ORAL11006 - Introduction to Oral Health Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 3
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026

Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 42.31% response rate.

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.

Source: Student evaluation of teaching survey
Feedback
The learning materials were hard to navigate. There were multiple textbooks on the prescribed reading list but no chapter readings for each week to assist in understanding the learning materials
Recommendation
It is recommended learning materials be reviewed.
Action Taken
The simulation laboratory weekly learning material content was reviewed and enhanced with the goal of improving readability and the student experience. Clearer direction is now given to the prescribed textbooks.
Source: Student evaluation of teaching survey
Feedback
Providing videos of supervisor demonstrations taken by students in the simulation laboratory during the weeks when the instrument was introduced would have been more beneficial.
Recommendation
It is recommended to review the alignment of resources to content.
Action Taken
Additional demonstration videos have been added in a devoted Moodle tile. A project is currently underway to record new demonstration videos for this unit.
Source: Student evaluation of teaching survey
Feedback
The two end-of-term exams should be changed to mid-term and end-of-term. This will spread the load across the term.
Recommendation
It is recommended the assessment timing be reviewed.
Action Taken
The first written exam (In-Class Test A) was held in week 7 and the second (In-Class Test B) in Exam Week 2.
Source: Student evaluation of teaching survey
Feedback
It would help students to have more clear learning outcomes for each aspect of the unit, especially SIM material.
Recommendation
It is recommended the description and location of the learning outcomes be reviewed.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation of teaching survey
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit content be reviewed.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation of teaching survey
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
It is recommended clinic placements continue as a requirement of this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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