Syllabi for Baggs
Community Dental Health I
Course Syllabus CRN# 11575
Valencia College
Fall 2017
I. General Information
Course Number: DEH 2701
Lecture: M 10:00am – 11:50 am, AHS Bldg. 123
Credit Hours: 2
Professors: Tiffany Baggs, CRDH, MSDH
Office location: AHS-120
Office Phone: 407-582-1570
Office Fax: 407-582-1295
Office Hours:
| M | 8:00 am | 10:00 am |
| M | 1:00 pm | 4:00 pm |
| T, W, TR | 8:00 am | 9:00 am |
| F | 8:00am | 10:00 am |
E-mail Address: tbaggs@valenciacollege.edu
Teaching Style: Hybrid course utilizing lecture, interactive activities and
Blackboard.
II. Course Description
Prerequisite SPC 1600 and DEH 2700 Dental Health Education; Corequisite DEH 2804 and DEH 2804L. Introduces student dental hygienists to the study of various aspects of community dentistry/public health and the basic concepts of surveying, analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation in public health. Statistical analysis, research methodology, and dental health education presentations are included.
III. Course Materials
Text:
Beatty, Christine French; Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist, W.B Saunders Co., 4th Edition, 2017.
References:
Burt and Eklund; Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community, W.B. Saunders Co., 6th ed., 2005.
B. Nathe, Christine; Dental Public Health and Research, Pearson, 3rd ed., 2011
C. Jong, Anthony, Ed; Community Dental Health, C.V. Mosby Co., 5th ed.,
IV. Major Learning Outcomes
| Discuss the development of public health and its relationship to preventive dentistry. | |
| Corresponding Evidence of Learning | |
| · Student will be able to discuss key public health measures in the U.S. over the past thirty years and their effect on health · Student will be able to define dental health as a public health problem with public health solutions. · Student will be able to identify public health problems, solutions, and goals such as those described in Healthy People 2020 and the Surgeon General's Report. · Student will be able to define water fluoridation and discuss the use of fluoride in the prevention of dental caries. | |
| Core Competency: Think | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · employ the facts, formulas, procedures of the discipline | · Locally developed exam/objective · Locally developed multiple choice exam |
| Core Competency: Value | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · evaluate your own and others values from individual, cultural, and global perspectives | · Classroom assessment technique |
| Apply epidemiological principles to oral health surveillance and use biostatistics to describe the data. | |
| Corresponding Evidence of Learning | |
| · Student will be able to define epidemiology and common terms used in health surveillance. · Student will be able to describe uses for epidemiology and identify measures of dental caries, periodontal disease, and other oral diseases. · Student will be able to use measures of central tendency and statistical significance to express results of data collection. | |
| Core Competency: Think | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · analyze data, ideas, patterns, principles, perspectives | · Locally developed multiple choice exam |
| Differentiate learning theories and their application to health promotion and behavioral change. | |
| Corresponding Evidence of Learning | |
| · Student will be able to compare and contrast the health belief model and transtheoretical model for intrapersonal behavioral change in health practices. · Student will be able to discuss social learning theory application to behavioral change in groups. · Student will be able to discuss methods of framing health messages to improve health communication in various populations. | |
| Core Competency: Think | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · analyze data, ideas, patterns, principles, perspectives | · Locally developed multiple choice exam |
| Core Competency: Communicate | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · employ methods of communication appropriate to your audience and purpose | · Performance or Demonstration |
| Describe the principles of community health program planning including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. | |
| Corresponding Evidence of Learning | |
| · Student will be able to define needs assessment as it applies to selecting a target population. · Student will be able to determine goals and objectives of a community health program. · Student will be able to design evaluation measures to determine whether goals of the community health program were met during the implementation phase. | |
| Core Competency: Think | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · analyze data, ideas, patterns, principles, perspectives · employ the facts, formulas, procedures of the discipline | · Locally developed multiple choice exam |
| Core Competency: Act | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · act effectively and appropriately in various personal and professional settings · participate in sealant clinic offered to the community | · Locally developed exam/objective · Performance or Demonstration |
| Explain the scientific method and the use of biostatistics in research. | |
| Corresponding Evidence of Learning | |
| · Student will be able to explain the importance of the scientific method in research. · Student will be able to differentiate between a hypothesis and null hypothesis in a research study. · Student will be able to discuss sampling techniques and their use in research. · Student will be able to differentiate between independent and dependent variables in research. · Student will be able to use measures of central tendency, dispersion, and correlation to describe data. | |
| Core Competency: Think | |
| Indicators | Assessments |
| · employ the facts, formulas, procedures of the discipline | · Locally developed exam/objective · Problem-solving quiz |
V. Course Evaluation
Quizzes (6) 10 Points each 60 points
Discussions (6) 5 points each 30 points
Exams (1) 100 points 100 points
Comm. Project (1) 50 points 50 points
Bulletin Board (1) 20 points 20 points
260 total points
LETTER GRADE POINT DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE
A 241 – 260 points 93 – 100%
B 220 – 240 points 85 – 92%
C 195 – 219 points 75 – 84%
D 175 – 194 points 67 – 74%
F 0 – 174 points 0 – 66%
VI. Class Expectations and Attendance
Community dental health is an intense course. Students should STUDY AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EACH DAY in order to successfully pass this class.
