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Jan 15, 2025
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DHY 265 - Current Dental Hygiene Practice
Last Date of Approval: fall 2020
2 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course explores the integration of therapy and clinical experiences to the application of practice management of dental hygiene. It is designed to orient the student to the various office settings and each team member’s role. This course will also help introduce the dental hygiene student the moral, legal, and administrative challenges that can occur in the dental practice, including adult and child abuse, and the legal aspects including the statutes, rules, and regulations pertaining to the practice of dental hygiene in the state of Iowa. Dental Hygiene is a licensed profession and these professionals are held accountable for their actions. This course will provide an introduction to various ethical theories, moral philosophy, and reasoning. The American Dental Hygienists’ Association Code of Ethics will provide a guide for the student in their daily practice. The governmental policy and employment regulations that impact the delivery of dental hygiene care will also be covered. Included in this course is baseline knowledge of ethics as it relates to dental care issues. This course is only offered to students who are accepted into the dental hygiene program. This course will help students develop knowledge of dental practice and to use this knowledge to critically think as they provide ethical care to dental hygiene patients. This knowledge will be beneficial to the career of dental hygiene.
Corequisites: DHY 303
Mode(s) of Instruction: face to face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): Comprehensive final
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- To use the ethics knowledge learned in this course in the clinical setting and in the practice setting.
- Solve problems and make decisions based on ethics of clinical practice.
- Develop a resume, and learn to communicate and dress professionally for a job interview.
- Learn the laws governing dental hygiene.
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