Undergraduate Course: Preparation for Practice 3 (DENT09011)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The areas of study in this course will include: Semester 1 Oral Health Promotion, Pain & Anxiety Control, Special Care Dentistry Semester 2 All skills and learning outcomes achieved during previous periods of study
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 96, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Semester 1 Presentation 50% Semester 2 Presentation 50%
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
Students will be expected to: żbe competent in the principles of health promotion, including oral health promotion żhave knowledge of the importance of community-based prevention żbe competent at managing fear and anxiety with behavioural techniques and empathise with patients in stressful situations żbe competent at infiltration and inferior dental regional block analgesia żbe familiar with the dental application of drugs in the control of pain and anxiety żbe competent in the dental care of patients with physical or learning disabilities, mental health problems, or who are medically compromised or terminally ill żbe competent in relation to the principles and problems involved in the provision of domiciliary dental care and the role of the dental hygienist and dental therapist within this environment żhave knowledge of their role within general dentistry żbe competent at the provision of dental care within the different branches of dentistry żbe competent in safe working practice, emergency care, infection control, communication, pain & anxiety control, oral health promotion, occupational risk assessment żhave knowledge of dental public health and its significance in disease prevention żbe competent in the care of special needs patients żhave knowledge of alternative clinical therapies