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COURSE SYLLABUS

 

 

1.         TITLE OF COURSE:              National Board Review

            PREFIX/NUMBER:                DEH 266             Credit Hours:   2 Credits

 

2.         PREREQUISITES:                  Current enrollment in the Dental Hygiene Program

3.         RESOURCES NEEDED:        Case Studies in Dental Hygiene; by Evelyn Thomson, 2nd edition,     ISBN 978-0-13-158994-0, Prentice Hall, 2009.

                                                            ­Mosby’s Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene 6th Edition: by Michele Darby, ISBN 0-323-03713-5, Mosby, 2006.

 

4          COURSE

            DESCRIPTION:                      An elective course to provide formalized review sessions of the
                                                subject matter and testing methods which will appear in written and
                                                clinical board examinations.  Case studies utilized for broad review
                                                will proved a diverse population of patients.

5.         COURSE GOAL:                    Provides formal review sessions for second year dental hygiene students preparing to sit for the National Board Examination.           

 

6.         COURSE OBJECTIVES:        A detailed list of course objectives will be given at the beginning of the first class  

                                                           

8.         EVALUATION

            PROCEDURES:                      Students will be evaluated satisfactory-unsatisfactory based on attendance and participation.

 

 Attendance:                                     

Attendance is required in all dental hygiene classes (didactic, laboratory and clinic).  It is the student’s responsibility to arrive on time and be prepared for class.

 

The attendance policy of the Dental Hygiene Program will be the same as Pueblo Community Colleges' with the following additions:

 

§  Any absence must be reported to the program administrative assistant by 8:00 a.m.

   Absences and tardies are tracked by the administrative assistant.

§  If any absence occurs during a scheduled test or examination, the student will receive an automatic zero (0).

§  Extended absences for emergency circumstances will be dealt with on an individual basis.

§  More than two absences will result in the lowering of a full letter grade.

§  Three or more tardies are equal to one absence.

§  If 20 percent or more of a lecture or laboratory class is missed, the student will receive a failing grade.

§  Missed Clinics Cannot Be Made Up

  

  Academic Integrity:   

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity.  Therefore, Pueblo Community  College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook.  Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following:  cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation.  It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty.  Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.

 

Disability Statement:

                                                           Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive
                      Accommodations for this class.  Please
contact the Disability
                      Resources
Center
at 549-3446 for further information.

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