Description of Courses - Dental Public Health and other related courses Flashcards
3 units
Applications of techniques in statistics and epidemiology in research particularly in data collection, summarization and analysis of health- related and epidemiologic data
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
application of statistical techniques to
scientific research in health-related fields (dentistry)
Identify health trends that lead to life-saving measures through application of statistical procedures.
BIOSTATISTICS
scientific study of
(oral) diseases / illness among the
population.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Discussion and simulation activities perform in a School-based and Community-based dental program.
• Includes concept on community organizing process, oral health education, epidemiology, atraumatic restorative treatment and program evaluation.
• Pure lecture
Dental Public Health 1 - 2 units lecture
Concepts, principles and methods of
community dentistry, health service
administration, oral health
education, preventive dentistry and
primary health care.
(School-based)
Dental Public Health 2
3 unit
2 lecture
1 lab school based
The principles and methods
designed in the practice of
community dentistry in an
adopted community
field experience
Dental Public Health 3
3 unit
1 lecture
2 lab fieldwork community based
Physical , chemical and biological
processes that develop and renew
tissues of the body by absorption and
assimilation of food materials.
It relates the importance of nutrition to
dental health especially during the
formation and maturation of tooth
development
Nutrition in
Dentistry
2 units lecture
introduces the field of Health Information Technology (HIT) and its role in healthcare delivery systems
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
The principles and programs of computer as applied to dental practice.
Dental Informatics
3 units lecture with hands
-on on computer lab.
Principles and methods in
research and its application to
dentistry focused on developing a
research protocol (Chapter 1-3)
UG Research 1 – Methods of
Research
3 units lecture
THESIS
The basic principles in preparing a
technical paper (Chapter 4 -5) for
presentation and discussion in scientific
forum and/or for publication.
3 units lec.
UG Research 2- Research
Presentation
Dental Research Forum
University Research Forum
Local/National/Regional Research Competition
Philippine Dental Association
Dentsply Philippines
DOST Regional Research Competition
SouthEast Asia Research Competition
International Research Competition
Undergraduate Research
The practice of dentistry in relation to the social, economic and cultural conditions of the community
Practice Management with
Entrepreneurship
2 units lecture
Covers economic business administration of a dental clinic, principles of business management, organization and investments , waste management, hazard and infection control, and regulatory code of the dental profession.
Practice Management with
Entrepreneurship
2 units lecture
A close study into the most common medical and dental emergencies in dental practice is well taken in order to prepare dental students to efficiently develop their professional skills and proficiencies in meeting them in actual practice.
Practice Management with
Entrepreneurship
2 units lecture
Study of the relation of
law and ethics to dental
practice
RA 9484
Jurisprudence and Ethics
2 units lecture
Art/science of teaching adults.
concepts and principles of learning
and characteristics of adult learners
Theories of adult learning that details
some of the ways in which adults
learn differently than children.
Andragogy
Dental internship for senior students at
a local or university training hospital or
affiliated hospital designed to orient the
students with hospital decorum, scope
and overall functions of the different
Departments and Divisions.
Hospital Dentistry
3 units
2 units
lecture
1 unit lab.
Clinical application of the basic competencies acquired in Operative Dentistry, Prosthodontics , Roentgenology, Oral Surgery, Endodontics, Oral Diagnosis and Pediatric Dentistry. Clinicians will work on actual patients and on typodonts under the close supervision of the clinical supervisor.
Written Validation Examination
Clinical Dentistry 1 & 2
Clinical dent 3 and 4
Clinical Dentistry 3 & 4
10 units each
equivalent to
30 hours per
week
Application of principles and methods of
providing dental care in the various
clinical areas, given a set of clinical
requirements with minimum supervision
of the clinical supervisor.
Written Validation Examination
Clinical Dentistry 3
Clinical applications of the competencies
acquired in Clinical Dentistry 3. This is the
continuation of the requirements in Clinical
Dentistry 3.
A Clinical Proficiency Examination will be
given in Operative Dentistry and
Prosthodontics as a pre-requisite for
graduation.
Revalida (Written Pre-Board Exam)
Clinical Dentistry 4
Clinical Conferences ( 1 unit)
- CC Operative Dentistry Seminar 1 & 2
- CC Prosthodontics Seminar 1 & 2
- CC Orthodontics- Pediatric Dentistry
Seminar 1 & 2 - CC Oral Surgery Seminar 1 & 2
- Endodontics –Periodontics Seminar 1 & 2
Clinical conference on problems encountered
in the clinics designed to develop critical
thinking based on the principles and
techniques learned and synthesized from
previous foundation courses.
Clinical conference on advances / trends in
the specialty area along with problems
commonly encountered in the clinics.
CLINICAL CONFERENCES
