INTERDISCIPLINARY CASE PRESENTATION D: TREATMENT AND MAINTENANCE II

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In this interdisciplinary case presentation course students generate patient -centered comprehensive treatment plans for patients of all stages of life, as they apply the knowledge acquired in all the applicable dental disciplines, biomedical and behavioral sciences courses, and review of evidence -based knowledge, while also following strict principles of ethical decision -making and professional responsibility. The student formulates rationalized patient diagnosis from the interpretation of the patient’s medical and dental history, clinical examination, diagnostic aids, and complementary examinations, and from interdisciplinary consultations. Students take advantage of opportunities to exchange recommendations with their peers and leverage the expertise of multiple participants involved in the discussion forum such as biomedical faculty and faculty from multiple dental disciplines and other health professions. The process consists of presentation(s) to faculty and classmates as part of the process to discuss the: (1) diagnosis; (2) student-proposed treatment plan(s) that are reflective of the patient’s values, preferences and expressed needs and (3) expected outcomes and prog noses. This course also places emphasis on presentation of completed treatment plans and on recall patients with the intent of recognizing and supporting (with evidence from peer reviewed literature) the value of recall and personalized patient maintenance progra ms and the impact that these have in short and long-term treatment prognosis. DMCK 701-1 EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY I – DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION 2 CREDITS The Evidence Based Dentistry I course focus is on the quality of professional performance patient care, guiding the student to understand, evaluate, and implement outcomes through the critical analysis of scientific information. The student learns in this course that patient management and care at the highest standards results from a problem - solving process that relies on asserted application of evidence -based knowledge. The student learns that the systematic assessment of relevant scientific evidence process includes: the elaboration of a query that summarizes the clinical questions, the bibliographic search and selection and the assessment and application of evidence for decision-making in clinical practice. DMCK 701-2 EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY II-CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION 2 CREDITS In this evidence-based dentistry course students will further their skills and abilities to identify and apply the best available scientific information to the practice of general dentistry. Students appreciate the value of integrating clinically relevant information gathered from the literature with findings from comprehensive patient interviews and evaluations. They will learn the vital role that the systematic review process plays in establishing the quality, impact, and validity of such information. DMCK 702-1 DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH I-GENERAL CONCEPTS 2 CREDITS The course is designed to instruct future dentists about important concepts of public health including the historical development of public health, present policies, efforts and practices that affect society, and comprehensive health in a given socioeconomic context. It introduces the principles of public dental health as a dental specialty considering its purpose and field of action, while providing dental public health tools to integrate in t heir professional career. It discusses health promotion and education, health indicators, the different determinants of health and how they vary across populations. Discuss the role of public health entities in different levels, global public health leaders, and how to build and join efforts to improve in health from local to global settings. DMCK 702-2 DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH II-PRINCIPLES OF BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY 2 CREDITS This course will introduce the basic principles of biostatistics to further the required skills to interpret and critically analyze scientific literature. The epidemiology aspect of the course will seek to explain the behavior of oral diseases according to the differences in population groups that take in to account the variables of the person, time, place, sociodemographic and cultural conditions. The importance of etiological studies and epidemiological surveillance systems will also be discussed, emphasizing the importance of dental indices in determinin g oral morbidity and assessing the impact of the intervention.