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DE5504: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE SPECIAL CARE PATIENT (2018-2019)

Last modified: 22 May 2019 17:07


Course Overview

This course explores models of disability and health belief in relation to oral care.

The legal and ethical frameworks covered are put in to the context of special care dentistry and oral care.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Full Year Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Foresterhill Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators

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What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course focusses on disability and how medical and social constructs can be used to inform appropriate clinical oral care and health promotion programmes

You will demonstrate an understanding of models of health behaviour related to disability including a discussion of the medical versus social model of disability emphasising the emotional impact of disability in order to design a suitable health promotion activity. .

You will consider theory and practice of capacity and consent related to special care dentistry including the relevance to treatment planning and consideration of clinical holding and pharmacological and non-pharmacological anxiety management

You will develop an understanding of communication including nonverbal communication

You will develop an understanding of Disability in relation to service planning in order to develop a patient pathway for a Special care Group


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Submission of Clinical Log Book (100%).

Resit: following marking and feedback, students will have 1 further attempt to submit logbook.

Formative Assessment

Individual Clinical Assessment & Feedback.

Feedback

Individual feedback, face to face and via marked log book, will be completed for assessment. Feedback on clinical sessions will be given during and after the sesisons on a 1:1 basis.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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