Overview
In this capstone unit you will integrate your knowledge, skills and professional experience in a range of environments, such as the CQUniversity Health Clinic, private dental surgeries, public dental clinics, community settings, residential care facilities, local schools and the Rockhampton Base Hospital, in preparation for employment as an oral health therapist. You will be able to demonstrate competence in total patient care over a range of clinical preventive and operative procedures with child and adult patients. This includes the provision of total patient care for patients who are medically compromised, with special needs, with co-morbidity and poly-pharmacy, with fixed and/or removable oral prostheses, with root caries and those requiring direct intra-coronal restorations. You will also develop clinical judgment skills in identifying patients who require referral for complex care outside one's scope of practice. Reflective and self-directed learning will improve your ability as a clinician in a supportive and confidence- building environment. Lastly, you will be able to communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms utilising appropriate interpersonal and team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours. You will be required to attend a two-week compulsory intensive program prior to the commencement of clinical placement.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prereq: ORAL12004 Orthodontics, Prosthodontics & Pharm and ORAL12005 Oral Hlth Pre Clinical Prac 2 and ORAL12006 Oral Health Clinical Practice 2 and HLTH12028 Health Promotion Strategies or with approval from the Discipline Leader for Oral Health Coreq: HLTH13031 Population Health Epidemiology unless previously successfully completed by the student
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 18-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 37.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 450 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation Term 1 2017.
Guidance was requested for the Case Presentations.
The Unit Co-ordinator will give more guidance as to what is expected in terms of research articles or evidence-based oral health practice for the Case Presentations in Term 1 2018.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation Term 1 2017.
Students were pleased with the choice of Clinical Partners.
The Unit Co-ordinator will continue to consult with the Oral Health Academic Team with regard to the choice of Clinical Partners in Term 1 2018.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation Term 1 2017.
Most students were very happy with the range of Clinical Placements and with the feedback and advice from Clinical Supervisors.
The Unit Co-ordinator will continue to work with the Oral Health Academic Team with regard to the choice of Clinical Placements and the Clinical Supervisors. There is always room for improvement to ensure maximum learning occurs at each placement site and with each supervisor.
- Integrate knowledge, skills and professional experience from Years 1 and 2 in a range of environments in preparation for employment as an oral health therapist.
- Deliver safe and competent clinical care through preventive and operative procedures with child and adult patients.
- Provide total patient care for patients who are medically compromised, with special needs, with co-morbidity and poly-pharmacy, with fixed and / or removable oral prostheses, with root caries and those requiring direct intra-coronal restorations.
- Develop clinical judgment skills in identifying patients whom require referral pathways for complex care outside one's scope of practice.
- Create and deliver individual and small group oral health education and promotion sessions in a range of settings in the community.
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
- Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours.
All unit profiles in the Bachelor of Oral Health are made available to the Australian Dental Council for on-going accreditation purposes.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 40% | |||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 0% | |||||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | |||||||
| 4 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 0% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
Edition: Second (2012)
Authors: Noble, S
Wiley Blackwell
London London , United Kingdom
ISBN: 978-0-470-65837-6
Binding: Hardcover
Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure
3rd Edition (2016)
Authors: Graham J. Mount (Editor), Wyatt R. Hume (Editor), Hien C. Ngo (Editor), Mark S. Wolff (Editor)
Wiley-Blackwell
Brisbane Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
ISBN: 978-1-118-76659-0
Binding: Other
Essentials of Dental Caries
4th Edition (2016)
Authors: Kidd, Edwina A.M. and Ole Fejerskov
Oxford University Press
Oxford Oxford , United Kingdom
ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-19-873826-8
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.m.short@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Infection Control
Chapter
Noble ( 2012) Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy.Chapter 8.
Bird and Robinson (2018) Modern Dental Assisting Chapters 19-21. e-textbook
Guidelines on Infection Control: Dental Board of Australia, ADA Guidelines for Infection Control, 3rd Edition 2015.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Cariology
Chapter
Noble (2012) Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy, Chapter 4 Dental Caries and Pulpitis.
