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Professional Practice 1 (DENT90142)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject supports students as they begin to develop their professional identity as dental practitioners through the development of their personal values, attitudes, and behaviours. This subject will focus on social responsibility and professionalism, communication and leadership, critical thinking, and health promotion. Topics integrated within this subject include cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Islander people and communities, digital health, sustainability, ethical practice, and person-centred care. Students will develop skills in critical reflection and evidence-based dentistry as they examine the impact of oral health and disease on individuals, communities, and the environment.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Describe the principles of self-determined decision-making, cultural safety, and person-centred care in the practice of oral health care
  • Identify their legal and ethical responsibilities as dental practitioners to provide a safe environment for their patients and members of the dental team
  • Identify the impact of colonisation and systemic racism on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities and critically reflect on their own worldview and biases in exploring different perspectives of health
  • Describe the impact of oral health care on the environment
  • Apply the principles of reflective practice to identify their own learning needs
  • Employ respectful and effective non-verbal and verbal communication skills and the principles of trauma informed care in clinical role-play scenarios
  • Describe the role of health advocacy in improving the health of individuals and communities
  • Describe how digital technologies are used to manage health information and inform person-centred care
  • Demonstrate strategies of self-regulation and care that support their own and peers' health and wellbeing
  • Source, evaluate and organise information to answer researchable questions using provided criteria
  • Interpret measures of population health to describe the dental public health
  • Identify the social determinants of health and describe their influence on the oral health of individuals and communities
  • Describe the theories and principles of health promotion and their influence on the oral health of individuals and communities

Generic skills

  • Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to new problems
  • Seek, retrieve, and evaluate information
  • Communicate clearly using non-technical language
  • Work as part of a team to address a common goal
  • Critically reflect on their knowledge, skills and attitudes and consider strategies to support the development of these
  • Integrate knowledge from different domains
  • Identify and address their own learning needs

Last updated: 7 August 2024