CDENT 5173 - HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION 3

Minimum Credits: 1.5
Maximum Credits: 1.5
In this course, students will work with peers, adolescent and/or young adult patients in a clinical setting where they will focus on developing practical skills related to risk assessment, oral disease prevention, and health promotion. This course is the capstone experience of the first year of the dental curriculum, preparing students to enter the second year by applying the foundational skills acquired in health promotion and disease prevention. This course includes a variety of activities and assignments such as lectures, in-class discussions, journaling, providing clinical care as doctor and assistant, clinical record management, quizzes, quizzes, readings, and self-evaluation of clinical communication. The goals of the course goals are to prepare students for clinical dental practice by applying important concepts and developing skills required for the provision of effective dental care; to introduce students to ethical and behavioral principles related to clinical practice; and to provide students with their first exposure to the nature of oral health and disease in patients.
Academic Career: Dental Medicine
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: ABCF

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