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Syllabus The Dental Management of the Medically Complex Patient- part 1 - 97715
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Last update 11-08-2020
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Dental Medicine

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Ein Karem

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr Naama Keshet

Coordinator Email: naamak@hadassah.org.il

Coordinator Office Hours: mon. 10-11

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Naama Keshet,
Dr.

Course/Module description:
the course will go over systemic diseases; symptoms, laboratory findings and the currently accepted medical therapy of each disorder. This is followed by detailed explanations and recommendations for specific dental management.

Course/Module aims:
To provide the dental student with an up-to-date, concise and factual reference describing the dental management of patients with selected medical problems.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• Collect medical information from patients using a medical background questionnaire
• Tabulate list of medical diagnoses and medications
• Identify medications which may implicate on the dental management
• Classify medical status according to American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) scale
• Explain basic medical diagnoses
• Propose modifications of the dental management based on the medical background
• Assess risk for medical emergencies
• Interpret changes in patient well-being
understandig of medical implications
implimention of medical issues in the treatment of medically complex patients

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures

Course/Module Content:
Introduction;
• Rheumatic fever and infective endocarditis;
• Diabetes;
• Coagulation disorders;
• Pregnancy;
• Red blood lineage diseases;
• White blood lineage diseases; • Dental treatment plans in medically complex patients;
Smoking and smoking cessation;
• Allergy;
• Adrenal insufficiency;
• Hypertension;
• Ischemic heart disease;
• Atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome;
• Cardiac insufficiency;
• Arrhythmias and syncope;
• Congenital cardiac defects;
• Thyroid diseases;
• Pulmonary diseases,
• Case presentation of a medically complex patient.

Required Reading:
1. Lectures material;
2. Textbook by Little, Falace, Miller and Rhodus editors. Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient. Recent edition. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier;
3. Publications specified by lecturer pertinent to the lecture

Additional Reading Material:
related articles

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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