Kidd and Fejerskov (2016) Essentials of Dental Caries.
Mount, Hume, Ngo and Wolf (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, Chapters 1-6.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Periodontology
Chapter
Gehrig and Willmann (2016) Foundations of Periodontitics for the Dental Hygienist, Philadephia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Noble (2012) Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy. 2nd Ed., Chapter 5, Chichester, west Sussex: John Wiley & Sons.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Pulp and periapical disease and treatment considerations for the permanent and primary dentition
Chapter
Noble (2012) Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy. Chapter 4 Dental Caries and Pulpitis.
Scheid and Weiss(2017)Woelfels Dental Anatomy Chapter 8 Application of Root and Pulp Morphology Related to Endodontic Therapy.
Mount, Hume Ngo and Wolff (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure. Chapter 12.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Preparation for Practice and the Dental Workforce
Chapter
-
Noble (2012) Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy. Chapter 20 Law, Ethics and Professionalism.
http://www.dentalboard.gov.au/News/2017-03-20-video.aspx
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Special Needs, Paediatric and Adolescent Patients
Chapter
Noble (2012) Chapter 12 Paediatric Dentistry
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Indigenous, Rural and Remote
Chapter
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-statistics/health-conditions-disability-deaths/dental-oral-health/overview
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Nutrition: Diet and Oral Health
Chapter
Noble (2012) Chapter 7 Diet and Nutrition
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Geriatric Patient
Chapter
Noble (2012) Chapter 15 Gerodontology
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Prosthetics with Dental Technician, Ms Allison Gerke
Chapter
Mouthguards and Whitening Trays in Prosthetic Laboratory Book
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weeks 1, 2 3 and 5
Module/Topic
Oral Pathology with Specialist Oral Pathologist, Associate Professor Neil Savage
Chapter
Lecture notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Module/Topic
Revision and Preparation for Assessments
Chapter
Noble (2012)
Mount and Hume (2016)
Kidd and Fejerskov (2016)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical and Written Assessment Due: Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Chapter
-
Noble (2012)
Mount and Hume (2016)
Kidd and Fejerskov (2016)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Exam Week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Attendance: All clinical placements for this unit are compulsory - failure to attend clinical
placement opportunities will lead to failure in the unit. All absences must be covered with a medical
certificate which should be sent to the Unit Coordinator within one week of each absence.
Morever, you need to seek approval by the Unit Coordinator prior to any planned absence
from any on- or off-campus clinical, community or educational placement. Furthermore, all absences
must be made up at operational convenience before the end of term.
Clinical attire: All students are required to wear their oral health polo plus an outer protective
garment - theatre gowns are required for this purpose. The theatre gown is a requirement of Qld Health.
The outer protective garment must be placed in a plastic bag after the session or day and washed
appropriately. All garments must be freshly laundered and ironed. The outer protective garment
cannot be worn in the Oral Health Prosthetic Laboratory or Simulation Laboratory. All students must
wear trousers and low-heeled closed-in shoes, wear their protective eyewear, have their hair tied
back and wear no jewellery on their hands or arms except for a simple wedding ring. A student can be sent
home if the clinical attire is not adequate.
Workplace Health and Safety: Students must abide by infection control policies, guidelines and
procedures at each clinical placement. All mandatory requirements for clinical practice must be met
before and during the term. Failure to comply will lead to withdrawal from the clinical placements
and failure in the Unit.
Clinical Practical Component: In each clinical and laboratory session, you are required to complete
clinical oral health practice and laboratory exercises. These practical components are designed to
consolidate, apply and extend the theory learnt in lectures into clinical practice. All activities are graded
by the supervisor using criterion-referenced assessment rubrics.
