SYLLABUS of the MODULE (SUBJECT)

General Information

Module title: Soicial Dentistry 2223
Module type	Obligatory/ (wybrać)
Faculty PMU	Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Major	Dentistry
Level of study	long-cycle (S2J)
Mode of study	full-time studies
Year of studies, semester	Year 2, semester IV
ECTS credits (incl. semester breakdown)	3
Type/s of training	lectures (12h) /seminars (32h)/ practical/ (wybrać)
Form of assessment	☒graded assessment: ☐descriptive ☒test ☐practical ☐oral ☐non-graded assessment ☐final examination ☐descriptive ☐test ☐practical ☐oral
Head of the Department/ Clinic, Unit	Dr hab. n.med. Tomasz Olszowski
Tutor responsible for the module	Dr hab. n.med. Tomasz Olszowski, tomasz.olszowski@pum.edu.pl
Department’s/ Clinic’s/ Unit’s website	https://www.pum.edu.pl/uniwersytet/dydaktyka_i_leczenie/kliniki_katedry_zaklady_i_pracownie/wmis/zakad_higieny_i_epidemiologii/
Language	English

Detailed information

Module objectives	The student knows the basic types of epidemiological research and indicators used to determine the health situation of the population, including oral health, knows the cultural, social and environmental threats to health, including oral health, has knowledge about the principles of operation and management of health care facilities, including dental care
Prerequisite /essential requirements	Knowledge	Student knows the basics of the functioning of the human body, knows the types of microorganisms
Skills	Student has the ability to obtain and use information, identifies pathogenic microorganisms,
Competences	Student works in a team, transfers acquired knowledge, has universal social communication skills

Description of the learning outcomes for the subject /module
No. of learning outcome	Student, who has passed the (subject) knows /is able to /can:	SYMBOL (referring the standards)	Method of verification of learning outcomes*
W01	knows and understands basic terms related to health, life style and health of population	G.W4.	K, O
W02	knows and understands methods of identifying health needs of society	G.W5.	K,O
W03	knows and understands population health state indicators and rules of estimation thereof	G.W14.	K,W
W04	knows and unerstands rules of prevention of diseases and health improvement	G.W15.	K,W
W05	knows and understands rules of epidemiologic management of contagious disease focus	G.W16.	K,W
W06	knows and understands rules of planning and evaluation of prophylactic activities	G.W17.	PS
W07	knows and understands procedures applicable to epidemic hazards	G.W20.	K,W
U01	is able to analyze data on health of population, epidemiological data and determine health of the population on their basis	G.U1.	K
U02	is able to describe selected health phenomena on population scale and predict their impact on the health care systeme functioning	G.U2.	K
U03	is able to appraise range of health related problems and identifies relevant priorities and estimates importance thereof to health policy	G.U3.	K
U04	is able to analyzes epidemic conditions with regard to social and demographic processes	G.U4.	K
U05	can create simple research programs in field of prophylaxis and treatment	G.U5.	K
U06	is able to identify factors affecting national health policy	G.U6.	K
U07	is able to plan and implement promotion actions concerning population health	G.U7.	K, PS
U08	is able to identify hazardous factors in place of work, residence and study	G.U12.	K
U09	is able to estimate hazards to health due to quality of air, water, soil and food	G.U13.	K
U10	is able to confirm or preclude relationship between environmental factors and etiology of disease inclusive of occupational disease	G.U14.	K
U11	is able to provide patients with information on hazards to and prevention of most common social diseases in Poland	G.U16.	K
U12	is able to interpret basic epidemic indicators, defines and appraises reliability and relevance of tests used in screening examination	G.U17.	K,W
U13	can design epidemiologic study	G.U18.	K
U14	can conduct epidemiologic investigation	G.U19.	K
U15	is able to follow sanitary-epidemiological regulations and health and safety regulations at work	G.U21.	K
K01	is ready to establish and maintain deep and respectful contact with the patient as well as to show understanding for ideological and cultural differences	K.1.	O
K02	is ready to be guided by the patient wellbeing	K.2.	O
K03	is ready to respect physician-patient privilege and patient's rights	K.3.	O
K04	is ready to take activities towards patient on the basis of ethical principles with awareness of social conditions and disease restrictions	K.4.	O
K05	is ready to notice and recognize own limitations, make self-assessment of educational deficits and needs	K.5.	O

Table presenting LEARNING OUTCOMES in relation to the form of classes
No. of learning outcome	Learning outcomes	Type of training
Lecture	Seminar	Practical classes	Clinical classes	Simulations	E-learning	Other…
W01	G.W4.	x	x
W02	G.W5.	x
W03	G.W14.	x
W04	G.W15.	x
W05	G.W16.	x	x
W06	G.W17.	x
W07	G.W20.	x	x
U01	G.U1.	x
U02	G.U2.	x	x
U03	G.U3.	x	x	x
U04	G.U4.	x	x
U05	G.U5.	x	x
U06	G.U6.	x	x
U07	G.U7.	x
U08	G.U12.	x
U09	G.U13.	x	x
U10	G.U14.	x	x
U11	G.U16.	x	x
U12	G.U17.	x	x
U13	G.U18.	x	x
U14	G.U19.	x
U15	G.U21.	x
K01	K.1.	x	x	x
K02	K.2.	x	x	x
K03	K.3.	x	x	x
K04	K.4.	x	x	x
K05	K.5.	x	x	x

