Course overview
This course has been designed to introduce concepts of health communication designed to develop interprofessional communication as well as, the students' role as a graduate oral health professional Topics will be introduced in resource lectures, online learning mediums and workshops. Simulated exchanges between students and members of the public are offered in a safe environment featuring opportunities for peer review and experiential learning. Problem-based learning topics will be presented where applicable and student learning will be supported by independent and group research and discussion. The student is also required to monitor their own learning by providing feedback to each other as well as incorporating feedback from colleagues and staff.
Course learning outcomes
- Population Health Summary: Discuss the concept of Public Health and its importance in preventing and managing health conditions; Describe the main methods for epidemiological case definitions of dental caries, periodontal diseases and tooth loss; Describe the global and Australian patterns of the most prevalent oral conditions; Discuss the concept and importance of Epidemiology for Public health
- Evidence Based Dentistry Summary: Describe the main types of measures of effect according to outcome types in oral health epidemiology; Understand and interpret risk differences, risk ratios, prevalence ratios, odds ratios and mean differences; Explain the differences, applicability and magnitude of absolute and relative measures of effect for binary and continuous outcomes