1 Professional Practice Placement
Clinical Supervisors are required to complete assessment and feedback for students in their Clinical Workbooks and complete a summary sheet for each student they have been assigned. Attendance is compulsory - students need to be present at every on- and off-campus clinical, community or educational placement. If you are absent, you must obtain a Medical Certificate and hand or email this to the Unit Coordinator. Moreover, you need to seek approval by the Unit Coordinator prior to any planned absence from any on- or off-campus clinical, community or educational placement. Furthermore, all absences must be made up at operational convenience before the end of term.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
The summary sheet from on- and off-campus clinical, community or educational placements should be handed to the Unit Coordinator on Frday 1 June 2018 at 5pm.
Exam Week Friday (15 June 2018)
Moodle
The assessment criteria will take into account all time (hours or days) lost during the term - this includes sick leave with a
medical certificate, leave negotiated with the Unit Coordinator in advance and leave with no supporting evidence.
Furthermore, all absences must be made up at operational convenience before the end of term.
A Pass for satisfactory attendance is defined as maintaining as fulfilling the 100% attendance record.
A Pass/Fail result will be determined from information entered on the summary sheets.
- Integrate knowledge, skills and professional experience from Years 1 and 2 in a range of environments in preparation for employment as an oral health therapist.
- Deliver safe and competent clinical care through preventive and operative procedures with child and adult patients.
- Provide total patient care for patients who are medically compromised, with special needs, with co-morbidity and poly-pharmacy, with fixed and / or removable oral prostheses, with root caries and those requiring direct intra-coronal restorations.
- Develop clinical judgment skills in identifying patients whom require referral pathways for complex care outside one's scope of practice.
- Create and deliver individual and small group oral health education and promotion sessions in a range of settings in the community.
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
- Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Practical and Written Assessment
The Clinical Workbook is a record of patients treated across a variety of settings - the CQUniversity Private Health Clinic,CQUniversity Public Health Clinic, the Sub-acute Chronic Rehabilitation (SACR) Health Clinic for Intake, school dental clinics, residential care facilities, private general and specialist dental practices and hospital settings. The Workbook also contains a record of oral health education and promotion activities, and fabricated prosthetic appliances such as fabricated mouthguards and whitening trays.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Completed Clinical Workbooks should be handed in to the Unit Cordinator at 5pm on Friday 1 June 2018.
Exam Week Friday (15 June 2018)
Moodle
The assessment criteria for the exercises undertaken in Clinical Workbook will be consistent with the Assessment Rubric for Evaluation Of Student Performance of Clinical Procedures included in the Clinical Workbook - it is similar to that utilised in ORAL13002 Oral Health Clinical Placement 2 in Term 2. The assessment criteria includes Self and Peer
Evaluation, Student Reflective Practice, Prosthetic Assessment Performance Criteria and Clinical Assessment Performance Criteria.
- Integrate knowledge, skills and professional experience from Years 1 and 2 in a range of environments in preparation for employment as an oral health therapist.
- Deliver safe and competent clinical care through preventive and operative procedures with child and adult patients.
- Provide total patient care for patients who are medically compromised, with special needs, with co-morbidity and poly-pharmacy, with fixed and / or removable oral prostheses, with root caries and those requiring direct intra-coronal restorations.
- Develop clinical judgment skills in identifying patients whom require referral pathways for complex care outside one's scope of practice.
- Create and deliver individual and small group oral health education and promotion sessions in a range of settings in the community.
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
- Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Presentation
You will be required to attend an oral examination which will be scheduled in the examination period.
With the support of a power point presentation, you will be required to present an in-depth case report for either a child, adolescent or adult patient whom you have provided dental treatment for in the student clinics. It is recommended that you include de-identified clinical photos and x-rays of your patient and a study model, if appropriate. Each case report must include justification for the way you have managed the treatment and prevention strategies.
The child, adolescent or adult patient needs to have presented with hard tissue pathology (dental caries), requiring you to treatment plan and justify the appropriate treatment modalities. Your treatment plan must include the determinants of oral health for your patient, i.e. a focus on the developmental stages of the patient, in particular relating this to the way your clinical and home treatment and preventive strategies are planned and managed.
