Learning Outcomes
Objective:
Course’s objectives are to inform students on oral diseases, provide both diagnostic and therapeutic skills and promote intercourse between General Medicine and oral diseases. Training is oriented on “symptom oriented diagnosis” and “problem based learning” strategies.
Intended learning outcomes:
Pre-graduate education on oral structures, functions and disorders
Providing clinical skills on evaluating oromaxillofacial area, organs and neighbouring structures. Students are encouraged to develop a high clinical suspicion for serious or emergency problems or disorders connected to manifestations of systemic diseases. Both the course and textbook are structured according to “symptom oriented” and “problem based learning” strategies. This fact promotes an algorithmic approach of clinical problems and development of a differential diagnosis methodology.
Course Content (Syllabus)
Structure and function of the oral cavity
Aging and oromaxillofacial changes
Oromaxillofacial system and speech
Taste and olfactory disorders
The function of swallowing
Oral phase swallowing disorders
Xerostomia – sialorrhea
Soft tissue disorders
Odontogenic infections and abscesses
Tumor – like lesions of the oral mucosa
Dermatology and disorders of the oral mucosa
Disorders of the mandible and temporomandibular joint
Assignments distribution: determine subjects and provide reference bibliography
Case report presentations
Oral manifestations of systemic diseases
Oral cancer
Assignments presentation – Course evaluation