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Health Promotion 2B (ORAL20002)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Melbourne Dental School
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject comprises two modules:
Ethics and Professional Practice: Policies that affect oral health practice, dental professional practice regulation and legislation, the principles and application of ethics to health care and human research, privacy, record keeping and health consumer issues; ethics and professional practice.
Applied Health Education: School curriculum frameworks, settings and strategies for health education, educational technology and aids for oral health and applied health education experience via in-class practical sessions and field visits.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Work effectively with individuals and groups to improve health literacy and promote their oral health;
- Plan, deliver and evaluate oral health education for community groups;
- Use culturally sensitive approaches in communication and health promotion;
- Apply ethical principles to the practice of oral health therapy
- Use a research framework to plan for the oral health therapy research project undertaken in third year.
Comprehend:
- The characteristics of health education programs and their evaluation;
- The role of health education as a component of health promotion;
and the principles of:
- Teaching methodologies and their application to health education;
- The evaluation of health education interventions; and
- The role of regulations, ethics and education in influencing the practice of oral health therapy.
Demonstrate:
- The capacity to communicate with people and the community to identify and address health education needs;
and an understanding of:
- The techniques for planning, delivery, and evaluation of a variety of health education activities; and
- policies that shape oral health therapy practice
- the legislation governing the practice of oral health therapy
- ethical principles and their application.
Appreciate:
- The dimensions of health education and health promotion within the delivery of dental, medical, allied health, and educational services; and
The concepts of ethical and professional practice and the responsibilities of health practitioners in the community.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed skills in:
- Conflict resolution and management of people;
- Preparation of research proposal;
- Planning, delivery and evaluation of programs; and
- Professional practice and ethics.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
ORAL20001 Health Promotion 2A
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One assignment of no more than 1000 words
| Mid semester | 40% |
One report of no more than 2000 words
| End of semester | 60% |
Hurdle requirement: 75% attendance at Lectures; 100% attendance at Seminars/Tutorials and Practical Classes | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Julie Satur Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 60 hours of lectures, seminars, computer assisted learning, practical work, field visits and field practical work. Total time commitment 160 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Melbourne Dental School
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
160 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is delivered either partially or fully in-person in Second Half Year 2020. Please ensure you are able to attend any essential in-person requirements or speak to Stop 1 about alternative subject options.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Second Opinion: An introduction to Health Sociology by Germov Latest Edition
Recommended texts and other resources
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Oral Health
Last updated: 31 January 2024