Module NDS-2001:
Dental Public Health
Dental Public Health 2023-24
NDS-2001
2023-24
School Of Medical And Health Sciences
Module - Semester 2
20 credits
Module Organiser:
Bev Littlemore
Overview
• Dental services • Measures taken to safeguard dental public health • Historical and current scientific data related to the epidemiology of oral and dental health • Designing, planning and funding research • Research ethics • Qualitative questionnaires • Conducting a literature review • Interpreting a research paper • Interpreting statistics • Evidence based dentistry • Health needs assessment • Clinical Governance and audit • Overcoming barriers to dental care • Race and ethnicity • Health promotion • Water fluoridation • Screening • Psychological models used to describe health behaviour. • Communication skills
Assessment Strategy
-threshold -Threshold - Grades: D- to D+ Understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed. Students will be required to achieve a minimum of D- grade in the assignment to in order to pass. -good -Good - Grades: C- to C+ Good understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed.Very Good Grades: B- to B+ A very good understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed -excellent -Excellent - Grades: A- to A* Excellent understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the evidence base for the current epidemiology of oral and dental health and the prevalence of specific dental conditions including statistical data, Interpret and evaluate research papers
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of health promotion, and be able to evaluate critically the appropriateness of different strategies.
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of prevention, including screening, and be able to analyse the benefit of these approaches to health.
- Describe the principles of planning oral health care for communities to meet needs and demands
- Discuss the ways in which social, cultural, environmental and economic factors influence the distribution of health and disease and access to health care
- Explain the dental and wider healthcare systems dental professionals work within including health policy and organisation, delivery of healthcare and equity
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Dental Public Health Examination
Weighting
100%