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 in ORAL13001.  

• 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. A separate reflection entry for each placement day is to be recorded. Reflections must be submitted by midnight each Sunday at the end of each week you are rostered at a work-integrated learning placement.

The assessment criteria for the self-reflective practice.

The clinical experiences in ORAL13001 are to consolidate, apply and extend the theory learned in lectures and practical sessions during years 1, 2, and 3 of the course (CB29 - Bachelor Oral Health). Specific hours are determined by each placement site but generally, you are required to be on clinical placement from 8am to 5pm 4 days per week.

The placement site may include

• CQUniversity Oral Health Clinic
• SACCR at CQUniversity Health Clinic
• Residential Care Facilities
• Oral Health Education at childcare centres, schools, community health centres and community groups
• Private Hospitals
• Private Dental Clinics
• Specialist Dental Clinics
• Public Health Districts

A list of contacts and placement site addresses is at the bottom of the Google Drive student roster (link on unit Moodle page).

There are a number of components in the Professional Practice Placement. Each component must be passed in order to pass the assessment.

Component 1 Safety Audit Task:

This task is scheduled to be completed by the end of the compulsory 2-week intensive prior to the commencement of Term 1. This task is to ensure public safety in clinical procedures prior to re-entering the clinical environment in the third year. Students are graded against a criterion-referenced rubric. Students must achieve a satisfactory score in all criteria to pass the safety audit.

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 before you can progress to new learning or participate in subsequent learning activities.

You may be given the opportunity to re-attempt the safety audit under the following conditions:

• A maximum of two cavity preparations and/or restorations are unsatisfactory
• Note that no re-attempt is possible for the hygiene component, as it is expected that you maintain your debridement skills at home over Term 3 when you transition from second to third year
• Note that only one opportunity to do a re-attempt will be given

If you do not pass the safety audit, you will be unable to continue clinical practice in ORAL13001.

Component 2 Clinical Performance:

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.

In order to achieve a grade of pass in this component, you are required to:

1. Achieve a minimum score of Competent (2) in no less than 90% of the total number of student-client interaction assessments.
2. Achieve an average minimum score of Competent (2) in each procedural category. Procedure categories are examinations, hygiene, and restorative procedures.

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 before you can progress to new learning or participate in subsequent learning activities.

If you achieve a minimum score of Competent (2) in 87-90% of all student-client interactions, you will be offered a re-attempt:

• Five 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 Competent (2) in ALL five 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 ORAL13001.
• If you achieve a minimum score of Competent (2) in 90% of all student-client interactions, however, you do not achieve an average minimum score of Competent (2) in one procedural category, you will be offered a re-attempt as per the conditions above. The five additional student-client interactions will be offered in the procedural category you did not achieve.

If you achieve a minimum score of Competent (2) in 90% of all student-client interactions, however, you do not achieve an average minimum score of Competent (2) in more than one procedural category, you will NOT be offered a re-attempt.

Component 3 Attendance:

Full attendance at the intensive sessions, 2 weeks prior to university official commencement is compulsory. If attendance requirements for the compulsory 2 week intensive are not met, you will be unable to proceed into term 1 clinical placement.

Attendance at clinical placements is compulsory. You are required to attend a minimum of 95% of rostered 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/s in advance. Absences are to be made up at operational convenience.

A pass for satisfactory attendance is defined as maintaining and fulfilling the 95% 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 coordinators (via email) and Libby Warlow (via phone) and the contact for the placement site on the day. The placement site will provide you with the name and details of the contact person.

If you require an extension for this assessment, please refer to the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)

• You are allowed one attempt only at each summative online quiz(zes) and must be completed within the allocated time frame
• Open attempts are submitted automatically. This means that if you have technical difficulties, it will save any questions you have already answered
• No more questions can be answered once the time limit expires or when the test closes
• Answers to the online test questions must be your own work as per CQUniversity Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure and specifically you should not use generative AI to answer the questions either in part or fully.  Any identified cases of potential collusion will result in a breach of academic integrity case being raised.

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 in-class test, 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 online quiz at the set time and date you will need to apply for an extension in Moodle (in the support area on the top of the page and supply supporting documentation as per normal extension requests

The online quiz/zes will assess the integration of knowledge, skills and experience in oral health clinical practice.  The quiz/zes will consist of multiple-choice, short answer questions that require a paragraph or short answers to a list of questions relating to one topic and case studies.

You will be required to present a 15-minute oral presentation case study (variation of +/-1 minute) at a time during the review/exam weeks allocated by the unit coordinator. At the completion of your oral presentation, the examiners will question you on clinical content relevant to oral health therapy practice, but not limited to the case you've presented. The panel will consist of two CQUniversity academics / clinical supervisors.

With the support of a PowerPoint presentation, you will be required to present a case presentation for either 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 in-clinic and at-home treatment and preventive strategies are planned and managed. Ideally, this should be a patient whom you have provided dental treatment during your ORAL13001 clinical placement. If you have problems finding a case study that meets this criterion, with approval from the unit coordinator you can select a patient whom you treated during 2nd year. Each case presentation must include justification on your disease risk assessment, prognosis, diagnosis and treatment plan. The patient case study must be de-identified and include clinical documentation such as clinical photos, radiographs, and further investigation results, if appropriate. Failure to comply with de-identifying the patient 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 the clinical placement sites clinic protocols. It is expected that you engage with and look at the examiners - reading from large notes with little or no eye contact is unacceptable.

The learning objectives of this assessment are:

• Critically appraise published scientific literature and apply the relevant knowledge to oral health practice
• Apply entry-level proficiencies in all scopes of oral health therapy practice with an emphasis on prevention skills in performing an extensive range of treatment and preventive procedures within the scope of the oral health practitioner
• 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
• Apply advanced educational, preventative and therapeutic oral health care
• Consistently demonstrate clinical proficiency in all areas of oral health practice
• 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.

Online Submission: The PowerPoint and recording documents must be uploaded on Moodle with the following file name (FULL NAME CS ORAL13001) eg. Karen Smart CS ORAL13001 and the recording shared with the Unit Coordinators on Google Drive.

Referencing: References will be both in-text and in a reference list at the end of the PowerPoint presentation. https://www.cqu.edu.au/student-life/services-and-facilities/referencing/cquniversity-referencing-guides. must cover all aspects of oral care provided, in relation to the points made above.

Questions and Comments: At the end of your presentation, you will be asked a short series of clinical questions by a panel of examiners. They will also comment on what you have said and how you have presented the case presentation.

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

The assessment criteria are defined on the rubric below.