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                                                                     COURSE SYLLABUS

 

1.         TITLE OF COURSE               Clinical Practice of Dental Hygiene II

            PREFIX/NUMBER                 DEH 270              CREDITS: 12 

2.         PREREQUISITES                   Current Enrollment in the Dental Hygiene Program

3.         RESOURCES NEEDED:        

                                                             

            TEXT:                                      Wilkins, Esther M., Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, 9th Ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005

                                                            

            SUPPLIES:                             Clinical instruments and supplies as purchased for original student kit, kept in appropriate working condition or replaced as needed, and available for use. Only Dental Hygiene Program-approved equipment may be used in the school dental hygiene clinic.

 

4.         COURSE DESCRIPTION:     Covers patient care sessions for the performance of traditional dental hygiene treatment. Continues and expands periodontal patient care and special patient care sessions. Focuses on clinical competence in margination and polishing of restorations, nutrition counseling, oral irrigation, chemotherapeutics and OSHA compliance. 

 

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

   

6.         COURSE EVALUATION:
                         

            Final Course Grade based on Department Grading Scale:

            93 - 100 = A        
85 -  92 = B       
77 -  84 = C       
69 -  76 = D       
0 -    68= F  

 

Attendance:  

            If a patient is not available for the clinic session, the student is still required to attend clinic and

            report in with the assigned clinical faculty. 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.