Reference no: EM133341642 , Length: 2 pages
Dental Hygiene Community Health
REQUIREMENT DETAILS:
One Shadowing placement & individual report required: submit within 3 days of your placement.
You will attend Dr Fritz' office for a full day of learning and observing all things perio!! The date is yours to choose-please sign up on the list posted NOTE that this or any other placement must NOT interfere with your regularly scheduled clinics or classes.
Dr Fritz' office specifically requests that you wear blue uniforms.
You will bring your freshly laundered, pressed uniform, clinic shoes, safety glasses, face shield, N95 (TBD), and nametag to the office and change once you arrive. We can discuss PPE if it is an issue for the office to provide it.
Personal decorum must be meticulous (no cell phones, no vaping/smoking etc within any distance of the office), hair must be neat (not finger combed), away from face. No jewelry or scents. Short clean nails, no nail polish, etc).
N95 mask (gowns and gloves are being provided). Time permitting and if you are interested, should there be an interesting surgery scheduled, please ask if you can observe! NOTE that it would be a surgical procedure and blood will be involved-eat before you go!!
REPORT DETAILS:
Title Page:
Your name & attending peer(s) (if applicable)
Dr./office name & address
Contact person and number
Date of placement
Date of submission
Discuss, the following points:
2 pg. report (not including title & reference page) APA style 7th edition applied to all areas of this report
Procedures you observed
Determinants of Health (DoH): discuss the DoH impacted (positive or negative) noted in a client who attended. ***Social Determinants of health The_Canadian_Facts Report PDF is attached***
Asepsis techniques observed: Barriers? Enclosures? Fallow time observed? Any interesting systems observed?
Equipment used. Anything new and interesting?
Communication techniques and ‘Health Promotion Theories' identified-discuss the instance you observed it. (Beatty Chp 8). How was the appointment ‘tailored' for the clients? How were ‘language barriers' overcome? *** Chp_8_Health_Promotion_and_Health_Communication PowerPoint is attached*** ***also the Christine French Beatty - Community oral health practice for the dental hygienist book is attached BUT the one is attached is 4th edition and the one used in class is 5th edition but I have it as a hard copy not a PDF***
Discuss the ‘Stages of Prevention' you observed during the appointment. Explain and support your work. (Darby Chp 4/Beatty Chp 2 pp. 19/20) ***Chp_4_Darby_5th_ed PowerPoint is attached***
Documentation:
Indices: which indices are incorporated? (Wilkins Chp 21/Beatty Appendix F) ***INDICES Wilkins 13ed Chp 21 PowerPoint is attached***
Perio Assessment: How often do they probe and rationale, compare/contrast/discuss with what you learned throughout the program.
Risk Assessment: Do they use Perio Risk Assessments? Discuss, cmpare/contrast
DHDx: What does the DH Dx statement look like?
Evaluation methods?
Length of time for appointments?
Intervals suggested to clients and rationale?
Are appointments tailored/client specific?
What are their hygiene appointments called?
Forms used or Computer software?
Radiography type (analog/digital?) frequency and rationale.
Points of interest (Guided Biofilm Therapy/Piezo/Ultrasonic/Manual debridement? Instruments used? What surprised you and why? How does this compare to what you learned in the program?
Relationship building techniques?
Sharpening?
Time management tips and tricks?
This is not an exhaustive list and is to be in essay format. Do not answer each question directly.
Article 1 - Social Determinants of health The Canadian Facts Report
Article 2 - Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist by CHRISTINE FRENCH BEATTY