ORAL12005 - Paediatric Dentistry for the Oral Health Therapist

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will gain theoretical knowledge in diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment procedures in paediatric and adolescent patients. You will also gain knowledge on the assessment, prevention and management of dental trauma and emergencies for patients of all ages. You will translate and integrate this knowledge in a simulated environment while fulfilling workplace health and safety, equipment maintenance and record management requirements. On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to demonstrate practical skills in paediatric patients, as well as foundational dental trauma management skills. You will be able to communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical 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

Prereq: ORAL12001 Oral Disease Prevention and Management and ORAL12002 Oral Health Pre Clinical Practice 1 and ORAL12003 Oral Health Clinical Practice 1

Coreq: ORAL12004 Advanced Oral Health Practice and ORAL12006 Oral Health Clinical Practice 2

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 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

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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 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 36.84% 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: Student discussion and SUTE comments.
Feedback
The students found that some guest lecturers' information was inconsistent with internal lecturers.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator communicate and collaborate with guest lecturers to ensure consistency of messaging for students.
Action Taken
The unit coordinator reviewed the guest lecturer content and reduced the number of guest lectures. The unit coordinator collaborated with the remaining guest lecturers to ensure consistency of messaging for students.
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
Tutorial content needs development to better consolidate content delivered in recorded lectures.
Recommendation
It is recommended that tutorial content be developed to better consolidate content delivered in recorded lectures.
Action Taken
The unit coordinator redeveloped the tutorial content to better consolidate content delivered in recorded lectures.
Source: Student discussion and SUTE comments.
Feedback
Students felt more time spent on silver fluoride, pulpotomies and extractions would be beneficial.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator review the simulation laboratory schedule to ensure adequate time is spent on the range of procedures needed to be taught in this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student discussion and SUTE comments.
Feedback
The students felt that having the oral presentations at the end of term was not beneficial.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator review the due date of the oral presentations.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student discussion and SUTE comments.
Feedback
Students felt the local anaesthetic practice in the simulation laboratory was not necessary.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator remove local anaesthetic from the simulation laboratory schedule.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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