Overview
This unit will prepare you for clinical practice in Oral Health Therapy. You will continue to develop your knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical work in oral health clinics and health promotion activities in the community. You must comply with clinical policies and procedures while undertaking clinical practice. In this unit you will begin learning theoretical knowledge in patient assessment, dental materials, simple restorative procedures and hygiene procedures. You will also translate and integrate this knowledge in a simulated environment while fulfilling workplace health and safety, equipment maintenance and record management requirements.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: ALLH11009: Research Methods for Health Professionals; AND BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1; AND ORAL11001 Introduction to Oral Health Therapy; AND ORAL11004 Introduction to Oral Anatomy Co-requisites: BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2; AND ORAL11003 Introduction to Oral Disease; AND ORAL11005 Advanced Oral Anatomy
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student evaluation of teaching survey
It would help students to have more clear learning outcomes for each aspect of the unit, especially SIM material.
It is recommended the description and location of the learning outcomes be reviewed.
Feedback from Student evaluation of teaching survey
There is a lot of content in this subject although it is necessary the number of assessments each week were difficult to manage with the combined workload from other subjects.
It is recommended that the unit content be reviewed.
Feedback from Student evaluation of teaching survey
The teaching team fostered growth, acknowledged achievements, and maintained an open approach to questions. The students felt well-prepared for upcoming clinical experiences and valued the placements for the practical insight they provided.
It is recommended clinic placements continue as a requirement of this unit.