Study Guide

Objectives

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- act in a professional, collegial, ethical and legal manner.
- Act in a manner that promotes patient and occupational safety.
- Acting in accordance with ethical, legal and ethical principles, and in compliance with the principles of professional ethics and ethical conduct.
- to take into account the patient's dental fears and special needs in the treatment.
- Assess the patient's need for pain relief and use pain relief methods within the competence of the oral hygienist using surface and local anaesthesia.
- carries out preventive, rehabilitative and health maintenance measures in oral health care as part of the oral hygienist's responsibilities.
- Support the client to take responsibility for their own oral health using resource-based health promotion methods.
- act as an oral health expert in various multidisciplinary networks.

Content

- The duties of an oral hygienist in accordance with the area of responsibility.
- Preventive, rehabilitative and health-maintaining clinical oral health care work within the scope of the oral hygienist's responsibilities.
- Resource-based health promotion.
- Acting as an oral health expert in networks

Assessment criteria, pass/fail

Accepted:
The student demonstrates mastery of the learning outcomes of the placement and completes the tasks assigned for the placement.

Fail:
The student does not meet the pass criteria.