DHYG 2214: Dental Hygiene Care 2
Effective date
January 2022
Department
Dental Hygiene
Description
This course will assist learners in gaining knowledge and experience providing oral health education, oral health promotion, and radiographic services. Learners will gain further knowledge about professionalism, communication and collaboration strategies, and principles of client advocacy relevant to dental hygiene practice.
This course is part of the full time Dental Hygiene Diploma program.
Year of study
2nd Year Post-secondary
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe educational and health psychology principles and their application to oral and general health promotion and advocacy for individual clients.
- Discuss the role of the dental hygienist as an oral health educator, health promoter, and disease prevention specialist relative to the core principles of primary health care.
- Plan dental hygiene interventions with appropriate use of oral hygiene preventive aids and therapeutic agents.
- Apply the dental hygiene process of care model to planning dental hygiene care for clients.
- Integrate strategies for effective client referrals to promote oral and general health.
- Model team dynamics and process skills fundamental to the work of professional and inter-professional health teams.
- Plan, expose, and interpret diagnostically valuable dental images within a safe practice environment.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 120
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 24
Total Hours: 144
Instructional Strategies
Instructional strategies such as laboratory work related to radiography, small group work including a learning contract, class learning activities, and lectures are utilized to support learning and clinical decision-making.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
C and satisfactory completion of Clinical Evaluations
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Exam
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35
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Cumulative midterm written examination
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Final Exam
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35
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Cumulative final written examination
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Project
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15
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Collaborative teamwork strategies
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Exam
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15
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Case based written examination
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Clinical Examination
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S
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Dental Imaging Assessments (S or U)
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Course topics
- Health psychology and health compromising behaviour
- Health promotion and advocacy for a diverse range of individual clients, including principles of Cultural Safety & Humility
- Oral self-care strategies; health education/health promotion
- Inter-professional and team-based care
- Dental hygiene care - assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation
- Radiology principles and application of dental imaging techniques.
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.