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DOH321 Public Oral Health, Research and Community Service (8)

Abstract

Students will build on knowledge assessed in previous years and be required to conduct a small research project. Ethics, methodology, quantitative and qualitative data collection and reviewing the literature in research will be a focus of this subject. Topics covering advanced concepts of public health and the oral health therapist’s role within public health to improve health outcome will also be covered.

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Session 1
InternalWagga Wagga Campus
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Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Dentistry and Health Sciences

Enrolment restrictions

Restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Oral Health (Therapy/Hygiene) course.
Prerequisite(s)
DOH222

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to determine key issues of ethics in research and undertake safe and ethical research
  • be able to develop working relationships with other professions working in health and human services where applicable and describe their contribution to the health disciplines
  • be able to apply an in-depth awareness of social and environmental issues at both the local and wider level and their impact on oral health and how dental practitioners effect change for vulnerable communities including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
  • be able to critically evaluate policies, programs, methods and strategies used in public dental health over the last 50 years and their impact on today's oral health
  • be able to critically evaluate the relationships between ethics, politics and economic factors affecting the general and oral health of the community
  • be able to use and undertake research skills - literature search, review, critique and apply evidence based oral health research within a range of contexts
  • be able to demonstrate professional behaviour and attitudes at a level ready to be registered as a health professional at all times
  • be able to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and exploring social justice, participation and empowerment issues as it relates to oral health research

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
  • Students will build on previous and developing co-requisite knowledge in DOH300, topics to develop skills to synthesise, critique and write scientific quantitative and qualitative literature will be covered. The ability to identify and conduct research activity in a topic relevant to oral health therapy practice will be undertaken, including the processes involved with application for ethics
  • Subject content in advanced public and population health will be covered in this subject

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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.