Introductory clinical course
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- TPBAFORI/II
- Number of semesters
- 2
- Teaching language
- Norwegian
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
Knowledge
- explain what to document in a patient record
- describe the principles of patient communication
- recognize the most common oral diseases, their diagnosis and treatment
- know their own skills for clinical work and what should be referred to
Skills
- apply appropriate procedures for clinical dental hygienist practice (jf. ¿Prosedyreheftet¿)
- use the OPUS patient record system
- record general and specific anamnesis, information on dental behavior (diet / eating habits / oral hygiene / smoking, etc.)
- perform clinical and radiographic examination
- diagnose caries, changes in hard tissue and defects in dental restorations
- perform clinical tests such as saliva test and sensitivity test
- take clinical photos, take dental impressions and prepare study models
General competence
- communicate to the patient in a professional manner and provide information about oral diseases and individual activities to improve the patient's oral health
- understand that common oral diseases can often be prevented
- understand the importance of keeping an accurate patient record that is in line with the legislation
- is aware of routines on how to handle and act upon unpleasant and threatening situations in the clinic and is prepared of that such situations can occur.
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
23 hours lectures / seminars, 8 hours demonstration / student exercises
Both lectures, demonstrations and student exercises are mandatory.
The student is responsible for reporting absences, and unexcused absences are not allowed.¿In addition to the attendance requirements, the academic requirements must be met, both in terms of the quality of the work and sufficient practice¿
In this subject, mandatory activities are valid for two semesters.
Forms of Assessment
Two written tests must be passed in order to continue the program.
When the assessment method in a subject is a `written test¿, two continuous tests will be arranged shortly for students without valid results. Students who have not achieved valid results after three attempts will be moved to lower classes. The three attempts that belong to each implementation of the subject are counted as one assessment attempt in accordance with UiB¿s regulations on studies §8-1 (1). Due to the short time between the regular and new test, complaints about grading will not be processed until the third attempt has been completed. If the third attempt is conducted as an oral test, the two previous written attempts will be the subject of the complaint process.