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DHYG 2224: Clinical Practice 1
Effective date
September 2024
Department
Dental Hygiene
School
Health Sciences
Description
This course will enable the learner to build on foundational knowledge and further develop attributes and psychomotor skills required for the provision of preventative, therapeutic, and supportive person-centered dental hygiene care to diverse people across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of an evidence-informed approach to decision making into dental hygiene practice, including the recognition of client values and the influence of the determinants of health on oral and overall health. Learners progress from a novice to a beginner level by the end of the course.
Credits
8.5
Year of study
2nd Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
DHYG 2124.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Coordinate a safe, ethical clinical practice environment for clients and team members.
- Provide interceptive, therapeutic and preventive clinical therapy incorporating the process of dental hygiene care for diverse people across the lifespan.
- Apply culturally relevant health promotion strategies and interventions as an oral health educator and client advocate recognizing the influence of the determinants of health and health inequities
- Integrate pertinent foundational knowledge and take responsibility for decisions and actions that reflect critical thinking and evidence-informed decision making within a clinical practice environment.
- Communicate clearly and accurately in written, verbal, electronic and visual forms with individuals regarding oral and general health issues.
- Collaborate as a member of an oral health care team and with other health care professionals to provide culturally safe, inclusive and relevant oral health services to improve the health and well-being of clients.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 255
Total Hours: 255
Total Hours: 255
Instructional Strategies
Instructional strategies include experiential learning through clinical demonstrations, the provision of dental hygiene services, student partner work, self-assessment, and self-reflection on clinical performance.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
S *all clinical evaluations must be successfully completed to pass the course
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Clinical Examination |
S |
Clinical progress evaluations |
|
Clinical Examination |
S |
Perform a Dental Hygiene Care Plan case presentation per rubric |
|
Clinical Examination |
S |
Provide therapeutic debridement therapy per rubric |
|
Clinical Examination |
S |
Produce and assess 2 diagnostically valuable full mouth surveys of dental images per rubrics |
|
Clinical Examination |
S |
Fabricate and deliver a sports mouth guard per rubric |
|
Clinical Examination |
S |
Administer local anesthesia per rubric |
|
Clinical Examination |
S |
Promote oral self-care per rubric |
Course topics
- Management of the clinical practice environment.
- Dental hygiene care planning using the Process of Dental Hygiene Care model (ADPIE) and in compliance with Dental Hygiene Regulation, Code of Ethics, and regulatory practice standards.
- Interceptive, therapeutic, and preventive therapies such as polishing, fluoride, power debridement, local anesthesia, mouth guards, and FMS dental imaging.
- Implement health promotion and educational principles and strategies.
- Provision of dental hygiene services.
- Collaborate as a member of an oral health care team.
- Evaluation of dental hygiene care using practice standards and codes of ethics.
Learning resources
Course resource information will be supplied by the department/instructor.
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.