Professional Practice 2: Lifespan Care (DENT90147)

Intended learning outcomes

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

• Analyse the impact of historical and contemporary events on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, access to care and the strengths and challenges of delivering healthcare to this population
• Describe the cultural, legal, and social contexts and determinants of health of diverse groups and populations in Australia who are at risk for poor oral health and may lack access to culturally safe care.
• Examine one's own worldview and identify strategies to monitor personal responses to cultural and social differences and diversity for the delivery of culturally safe care.
• Employ the Principles of Care and the Principles of Trauma Informed Care to effectively communicate with and respectfully obtain appropriate consent from all people in clinical simulation settings.
• Examine how disorders, disabilities and their management impact oral health and the prevention and treatment of oral disease.
• Discuss the risk factors, health-related behaviours and health care needs of the Australian population and the role of dental practitioners in influencing health care policy to improve the oral health of communities.
• Describe how digital health technologies are used across the health system to manage care.
• Outline the Sustainable Development Goals and identify ways to improve the sustainability of healthcare and the role of dental practitioners in working towards these goals.
• Identify and reflect on factors that influence personal well-being and develop strategies for self-care and self-regulated learning.
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of the referring practitioner, the broader healthcare team and the patient in ensuring person-centred care.
• Critically reflect on the legal and ethical issues in healthcare.
• Apply the principles of reflective practice to analyse and critically reflect on their development, knowledge and skills in the provision of care.
• Analyse health promotion and health policy interventions using relevant frameworks and evidence to make recommendations.

Generic skills

• Effective organisational skills and time management
• Identifying and addressing their own learning needs
• Understanding the need for precision, accuracy and self-evaluation
• Critically reflect on their knowledge, skills and attitudes and consider strategies to support the development of these
• Communicate clearly using non-technical language
• Effective communication
• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Seek, retrieve, and evaluate information
• Analysing and evaluating clinical data, especially regarding risk
• Integrate knowledge from different domains