UWA Handbook 2025

Unit Overview

Description

In this unit students continue their research work as part of the small groups collaborating to existing research projects run by the staff of the Dental School. Students also continue to build on concepts of personal and professional development developed in Years 1, 2 and 3 of the DMD in preparation for clinical practice on graduation.

The Research Project Module allows students to understand the process of research and achieve research outcomes by undertaking a research project (commenced in Year 3). Students actively participate, working in a small group as collaborators to research projects supervised by the staff of the School of Dentistry. The Personal and Professional Development module requires you to attend lectures to discuss issues such as legislation, ethics, risk management, planning a professional path and other related topics. Students integrate the learning content through peer discussions, activities and online lecture content.

Credit

6 points

Offering

Availability	Location	Mode
Not available in 2025	Oral Health Care Centre of WA (OHCWA)	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) students continue their research work as part of the small groups collaborating on research projects run by the staff of the Dental School.

RESEARCH PROJECT

conduct a research project working in small groups as collaborators on research projects supervised by the staff of the Dental School.

collect and analyse data for the research project

prepare a research paper for a suitable journal including introduction, methods, results and references

present details of the project and results to peers as oral presentation using appropriate media. and (2) PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

describe the legal framework of dental practice

Describe the legal duties and responsibilities of an employer and an employee in dental office Describe the legal processes to resolve conflict with patients and with other dental staff

Describe key concepts of medical law

Present the history of dentistry as a profession Discuss key issues and ethical principles in bioethics

Describe the implications of ethical dilemmas and the importance of establishing careful, cooperative and morally serious approaches to their resolution..

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) oral presentations; (2) assignment: draft of paper introduction, methods, results and references; and (3) MCQ Test. Further information is available in the unit outline.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Omar Kujan

Unit rules

Prerequisites

DENT5301 Oral Medicine I (formerly DENT5301 Microbiology, Oral Pathology and Temporomandibular Disorders).
DENT5302 Research Design, Statistics and Dental Public Health (formerly DENT5302 Research, Dental Public Health and Oral Implantology).
DENT5303 Complex Oral Rehabilitation 1.
DENT5304 Child and Adolescent Comprehensive Oral Care 1 and Orthodontics.
DENT5305 Special Needs Dentistry and Orofacial Pain.
DENT5306 Introduction to Dental Practice, Maxillofacial Infections and Trauma.
DENT5307 Complex Oral Rehabilitation 2.
DENT5308 Child and Adolescent Comprehensive Oral Care 2 and Research

Co-requisites

DENT5402 Integrated Dental Practice 1.
DENT5403 Integrated Dental Practice 2.
DENT5404 Australian Indigenous, Rural and Remote Oral Health 1

Approved quota: 70—domestic (50) and international (20). For school leavers—rural (3), Metropolitan Pathway (3), Indigenous (3), high academic achievement (5), international (3). For graduates—rural (2), Metropolitan Pathway (2), Indigenous (2), international (3), graduates (30).