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Gerostomatology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:07.04.2022 09:16:03
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_002 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anda Mironova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 20 Dzirciema Street, zhs rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Periodontology, Preventive dentistry, Dental Public health, Therapeutic stomatology (Cariology, Endodontics), Communication with a Patient, Oral Pathology, Emergency Medical Care, Prothetics in Dentistry, Dental Surgery. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop and realise a plan for oral health education, prevention and clinical treatment, its precise and positive accomplishment individually for each patient in care institutions for elderly people. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Subject and definition of gerostomatology. Society division in age groups. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Chronological, biological and social age. Anatomical and physiological aspects of human aging related to mouth health. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Aging characteristics of the face-jaw apparatus. Psychology of aging. Lifestyle and dietary characteristics. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Medical and social aspects of dental care for the elderly. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Dental hard tissue treatment and prosthetic characteristics. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Anesthesia and surgical intervention. Oncology. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Peculiarities of obsolete body activity, especially in connection with morphological and physiological age changes of the orophacial system. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Work in day social centers. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Work with seniors in the clinic. | Classes | 4.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | In practical lessons – to demonstrate skills and abilities working with patients. To prepare oral health education presentations, booklets, posters. To educate elderly dental patients. To read evidence based scientific literature.Fill in the course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation and activity in practical classes and the Day Social centres. Working in clinic with elderly people using theoretical knowledge given in lectures and practical skills (50%). At the end, an exam (50%) on the topics acquired in lectures and classes. The exam is passed with 75% correct answers. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge of gerontology; peculiarities of the older patients' body; understanding of pathological processes in the mouth of the elderly; knowledge in the treatment of elderly patients. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Ability to motivate and organise a referral to specialists for the treatment of pathological forms that are within the competence of different kind of specialists. When working in clinic, to choose treatment methods and materials appropriate to the patient's age and health status; skill to find contact with older people and choose appropriate recommendations for prophylactic remedies. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To identify risk groups according to elderly patients' general health condition and bad habits during clinical session of dental care. To identify risk groups according to patients' skills in oral hygiene, saliva testing, intensity of caries, periodontal and oral mucosa conditions and occlusion. Will be able to educate and develop individual care plans within their competence for elderly patients. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Fillit, Howard M. “Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 8th Edition”, 2017 | ||||||||
| 2 | Margaret Cruikshank. Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging”. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013 | ||||||||
| 3 | Poul Holm-Pedersen (Editor), Angus W. G. Walls (Editor), Jonathan A. Ship (Editor). Textbook of Geriatric Dentistry. 3rd Edition, 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | S.Liepiņa. ‘’Gerontoloģijas psiholoģiskie apsketi’’. RaKa, 1998. (Mācību materiāls ar nemainīgu informāciju) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Esther M. Wilkins, Charlotte J. Wyche, Linda D. Boyd. Wilkins' Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist. 13th edithion, 2020 | ||||||||
| 2 | Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, Periodontal Treatment for Older Adults. Sue S. Spackman and Janet G. Bauer. 2019. Chapter 42, 475-478.e4 | ||||||||
