DEN120 Clinical Science
College of Health Science Dental Assisting Department
Course Description: This course emphasizes patient preparation, medical/dental histories, vital signs, oral diagnosis, dental charting and accurate patient treatment records. Management of dental, medical emergencies that may occur in the dental office is achieved in this course. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for certification and registration is included. Students will learn patient management and the medically compromised patient. The study of therapeutics includes a history of drugs, methods of administration, drug effects, and commonly used drugs in the treatment of oral lesions, anxiety, and pain management. Principles of pharmacology to include; overview and dispensing of drugs, commonly used drugs in dentistry and adverse drug effects will be discussed. Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: DEN100, DEN110, DEN200, DEN200L
Corequisites: None
DEN230 Clinical Rotation II
College of Health Science Dental Assisting Department
Course Description: This course provides the student with 135 hours of clinical extern assignments in various dental specialty practices, as well as general dentistry practices. Students will learn to integrate practical experience and to reinforce subject matter and skills taught in the classroom. Students will continue to be assessed with the same skills as DEN 225 and should be showing progression in this course. Students will continue to demonstrate the ability to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: DEN100, DEN105, DEN110, DEN120, DEN125, DEN200, DEN200L, DEN206, DEN206L, DEN211, DEN211L, DEN215, DEN215L, DEN220, MED104
DEN225 Clinical Rotation I
College of Health Science Dental Assisting Department
Course Description: This course provides the student with 180 hours of clinical extern assignments in various dental specialty practices, as well as general dentistry practices. This is an opportunity for students to obtain practical experience and to reinforce subject matter and skills learned in the classroom. The student will begin interaction with dentist, staff and patient. Students will learn to demonstrate the principles of professionalism, effective communication, infection control, instrumentation, four and six handed dentistry, moisture control, asepsis, vital signs assessment, topical placement, documentation, and computer software integration. Students will assess patient oral hygiene, charting existing restorations and abnormalities. Students will expose, process, and mount radiographs. Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DEN100, DEN105, DEN110, DEN120, DEN125, DEN200, DEN200L, DEN206, DEN206L, DEN211, DEN211L, DEN215, DEN215L, DEN220, MED104
DMS213 Clinical Education VI
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students increase speed of exam completion, refine scanning techniques, professional work habits, and critical thinking. Students will conduct unassisted sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor. Students will continue to complete proficiency objectives.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: DMS211
Corequisites: None
DMS211 Clinical Education V
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: Course DescriptionThis course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students increase speed of exam completion; refine scanning techniques, professional work habits, and critical thinking. Students will conduct unassisted sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor. Students will continue to complete proficiency objectives. Clinical training may also include on-campus laboratory scanning.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS210
Corequisites: None
DMS210 Clinical Education IV
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students refine scanning techniques, increase speed of exam completion, professional work habits, and critical thinking. Students will observe and conduct sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor, with an emphasis on scanning unassisted. Students will continue to complete proficiency objectives.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS209
Corequisites: None
DMS209 Clinical Education III
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students refine scanning techniques, increase speed of exam completion, and develop professional work habits. Emphasis will be placed on developing critical thinking approaches to sonographic examinations as it relates to forming differential diagnoses of abnormal findings. Students will conduct sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor, while continuing to complete competency and proficiency objectives.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS208
Corequisites: None
DMS208 Clinical Education II
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued work experience in a hospital, private office or clinic setting. Students will improve their skills in performing procedures of abdominal, small parts, vascular, obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound exams, with a goal toward completing competencies in specific organ systems. While clinical experience will further expose the student to the professional medical environment, emphasis will be placed on the student learning to effectively communicate with the radiology and medical staff. Students will conduct sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS207
Corequisites: None
DMS207 Clinical Education I
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course will develop the student's ultrasound scanning skills in a clinical patient care environment such as a private diagnostic imaging setting or local hospital. The student will be exposed to abdominal, obstetrics, gynecology, small parts, and vascular ultrasonography where they will learn to perform ultrasound exams, effectively deal with patient care issues including patient preparation, patient history taking, and patient confidentiality,pertinent clinical laboratory values,and communication. Emphasis will be placed on the student's professional qualities as it relates to conduct, behavior and patient/sonographer interaction.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS206
Corequisites: None
PTA258 Clinical Education Experience IV
College of Health Science Physical Therapist Assistant Department
Course Description: Course DescriptionThe focus of this full-time terminal clinical experience is validation of the level of independence gained in patient care, documentation, communication and professionalism as a physical therapist assistant student. The student will work towards independence in all aspects of the scope of physical therapy practice and will achieve entry-level clinical competency upon completion in preparation for the National Physical Therapist Assistant board examination. This clinical education experience allows the student to refine professional interactions and have a basic understanding of departmental administrative mechanisms and expectations. At the completion of the clinical education experience within the clinical setting, the student will return to laboratory activities to demonstrate competent safe care of patients throughout the continuum of care.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: PTA257
Corequisites: None