Extensive oral health careLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

Student
- understands the potential of digitalisation in the entire health care and social services sector and especially in oral hygiene, and the role of the oral hygienist in patient care
- gets to know the forms of digital services in the social and health sector and identifies related opportunities and challenges
- becomes aware of the principles of ethics and accessibility in digital services
- gets a picture of the varied job description of an oral hygienist and opportunities in working life
- is able to document their patient's treatment and specific characteristics in a patient seminar
- organises, carries out and develops independent health care in a variety of oral hygiene operating environments

Content

Digital features in the health care and social services sector and oral hygiene
Ethics and accessibility in digital services
The importance of data protection and security in digital services
The oral hygienist as expert in a variety of working environments, and the career paths of an oral hygienist
Patient seminar
Work placement:
Oral hygiene work placement in specialised health care, in treatment center for disabled or mentally ill patients, working in a dental business or privacy clinic

Qualifications

All previous courses successfully completed.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment criteria: 0–5
Assessment framework, see the appendix.
Assessment criteria for expert level are applied.