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Curriculum Aim and Objectives
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Aim: |
| The aim of
a dental curriculum is to produce a
caring, knowledgeable, competent and
skilful dentist who is able to accept
professional responsibility for the
effective and sage care of patients, who
appreciates the need for continuing
professional development, and who is
able to utilize advances in relevant
knowledge. |
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Knowledge Objective: |
| The dentist
will have acquired an understanding of
the scientific basis of dentistry
including the relevant medical sciences,
the mechanisms of knowledge acquisition,
scientific be aware of a wide range of
problems that are presented by patients
and the variety of techniques that have
been developed for their recognition,
investigation, prevention and treatment. |
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Other important areas of knowledge and
understanding include: |
- disease process such as
infection, inflammation, immune
response, degeneration, neoplasia,
metabolic, disturbance and genetic
disorder which may present as
disease.
- the principles of health
promotion and disease prevention,
the organization and provision of
health care in the community and in
hospital, the relevance of business
management skills and of the
economic and practical constraints
within which such care is delivered.
- the ways in which both physical
and mental illness occurs in
patients, and the psychological
responses to normal physical and
social processes.
- the broader issues of dental
practice, including ethics,
medico-legal considerations, and
health and safety legislation
affection dentistry.
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