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ORAL12002 - Oral Health Pre Clinical Practice 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course provides students with pre-clinical experience of workplace health and safety, maintenance, ergonomics, record management and practice management schedules and policies. On the completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate proficiency in examination, medical and dental history taking and risk assessment for children and adults with the aid of impressions, and extra- and intraoral radiology. Students will be able to discuss the nervous and vascular supply to the dentition and periodontium, and explain the principles of pain management and local anaesthesia. Students should be able to apply knowledge and demonstrate skills in the preventive and operative management of dental caries and periodontal diseases and demonstrate skill in teeth whitening. Lastly, students will be able to communicate oral health in oral and written formats in terms of relevant interpersonal/team communication skills and professional attitudes/behaviours.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 3
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2010

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Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Examination 40%
2. Online Quiz(zes) 10%
3. Presentation 10%
4. Practical and Written Assessment 40%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 85.71% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 66.67% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE Unit Comments
Feedback
It was suggested that radiography could have been placed during the intensive weeks, to make it easier to transition into clinic, as well as lessening stress towards the end of term.
Recommendation
As part of a course review, the radiography component has been moved from ORAL12002 to ORAL11001 and so will no longer be offered in ORAL12002 from 2023.
Action Taken
Radiography is no longer a component of ORAL12002 from 2023.
Source: SUTE Unit Comments
Feedback
Students raised some concerns regarding different educator's having differing expectations in the simulation sessions.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator provide additional detail in the simulation sessions content to enable more consistency between educators.
Action Taken
Additional training and resources was provided to educators.
Source: SUTE Comments and In-Person Feedback
Feedback
Students felt the dental materials group assignment was not a beneficial assessment. Feedback has been sought from the cohort to improve this assessment for 2024. 
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator review the dental materials learning content and group assignment for 2024 to make it a more meaningful learning activity.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE Comments and In-Person Feedback
Feedback
The newly developed local anaesthetic tutorials were well received by students, who commented they found them an enjoyable and helpful learning experience.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the local anaesthetic tutorials continue.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Comply with workplace health and safety, maintenance, ergonomics, record management and practice management schedules and policies.
  2. Proficiency conduct, examination, medical and dental history taking and risk assessment for children and adults with the aid of impressions, and intraoral radiology.
  3. Discuss the nervous and vascular supply to the dentition and periodontium, and explain the principles of pain management and local anaesthesia.
  4. Apply knowledge and demonstrate skills in the preventive and operative management of dental caries including the advantages, disadvantages and choice of restorative materials.
  5. Apply knowledge and demonstrate skills in the prevention and management of periodontal diseases including the appraisal of advantages, disadvantages and choice of preventive medicaments.
  6. Demonstrate skill in teeth whitening.
  7. Communicate information relevant to oral health in oral and written formats.
  8. Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner in terms of relevant interpersonal/team communication skills and professional attitudes/behaviours.

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