Pediatric clinical oral health care (5 cr)
Code: SX00EB68-3005
General information
Enrollment
02.05.2023 - 14.05.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 22.10.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
School of Rehabilitation and Examination
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Oral Hygiene
Teachers
- Hannele Tiira
- Marianne Granlund
- Saija Pitkäniemi
Teacher in charge
Saija Pitkäniemi
Groups
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Objective
- are able to document the course of patient care into the patient information system
- are able to plan, implement and evaluate individually the cariological and periodontal treatments together with the child and his/her family
- guide the child and his/her family in oral health literacy
- determine the oral health of the child and take into account the impact of different cultures on oral and dental health
-recognize malocclusions and know their treatments
- participates in a child's oral health examination and remedial
- understand the role of an oral hygienist as a member of the orthodontic care team in the treatment of developing occlusion
Content
(Internship) Practical training in working life:
Oral health care of different age of child patients at the Metropolia’s oral health care teaching clinic (oral hygiene teaching clinic)
Team work in oral health care
Location and time
As scheduled.
Materials
Materials in moodle.
Other materials given by lecturers.
Teaching methods
Clinical practise in a Studying clinic
Employer connections
Practising in Studying clinic together with the Dental health care of city of Helsinki and with the Helsinki University.
Exam schedules
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International connections
Collaboration with exchange students and/or international schools.
Completion alternatives
None.
Student workload
5 ects = 135h
Content scheduling
Clinical practise in teaching clinic.
Further information
Studies from periods before has to be done.
Simulations and clinical work has compulsory attendance.
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Assessment criteria: 0–5
Assessment framework, see the appendix.
Assessment criteria for advanced level are applied.
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation criteria can be found on moodle.