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Educational work - placement in oral health promotion I
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2022 13:00:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_047 | 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: | Egita Senakola | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Dzirciema street 20, 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: | Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology, Cariology | ||||||||
| Objective: | To discover and analyse the link of the knowledge acquired during the study with the practical work of a dental hygienist in oral health education and promotion. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Epidemiological and sociological data on oral health in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Oral health promotion and education in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Mouth and teeth. Construction, structure, function, salivary importance. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Oral hygiene. Dental plaque, oral care products, their use, dosing, dental care methods according to the regularities of age development. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Use of fluoride in caries prevention. Fluoride characteristics, dosage, guidelines for the use of fluoride-containing products in Latvia. Sealants. What are sealants, their use. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Children's dental injuries. First aid, prevention. Child's teeth and bad habits. Harmful habit prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Visit to the dentist and dental hygienist. The purpose of the visit, the procedures performed, fear prophylaxis. Parents 'and teachers' tactics in child preparation and adequate behavior patterns. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Examples of good practice in oral health education (Childsmile, Oral Health Platform, Alliance for a Cavity Free Future, other apps). Student presentations. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Educational materials in oral health promotion in Latvia (developed programs, SPKC materials). Student presentations. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Visits to PII institutions are replaced by a small literature review. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Preparation of presentations for PII, primary and secondary school children on oral health promotion. | Classes | 2.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Exam. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Practice evaluation notebooks - reports. Prepare oral health-promoting presentations, booklets, posters. To educate dental patients (different age groups). Educate children in pre-school or primary school. Read evidence-based scientific literature on health promotion and education, prepare a review. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Practice report and compliance of the design of practice materials with the design requirements. Implementation of educational classes and projects in practice. Active participation of the student in practice classes and a report on the visit to pre-school educational institutions or on the work in the clinic with children. The final assessment is the presentation and defense of the practice. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will know the principles and approaches of oral health promotion and education, as well as dietary recommendations related to dental caries and dental erosions. Oral health needs assessment. Public health approaches to dental injury prevention and smoking cessation programs. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to evaluate the attitudes and knowledge of children and young people about the possibilities of promoting oral health. Provide dietary recommendations for dental caries and dental erosions, evaluate feeding systems in kindergartens and schools. Take preventive measures and provide acute assistance in cases of dental injuries. Use of non-smoking and smoking cessation programs. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Evaluate principles, approaches of oral health promotion and education. c preventive programmes and strategies opposite to treatment regimen in dentistry. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Senakola E., Brinkmane A. (1997) – Tavi zobiņi veseli. 31 lpp. Jāņa sēta. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Senakola E., Brinkmane A. (1995) – Nacionālā profilakses programma zobārstniecībā (projekts)., Zobārstniecības Raksti, 5., 37 – 40 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Urtāne I., Brinkmane A., Senakola E. (1994) – ICS – 2 projekta gaita un zobu slimību epidemioloģiskie dati Latvijā. Zobārstniecības Mēnešraksts, 1., 36 – 40 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Senakola E., Brinkmane A. Fluorīdi kariesa profilaksē. Latvijas Ārstu Žurnāls .- 1997 .- Nov. .- 11.-19.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Lois K. Cohen, Helen C. Gift (1995) – Diseases Prevention and Oral Health Promotion. Socio – Dental Sciences in Action. Munksgaard, Copenhagen. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Murray J.J., Rugg – Gunn A.J., Jenkins G.N. (1991) – Fluorides in caries prevention. Oxford: Wright. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | Puškarevs I. (1994) – Ievads veselības mācībā. (7 – 12 klasei). Skolotājiem., Zvaigzne ABC. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 8 | Golubeva, Ausma, Veselības veicināšana skolā : mācību līdzeklis / Ausma Golubeva, Igors Puškarevs. [Rīga] : LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, c2008. 63 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 9 | Schou L., Blinkhorn A.S. (1993) – Oral Health Promotion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
| 10 | Esther M. Wilkinis (2016) Clinical practice of the dental hygienist. | ||||||||
| 11 | Petersen P.E., Bourgeois D., Ogawa H. et al. The global burden of oral diseases and risks to oral health. Bull WHO 2005, 83: 661-669. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 12 | Schwarz E. Global aspects of preventive dental care. Int.Dent. I. 2007, 57: 2009 – 215. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 13 | Daly B., Watt R., Batchelor P., Treasure E. Essential Dental Public Health. Oxford University Press 2002, 135 – 181. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 14 | Sheiham A., Wat R.G. The Common Risk Factor Approach: a rational basis for promoting oral health. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2000, 28: 399 – 406. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 15 | Nitschke I., Muller F.The impact of Oral Health on the Quality of life in the Ederly. Oral Health Prev Dent 2004, 2: Supplement 1: 271 – 275. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
