grading clinical reference tool will be provided

5.       Caries Risk Assessment NOTE: CAMBRA risk assessment clinical reference tool will be provided

6.       Plaque Disclosing

7.       In-clinic and at-home Fluoride/remineralisation therapy and other home oral hygiene products (Duraphat, MI Varnish, Neutrafluor 5000, Tooth Mousse, Tooth Mousse Plus, Savacol, Listerine):

• Active ingredients
• Indications
• Contra-indications
• Instructions for use
• Side-effects

8.      Self-Applied Desensitising Products as per the self-paced activity:

• active desensitising ingredient/s
• mode of action of desensitising ingredient/s

In-class Test B

This in-class test will consist of questions requiring detailed, written responses, and will cover content from all lecture, tutorial and textbook readings for this term.

Critical thinking and application of learnt basic clinical concepts into real-life situations.