Foundations of Dental Medicine
Course Director: Ashland Doomes and Cameron Randall
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Autumn / 1
Course Overview
This course promotes the didactic development of clinical skills that form the basis of patient-centered communication, history-taking and physical assessment, and medical record documentation. Students learn interactively through classroom lecture sessions, small group discussions, group work, and case activities. They also develop culturally appropriate basic skills through an e-learning program.
Learning Objectives
The student who successfully completes this course will be able to do the following:
1. List the components of a comprehensive dental/medical/behavioral history.
2. Explain the need for eliciting an accurate substance-use history during a dental examination.
3. Identify social and cultural contributors to individual patients’ health and health behaviors.
4. Describe concepts related to health inequities for people from historically excluded groups.
5. Describe principles of cultural humility relevant to health care.
6. Describe the importance of and techniques for communicating effectively with patients in a culturally sensitive manner, with recognition of the impact of implicit biases.
7. Utilize patient-centered communication skills for eliciting and exchanging information, identifying health priorities, and making decisions about treatment.
8. Adapt the patient interview to the clinical setting and to patients’ needs across the lifespan, with a focus on adolescent, adult, and older adult patients.
9. Utilize the principles of patient autonomy and minimizing harm to analyze selected cases of patient-dentist interactions.
10. Accurately and completely document a patient’s history and exam in a standard and organized manner.
11. Develop a practice of professional reflection.
UWSOD Competencies: C-01, C-10, C-02, C-09, CE-07, C-06, CE-02, CE-03, C-03, CE-06, C-04, C-15, C-14, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-16, C-29, C-17, C-05, C-11, C-30, C-24, C-26
Date last updated: 2024-09-23