DEN 493
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course consists of a didactic and clinical component with 10 credit hours. It is designed
to cover all clinical disciplines in dentistry. It is offered to the fifth year students and consists of
one lecture and four clinical sessions per week throughout the Academic Year.
This is a conjoint course by the six dental Departments of the School where contributors
from all dental disciplines participate in both the lectures and the clinical sessions.
A one-week Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course is given within the Academic
Year.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The students should be able to:
• Establish an excellent foundation for patient care.
• Use proper diagnostic tools to reach a proper diagnosis.
• Professionally formulate a comprehensive treatment plan and discuss various treatment
modalities.
• Professionally manage different clinical cases and procedures.
COURSE PROTOCOLS:
1. Students MUST perform a complete comprehensive treatment for all cases that are assigned
to them by the course director. No student is allowed to pass the course without
completing a minimum of 5 cases that are classified according to different degrees of
difficulty (S, S+, M, M+ and M++). However, completing the "M" cases is mandatory to
pass the course. The Rules and Regulations of the school are implemented in this regard.
! The student is NOT ALLOWED to start any case prior to Case- Classification
by the Course Director.
! It is NOT ALLOWED to dismiss or transfer patients from this course to
another or from a student to another without the approval of the Course
Director.
! One of the completed cases should be selected by the student for a CASE
PRESENTATION
2. A student is allowed to start the treatment procedure ONLY AFTER BOTH:
a. The Initial Treatment plane is approved and signed by the Course Director.
b. The specialized Definitive Treatment Plan is approved and signed in the patient's file
by the respective specialty clinical instructor. The case should be given a “Weight”
that should be recorded in the PATIENT FILE AND SIGNED IN THE CLINICAL
LOGBOOK
3. Zero (0) mark is scored to the student who fails to fulfill items no. 1 and 2 of the protocols.
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4. Zero (0) mark is scored to the student who shows improper management of the case,
repeated ignorance to instructions, irreversible damage, improper behavior with patients,
colleagues and/or clinical instructors.
5. Zero (0) mark is scored to the student who fails to finish the clinical work during the
allotted clinical time per session. If the student got another Zero (0) on another case for
the same reason, the highest case points will be completely canceled. However the student
Must continue the treatment of the case as per the treatment plan signed before.
6. NO marks will be counted for non-completed cases. Bonus marks will
be added to case completed.
7. The course Director is the ONLY ONE in charge to implement items no.3, 4, 5 and 6 of the
protocols.
8. The Final evaluation is based on the degree of difficulty of cases, number of complete
cases, proper management of the allotted clinical time, knowledge, performance of clinical
procedures and proper behavior.
9. Discussion and questions about the on-going clinical procedure can be conducted at any
time by any clinical instructor of specialty during the regular clinical session.
10. According to clinical procedure, the student should book patient according to the
availability of the specialty instructor at the clinical session. Names of clinical instructors
at all clinical sessions are posted on the clinic's bulletin board.
11. Any clinical procedure that is started under the supervision of a clinical instructor should
be completed under the supervision of the same clinical instructor. Exceptional cases to
this rule are to be arranged only by the Course Director.
12. Any clinical procedure that is performed by the student should be recorded in the patient's
file. The student should also write clearly her/his name, university number and signature.
This should be followed by the signature of the clinical instructor of the procedure.
13. Attendance of students in both lectures and clinic is mandatory. Student absence at any
clinical session is absolutely not acceptable. Being 10 minutes late to the lecture or 15
minutes late to the clinical session is considered as absence. This will affect the student's
evaluation. However, absence due to emergency and sickness may be considered
providing an acceptable excuse or medical report respectively to the Course Director.
KSU Rules and Regulations of Student’s Absenteeism are strictly applicable.
14.
Professionalism is expected from students at all times Coordination with the Booking
Area to bock patients is the RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENTS.
Emergency case(s) is/are assigned ONLY by the Course Director to any student at clinical