Students are expected to attend class, any unexcused absence from class will result in a 1 pt. deduction from your total points earned. Two tardies to class will also result in a 1pt. deduction from your total points earned. There will be no make-up quizzes or exams unless approved by both instructors. You are responsible for the material taught in class as well as completing all assigned projects within this course.
Any student who exhibits excessive disruptive behavior will be asked to leave the class. Disruptive behavior includes, but is not limited to, talking during lectures, disrespectful language, tones, or mannerisms, and noisy entrances or exits from class. The disruptive student will leave the class upon the request of the professor.
Academic dishonesty is not tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism, cheating, furnishing false information, forgery, alteration or misuse of documents, misconduct during a testing situation, and misuse of identification with the intent to defraud or deceive. The penalty that the student may receive for academic dishonesty may include, but not be necessarily limited to, one or more of the following:
Loss of credit for an assignment, examination, or project
Reduction in the course grade
A grade of “F” in the course
Dismissal from the Dental Hygiene Program
Per Valencia policy, children are not permitted to attend lectures.
The use of cell phones, beepers, and any other devices that emits audible sound is not permitted in the lectures, unless requested by the professor for class activity.
The student is responsible for withdrawing from the course. The professor will not drop you from the course. Per Valencia policy, a student who withdraws from this course before the withdrawal deadline of November 10, 2017 will receive a grade of “W”. A student is not permitted to withdraw after the withdrawal deadline. Any student who withdraws from a class during a third or subsequent attempt in the same course will be assigned a grade of “F”. To receive a 100% refund of the refundable fees, students must drop from a course or all courses before the last day of the Drop/Add period as listed in the credit class schedule. September 5, 2017 is the final date you can withdraw from this class and still receive a full refund.
Students with Disabilities: Students with disabilities who qualify for academic accommodations must provide a Notification to Instructor (NTI) form from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) and discuss specific needs with the professor, preferably during the first two weeks of class. The Office for Students with Disabilities determines accommodations based on appropriate documentation of disabilities.
Contact Information: West Campus SSB, Rm. 102; 407-582-1523 (Ph), 407-582-1326 (Fax), 407-582-1222 (TTY)
Because of privacy issues, tape recorders and any other devices that can record the information in this course are not allowed. If a student has a disability and needs to be able to record the information presented in class, then the student must provide the professor with appropriate documentation from the Office of Students with Disabilities (OSD). Furthermore, the student must sign a form stating that he or she will not release these recordings to any other person and will not use these recordings for any other purpose except as a study tool.
VII. Valencia College Core Competencies
Valencia College Competencies
Valencia faculties have defined four interrelated competencies:
Value
Think
Communicate
Act
These competencies are outlined in the College Catalog. In this course, through classroom lecture and discussion, group work, and other learning activities, you will further develop mastery of these core competencies.
DISCLAIMERS:
The professor reserves the right to make changes in this course syllabus.
The professor is not responsible for the content of the Chat Room and Message Board associated with this course on Blackboard, if applicable.