Phsychiatry

The course addresses the following competencies of the Faculty of Dentistry:

By the end of the course, the student should;

#1.4. Utilize rules of clinical reasoning and clinical decision making in the treatment planning of patients. 

#6.1. Manage the oral health care of the infant, child, adolescent, and adult, as well as the unique needs of women, geriatric, and special needs patients.

#6.2. Obtain a thorough patient history, make a correct examination and utilize the necessary auxiliary diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of oral and dental diseases and make an interpretation on the relationship between patients’ general health condition and dental treatment planning.

#6.4. Select, obtain, and interpret patient/medical data, including a thorough intra/extra oral examination, and use these findings to accurately assess and manage all patients.

#6.6. Recognize the manifestations of systemic disease and how the disease and its management may affect the delivery of dental care.

#6.7. Formulate a comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral plan for the management of patients.

#6.9. Make clinical decisions taking into consideration clinical expertise, patient values, best research results, systematic reviews and evidence based dental applications. 

#7.3. Have knowledge of the diseases processes such as infection, inflammation, disorders of the immune system, degeneration, neoplasia, metabolic disturbances and genetic disorders. 

#7.4. Have adequate amount of knowledge on pharmacology and therapeutics relevant to clinical dental practice and its application thereto, and be familiar with pharmacology in general medicine.