DEH2701 Community Dentistry
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Keywords
Online College Course , Health & Sciences
Project
Florida Regional Consortium for Technology Enabled Learning Solutions
Authors
Cheng, David
Franklin, Monica
Date Submitted
2014
Material Type
Online Course
Secondary Material Type
Hybrid/Blended Course
Institution
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Industry Partner
Department of Labor
License
CC BY
Funding Source
TAACCCT Round 1
Additional Public Access
Abstract
This course is designed to provide the dental hygiene student with the didactic knowledge necessary to plan, implement and evaluate oral healthcare interventions in the community. This course will emphasize the principles, theories and concepts of community oral health as well as the methods for determining community oral health status, identifying barriers to optimum health and selecting appropriate barrier interventions. The dental hygiene student will formulate an oral health educational intervention that will be implemented and evaluated in the community. Throughout this course, the frontline role of the Dental Hygienist in the primary and secondary prevention of oral diseases within community practice and service will be emphasized.
Industry (NAISC)
Health Care and Social Assistance -- Ambulatory Health Care Services -- Offices of Dentists (6212)
Occupation (SOC)
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations -- Dental Hygienists (29-2021)
Instructional Program (CIP)
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (51)
Credit Type
Credential Type
Associate Degree
Educational Level
2nd Year Community College or equivalent