Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Diagnostic Skills

Catalog description

This course aims for the first -year master's student in periodontology to integrate knowledge from oral medicine and oral pathology to develop their diagnostic skills. During the course each lecture is followed by the discussion of a case based clinical pathologic correlation to encourage students rational thinking in order to achieve a workable differential diagnosis. Through lectures, case -based studies, problem-based learning, and group discussions students have the opportunity to increase their diagnost ic acumen, knowledge of disease treatment, disease prognosis as well as criteria or parameters for patient referral to appropriate medical or dental specialist. The course will be delivered in face-to-face mode.