COURSE SYLLABUS
Community Oral Health, 7.5 credits
Oral hälsa i ett samhällsperspektiv, 7,5 högskolepoäng
Course Syllabus for students Autumn 2017
| Course Code: | HORK11 |
| Confirmed by: | Utbildningsrådet Aug 31, 2012 |
| Revised by: | Chairperson of the Educational Council Jun 26, 2014 |
| Valid From: | Aug 25, 2014 |
| Version: | 3 |
| Reg number: | 2014/1982 (122) Avdelningen för naturvetenskap och biomedicin |
| Education Cycle: | First-cycle level |
| Disciplinary domain: | Medicine
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| Subject group: | TO1
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| Specialised in: | G1F
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| Main field of study: | Oral Health Science |
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
On completion of the course the students will be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
- describe how social conditions can affect the oral health of the population
- define different health models
- explain key concepts in health education
- discuss and analyze the role of the dental hygienist in dental clinics and in the community.
Skills and abilities
- identify factors influencing individuals to develop dental fear
- develop a health education based on the individual’s different needs
- identify factors in a dental clinic that affect the economy of the individual and the society.
Judgement and approach
- evaluate the importance of collaboration between different professions to increase the individual's ability to achieve good oral health.
Contents
- global and national goals for dentistry
- health models
- health education
- dental fear
- vulnerable groups in dentistry
- HBTQ
- health economics
Type of instruction
The course is conducted in the form of seminars and lectures.
The teaching is conducted in English.
Prerequisites
General admission requirements and passing grades in courses at basic level of 45 higher education credits in the main subject Oral health (or the equivalent) (or the equivalent).
Examination and grades
The course is graded A, B, C, D, E, FX or F.
The examination will be based on regular discussion seminars with individual oral presentation and an individual paper that also will be presented orally.
Examiner
University lecturer serves as the course examiner.
Registration of examination:
| Name of the Test | Value | Grading |
|---|
| Examination | 7.5 credits | A/B/C/D/E/FX/F |
Other information
Attendance regulations
Compulsory attendance at seminars.
Course literature
Daly, B. (red.) (2013). Essential dental public health. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Björngren Cuadra, C. (2005). Tandhygienisters arbete med patienter i ett mångkulturellt samhälle- en studie av migrationsrelaterade frågeställningar och samtal. Malmö: IMER och Odontologiska fakulteten, Malmö
högskola.
Nathe, C.N. (2011). Dental public health & research: contemporary practice for the dental hygienist. (3. ed.) Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson.
Poulter, J. & Seymour, R.A. (red.) (2003). Oral health: a multidisciplinary approach. London: Royal Society
of Medicine Press.
Scientific articles.
The most recent editions of the course literature should be used.