OR
A child, adolescent or adult patient who has presented with soft tissue pathology (periodontitis) and/or hard tissue pathology (dental caries) and/or a medical condition which may or may not impede on the treatment you can provide. You are required to treatment plan and justify the appropriate treatment modalities. Your treatment plan must include the determinants of oral health for your patient, i.e. consideration of the social and cognitive abilities of the patient, in particular, you need to relate this to the way your clinical and home treatment and preventive strategies are planned and managed.
Referencing:
A reference slide for the discussion section must cover all aspects of oral care provided, in relation to the points made above. References will be both in-text and in reference list at the end of the PowerPoint presentation. https://www.cqu.edu.au/student-life/services-and-facilities/referencing/cquniversity-referencing-guides
Questions and Comments:
At the end of your presentation, you will be asked a short series of clinical questions by a small panel (3) of examiners. They will also comment on what you have said and how you have presented the case presentation.
Rationale:
The learning objectives you will be assessed on are:
• be able to critically appraise published scientific literature and apply the relevant knowledge to oral health practice
• be able to apply entry level proficiencies in all scopes of oral health therapy practice with emphasis on prevention skills in performing an extensive range of treatment and preventive procedures within the scope of the oral health practitioner.
• be able to identify and apply the appropriate requirements of special needs clients within the oral health setting
• be able to assess and implement critical preventive strategies for high need communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities be able to demonstrate entry level skill in working cooperatively with dental and allied health care professionals to meet the holistic needs of the patient
• be able to apply advanced educational, preventative and therapeutic oral health care
• be able to consistently demonstrate clinical proficiency in all areas of oral health practice.
• be able to demonstrate professional behaviour and attitudes at a level ready to be registered as a health professional in all learning environments including the patient and simulation clinics
Presentation:
You will be required to present an in-depth case report for either a child, adolescent or adult patient with the support of a PowerPoint presentation. Please bring your presentation with you on a memory stick – do not bring a laptop or tablet and do not use an external hosting site. Please make sure that your presentation is compatible with the CQUniversity Windows operating system. You should include clinical photos of your patient and a study model if appropriate. The study model must have the patient's real name and date of birth written on the back for correct storage. The study models MUST NOT leave the dental building, and be left with clinical staff immediately following the viva examination. The patient must be one that you have provided dental treatment for at some stage in the patient clinic and the identification of the patient MUST BE anonymous in your presentation. Failure to comply with keeping the identification of your patient anonymous is in breach of patient privacy and will result in a fail grade for this assessment. You must also have a slide at the beginning of the presentation which states a declaration that you have accessed the dental records in keeping with CQUniversity and Qld Health clinic protocols, and the copy of the records will be destroyed. You must leave these pages with academic staff to deposit in the shredding bins. You must engage with, and look at, the examiners – reading from large notes with little or no eye contact is unacceptable.
Requirements:
You are required to present a case presentation to a panel of examiners for up to 15 minutes with a variation of 1-minute more. At completion of your oral presentation, the examiners will question you on a selection of clinical content relevant overall to oral health therapy practice, but not limited to the case you've presented. The panel will consist of three CQUniversity academics / clinical supervisors. This Term 1 assessment task will assist you in preparing for the Term 2 assessment.
Assistance
For assistance with this task, please look at the information available on the Academic Learning Centre’s website – http://www.cqu.edu.au/about-us/service-and-facilities/academic-learning-centre
Exam Week Friday (15 June 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
This assessment task is due at 5pm on Friday 15 June 2016. Marks will be deducted at a penalty of 5% or equivalent of the total available marks for the assessment for each calendar day (full or part) it is overdue.
6 July 2018
The assessment criteria for your case presentation is included on the marking sheet. The assessment criteria for the
case presentation will be the similar to that utilised in Term 2 in ORAL13001 Oral Health Clinical Placement 2.
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based
on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an
overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the Unit. You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a
particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section in order to pass the unit overall.
No submission method provided.
- Integrate knowledge, skills and professional experience from Years 1 and 2 in a range of environments in preparation for employment as an oral health therapist.
- Develop clinical judgment skills in identifying patients whom require referral pathways for complex care outside one's scope of practice.
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
- Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Cross Cultural Competence
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
