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Doctor of Dental Medicine

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the program students will demonstrate the following outcomes, mapped to seven vertical themes and the University of Sydney’s graduate qualities:

  • Leadership, communication and professionalisation
  • Prevention and health promotion
  • Clinical sciences and skills
  • Evidence based practice
  • Cultural and social oral health
  • Oral and systemic biosciences
  • Interprofessional teamwork
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Course Learning Outcome
DMD Themes
Graduate Quality
1 Advocate for the importance of oral health as a multifaceted and fundamental component of health and physical and mental well-being reflecting the physiological, social, and psychological attributes that are essential to the quality of life as defined by the FDI World Dental Federation. Leadership, communication and professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Clinical sciences and skills
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Oral and systemic biosciences
Communication (oral and written)
An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity
Influence
2 Act holistically in the provision of healthcare by recognizing the social, cultural, historical and political context of health and dentistry, and recognise and act on the presence of health inequities and disparities in society, including the impact of the social determinants of health. Leadership, communication and professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Depth of disciplinary expertise
Communication (oral and written)
3 Integrate knowledge and understanding of social and cultural oral health, oral and systemic biosciences and clinical sciences to form a holistic view of health and apply a thorough knowledge of the complex interactions between oral health, nutrition, general health, drugs and systemic diseases that may have an impact on oral healthcare and oral diseases in the management of dental patients. Clinical sciences and skills
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Oral and systemic biosciences
Depth of disciplinary expertise
Critical thinking and problem solving
4 Assess, interpret, and manage the complex acute and chronic needs of dental patients through sound clinical reasoning, evidence based clinical care and effective clinical skills within the scope of practice as defined by the national professional accrediting body. Leadership, communication and professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Clinical sciences and skills
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Oral and systemic biosciences
Depth of disciplinary expertise
Critical thinking and problem solving
Information/digital literacy
5 Demonstrate respect for and ability to work with all members of the community, including vulnerable and disadvantaged populations for example children, elderly and people with cognitive or other disability, with a recognition of human diversity. Leadership, communication and professionalisation
Social and cultural oral health
Interprofessional teamwork
Communication (oral and written)
Cultural competence
An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity
6 Comply with the ethical principles and legal responsibilities required for the provision of dental care to individual patients, to communities and populations, practicing with personal and professional integrity. Leadership, communication and professionalisation
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Depth of disciplinary expertise
An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity
Influence
7 Educate patients and their carers at all life stages, peers, other healthcare professionals, communities and populations about the aetiology and prevention of oral disease using effective, culturally safe and evidence-based education and communication strategies to improve oral health and quality of life. Leadership, communication and professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Oral and systemic biosciences
Interprofessional teamwork
Communication (oral and written)
Information/digital literacy
Cultural competence
Influence
8 Demonstrate the ability to think and act critically in an indigenous health context. Leadership, communication & professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Social and cultural oral health
Interprofessional teamwork
Communication (oral and written)
Cultural competence
Interdisciplinary effectiveness
9 Deliver safe and effective collaborative healthcare through inter-professional teamwork within the Australian healthcare system. Leadership, communication & professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Clinical sciences and skills
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Interprofessional teamwork
Communication (oral and written)
Information/digital literacy
Interdisciplinary effectiveness
An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity
10 Manage effective work practices as both a team leader and a team participant, to practice reflexively within personal limitations and scope of practice that maximises safety. Leadership, communication & professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Clinical sciences and skills
Evidence based practice
Social and cultural oral health
Interprofessional teamwork
Critical thinking and problem solving
Information/digital literacy
Inventiveness
Influence
11 Demonstrate effective research and inquiry skills to plan and implement substantial research or professional projects, including the critical evaluation of research evidence. Leadership, communication & professionalisation
Prevention and health promotion
Evidence based practice
Critical thinking and problem solving
Communication (oral and written)
Inventiveness
Interdisciplinary effectiveness
12 Acquire skills to continue professional learning across the career, with the ability to proactively search for and critically read research and evaluate information from diverse information systems to apply new evidence-based knowledge and skills to practice. Leadership, communication & professionalisation
Clinical sciences and skills
Evidence based practice
Depth of disciplinary expertise
Information/digital literacy
An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity