5/1/2024 2:37:15 PM	DA 66.1A Course Outline as of Fall 2018	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  DA 66.1A	Title:  CLINICAL PRACTICE 1
Full Title:  Clinical Practice 1
Last Reviewed:2/25/2019

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	1.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	17.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	6.00		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	105.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	7.00			Contact Total	122.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  35.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Clinical practice in patient management and chairside assisting for the dental students at the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry and private practice in working as part of a complete dental team in private/general practice dentistry offices in Sonoma County.  Weekly seminars to evaluate and review internship experiences.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion or Current Enrollment in DA 62; AND Course Completion of DE 55A

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:
Acceptance to the Allied Dental Programs

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Clinical practice in patient management and chairside assisting for the dental students at the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry and private practice in working as part of a complete dental team in private/general practice dentistry offices in Sonoma County.  Weekly seminars to evaluate and review internship experiences.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion or Current Enrollment in DA 62; AND Course Completion of DE 55A
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:Acceptance to the Allied Dental Programs
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2012	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Work as a member of the dental health team in patient care facilities.

2. Perform the duties of a chairside dental assistant in a general dentistry practice.

3. Perform sterilization and laboratory duties.

4. Compare experiences in various clinical settings.

5. Perform coronal polish procedures under the supervision of a dentist.

6. Demonstrate skills in performing Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) examination tasks at the

    novice level.

7. Demonstrate at the novice level clinical performance documentation.

Topics and Scope

I. Orientation to the Dental School

    A. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements

    B. State regulations

    C. School policies

II. Clinical Performance*

    A. General duties

    B. Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) functions

    C. Coronal polish

    D. Pit and fissure sealants

    E. Radiation safety

     D. Aseptic techniques

III. Performance Evaluations*

    A. Dental students

    B. Private practice

IV. Site Research Reports

    A. Dental materials and products

    B. Dental techniques

 

*Presented in lecture and performed in lab

Assignments:

Lecture Related Assignments:

1. Weekly experiential essays.

2. Weekly record of clinical procedures performed.

3. Student's written goals.

4. Reports describing one new procedure and one new material (1-2 pages each).

5. Written self-evaluation - mid semester (1-3 pages).

 

Lab Related Assignments:

1. Perform dental assisting duties (6 hours a week)   

2. Coronal Polish on 2 Patients - Documented

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 30 - 40%
Self-Evaluation, experential essays, goals and log of clinical procedures performed, new material and new procedure reports
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 60 - 70%
Clinical performance of dental assisting duties and evaluations, coronal polish on 2 patients
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Modern Dental Assisting. 12th ed. Bird, Doni and Robinson, Debbie. Elsevier. 2018

Instructor prepared materials

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