COMPREHENSIVE ADULT DENTAL CLINIC III

Catalog description

The course provides instruction and experience in all aspects of patient care in the general dentistry clinic in the fourth year of study. The teaching of patient -centered care began in the first year of the UAGM SDM curricular program with emphasis on students learning of the foundational knowledge and skills needed for effective patient interviewing, examination, behavioral management, and on the basic knowledge required to work safely in the clinical environment. The Comprehensive Adult Dental Clinic course series started in the in the third year of the UAGM SDM Program marking the beginning of a designed curricular shift on the balance of instructional content from theoretical and academic science to practical and clinical experiences that the dental student leverages through participation in the UAGM Comprehensive Patient Management and Care Program (CPMC Program) as member of one of thre e Comprehensive Patient Management and Care Teams (CPMC Team) and through completion of complementary clinical rotations. DMCC 711 is the first part of the two -part course, Comprehensive Adult Dental Clinic III and IV. It gives continuation to the said co urse series where the fourth-year dental student integrates and applies the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous three years of the DMD Program. Students continue to work as part of their CPMC Team from where they must continue to meet all th e comprehensive care needs of their patients through examination, evaluation, treatment planning and delivery of care to the extent of their training, including recognition of patient complexity, self-limitations and execution of referrals when indicated. The course emphasizes student -centered active learning through processes consisting of examination, evidence -based knowledge integration, reflection, and self -assessment as it relates to comprehensive patient -centered management and care.