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Oral Medicine 2 (DENT90091)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 75On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
| Availability | Year Long (Extended) |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Following on from Oral Medicine 1, this subject focuses on developing introductory learnings to intermediate knowledge in the oral medicine field in preparation before their final year of speciality practice. The subject continues to build students’ understanding on the aetiology, pathogenesis, immunology and clinical aspects of oral medicine, specifically with regard to oral mucosal lesions, orofacial pain or temporomandibular dysfunction.
Students’ knowledge in oral pathology will be refined in this subject in order to diagnose and treat diseases of the oral mucosa and oro-facial pain. Through participation in regular seminars and review meetings, they will continue to develop their intermediate knowledge as a specialist. They will expand their competencies in recognising diseases and relevant risk factors, and further form their awareness of the full range of clinical treatment services in oral medicine. They will build inter-disciplinary relationships across the environment of medical, dental, allied health professionals.
The clinical component of the subject will provide supervised opportunities for students to understand the process of managing patients with oral mucosal disorders, oral manifestations of systemic disease and the assessment and treatment of patients with oro-facial pain during the clinical component of the subject. Assessment of clinical performance will include written paper and oral examinations on both clinical skills, and developed understandings of histological diagnosis and patient management. Students will be required to pass all sections (clinical, laboratory and theory) of this subject.
Students will partake in weekly teaching sessions of Doctor of Dental Surgery students.
Intended learning outcomes
Oral Medicine specialists must have an understanding of the learning outcomes at an intermediate level as they progress through the Oral Medicine 2 unit.
Upon completion of this subjects, student will be competent to:
- Demonstrate intermediate understanding of the structure and function in health of lips, oral soft tissues, salivary glands, saliva, orofacial tissues, and other oral soft tissues, nervous system and how it correlates to disease states and sleep disorders
- Apply techniques to establish effective communication with relevant teams by means appropriate to the urgency of the situation
- Elicit, record and interpret an accurate history from patients of any age within the intermediate scope of Oral Medicine practice and undertake operative techniques to confirm diagnosis where necessary
- Apply intermediate specialist assessment and treatment methods to acutely unwell adult and paediatric patients including simple faint, postoperative bleeding, hyperventilation, angina, myocardial infarction, acute asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetic emergencies, seizures and adrenal insufficiency
- Demonstrate understanding of specialist assessment and management of a patient of any age within the scope of Oral Medicine practice, in both an outpatient and inpatient hospital setting
- Perform a clinical examination on patients of any age within the scope of Oral Medicine practice
- Demonstrate safe and effective understandings and practice of prescription of drugs
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENT90090 | Oral Medicine 1 | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
Essay submission on an assigned topic in journal article format
| Due in the exam period at the end of Semester 1 | 30% |
2 x written exams (3 hrs each)
| End of year examination period | 50% |
Oral exam
| End of year examination period | 20% |
| Hurdle requirement: 100% attendance for all Seminars & Clinical Sessions, including rostered On-Call Sessions | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Overall achievement of a satisfactory grade for Clinical Demonstrator Feedback Forms (pass/fail) | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Year Long (Extended)
Principal coordinator Michael McCullough Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1500 Hours Indicative Total time commitment 1,224 hours Teaching period 20 November 2023 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 1 December 2023 Census date 31 May 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024
Time commitment details
1500 Hours Indicative
What do these dates mean
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024