Programs & Courses 2013
Student Handbook Home: Edition 1

ORAL13002 Oral Health Clinical Placement 2

Course details

This capstone course will provide students with the integration of knowledge, skills and professional experience of clinical work in a dental surgery in preparation for graduation as an oral health therapist. This course is a sequel to Oral Health Clinical Placement 1 which reinforces skills learnt previously as well as developing new skills and techniques. Students will be exposed to a real work environment where they will be able to demonstrate competence in total patient care over a range of clinical preventive and operative procedures with patients of all ages and complexity in terms of co-morbidity, poly-pharmacy, pain control and referral pathways. Students will gain competency in general and specialised treatment areas. Reflective and self directed learning will improve student¿s ability as a clinician within their scope of practice in a supportive and confidence- building environment. 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.


Course at a glance
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 18
Requisites: ORAL13001 Oral Health Clinical Placement 1
Student Contribution Band: 3
EFTSL: 0.37500
[View fees and charges information]
Course availability
Term Campus
This course is not offered for this handbook year
View Course Profile View e-Course Profiles
Course evaluation reports

Course evaluation results may be accessed using the Course Evaluation application in the My.CQU Portal at http://my.cqu.edu.au

PRINT WARNING - Printed copies of this document or part thereof should not be relied upon as a current reference document. ALWAYS refer to the electronic copy for the latest version.