Table presenting TEACHING PROGRAMME
No. of a teaching programme	Teaching programme	No. of hours	References to learning outcomes
Summer semester
Lectures
TK01	The introduction to Social Dentistry. Basic definitions associated with general health and oral health. . Phases of prophylaxis. Dental caries – methods of prevention: everyday non-professional and professional.	2	D.W1; D.W3; G.W4., G.W15, G.W17; G.U7; G.U6
TK02	Tobacco smoking and oral health effects. Prevention methods against smoking related diseases: the role of dental team in quitting smoking.	2	G.U6;GU12; G.U13;GU14
TK03	Environmental toxicology. The use of mercury compounds in dentistry. Community hygiene: quality of drinking water – hygienic standards. Fluorosis - symptoms and clinical significance.	2	G.U6;GU12; G.U13;GU14
Seminars
TK01	Measures of health and disease. Sources of information about the health of the population. Types of population age structures - demographic and epidemiological transformation. Positive and negative measures: QALY, HDI, LE, HLY, fertility rate, natural increase, prevalence, incidence (on the example of infectious diseases), morbidity, mortality (general, proportional, detailed) on the example of CHUK, general, early and late infant mortality (def and causes), DALY, YPLL (years of life lost), YLD (years lived with disability)	2	G.W4; G.W5; G.W14, G.U1, G.U2., G.U4, G.U6; G.U16
TK02	Descriptive epidemiology of oral disease. Analytic epidemiology: chosen types of analytic epidemiological studies. Advantages and disadvantages of different types of studies.	2	G.W14, G.U1; G.U2;G.U3; G.U4;G.U18
TK03	Experimental epidemiology. Interpretation of NNT, ARR, RR, RRR. Bias in epidemiology	2	G.U5; G.U14; G.U17; G.U18;
TK04	Screening and measures of accuracy of diagnostic tests. Causality in epidemiology. Hill’s criteria of causation.	2	G.U5; G.U14; G.U17; G.U18
TK05	Oral hygiene and dental caries indexes (OHI-S, DMFT, SiC).	2	G.U1; G.U2;G.U3;
Practical classes
TK01	Periodontal diseases epidemiology. Calculating periodontal disease indexes: GI, Russell index, CPITN.	2	G.U2;GU4; G.U5
TK02	Health measures. Calculation and interpretation of indicators.	2	G.U2;G.U4; G.U5
TK03	Calculation and interpretation of measures of association in analytical studies	2	G.U2; GU4; G.U5; G.U18;
TK04	Calculation and interpretation of effect measures in experimental studies: risk, relative risk, risk difference, absolute risk reduction, relative risk reduction, hazard ratio, odds ratio.	2	G.U2;G.U4; G.U18;
TK05	Screening test evaluation. Calculation and interpretation of sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, diagnostic accuracy, likelihood ratios	2	G.U14, G.U17, G.U18
E-learning
TK01	Preventive supervision of infectious diseases, prevention strategies. The epidemic process - basic concepts. The role and tasks of sanitary and epidemiological supervision authorities.	2	G.U2; G.U6
TK02	Prevention of infections and their transmission in dental office: rules of washing, disinfection and sterilization; medical waste management.	2	D.U14; G.U6; G.U4

Booklist
Obligatory literature:
1. Bonita, Ruth, Beaglehole, Robert, Kjellström, Tord & World Health Organization: Basic epidemiology, 2nd ed. World Health Organization 2006.
2. Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang, and Martin Gulliford (editors): Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Oxford University Press 2009.
Supplementary literature:
1. Ann Aschengrau, George R. Seage: Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health. Jones & Bartlett Learning; 4th edition 2018.

Student’s workload
Form of student’s activity (in-class participation; activeness, produce a report, etc.)	Student’s workload [h]
Tutor
Contact hours with the tutor	45
Time spent on preparation to seminars/ practical classess	30
Time spent on reading recommended literature	10
Time spent on writing report/making project	5
Time spent on preparing to colloqium/ entry test	15
Time spent on preparing to exam
Other …..
Student’s workload in total	95
ECTS credits for the subject (in total)
Remarks

* Selected examples of methods of assessment:

EP – written examination

EU – oral examination

ET – test examination

EPR – practical examination

K – colloqium

R – report

S – practical skills assessment

RZĆ – practical classes report, incl. discussion on results

O – student’s active participation and attitude assessment

SL – lab report

SP – case study

PS - assessment of student’s ability to work independently

W – entry test

PM – multimedial presentation

other…

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