DH 219 - Community Dental Health Field Experience

1. Develop and apply group skills and strategies to modify the oral health behavior of individuals and groups.
2. Analyze the relationship of the consumer, the health care workforce, and the financing organization in health care delivery systems.
3. Apply selected social, educational and behavioral science theories to dentistry, the public, and its oral health status.
4. Analyze the role of organized dental hygiene and dentistry in shaping the trends affecting the oral health care delivery system.
5. Identify and apply methods of biostatistical analysis to interpret the effectiveness of health care programs.
6. Assess the dental hygienists’ role in dental health programs for public schools, underserved populations, community clinics, industrial sites, penal institutions, long and short term health care facilities.
7. Develop an increased sensitivity and awareness for people, their environment and the factors which influence their health decisions.
8. Apply clinical skills to various populations in community settings.