COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMMUNITY ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 5024 COMMUNITY ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIHA HÜLYA ERTEN CAN

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

To introduce the philosophy, principles and strategies of community oral and dental health - To introduce the components that make up the infrastructure of community oral and dental health and oral and dental health service systems - To teach the methods of solving community oral and dental health problems from an evidence-based perspective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have systematic knowledge about the philosophy, principles and strategies of community oral and dental health.
2   Knows preventive oral dental health service approaches.
3   Identifies oral dental health problems from an evidence-based perspective and comments on the organization of oral dental health services in order to develop solutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is public health What are public health problems
2 What is the philosophy of community oral and dental health, what are the problems of community oral and dental health What are the differences between clinical dentistry and community oral dentistry
3 Basic principles of community oral and dental health
4 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
5 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
6 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
7 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
8 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
9 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
10 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
11 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
12 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
13 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups
14 Community Oral and Dental Health Practices in Different Patient Groups

Recomended or Required Reading

Concepts in Dental Public Health [Ed] Jill Mason.( 2nd ed), 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business, Philadelphia,USA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Narration
Discussion
Question and Answer
Report Preparation and/or Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundStudent.examMTE * 0.40 + Student.examFN * 0.60,0
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundMTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Successful / Unsuccessful

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.erten@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Group session 2 4 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 40

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.133554
LO.2544554
LO.344455