Single course
Oral Health (nonstop)
Strengthen your skills in identifying and providing guidance on oral health. In this online course, you will learn to connect oral health to overall health, identify the most common oral diseases, and motivate clients to schedule dental checkups in various client situations.
Content
The course consists of four content sections and learning tasks linked to the student's work/internship. The scope of the course is 1 credit, which means 27 hours of study.
The training has three thematic sections:
1. The role of oral health in well-being
2. Links between oral health and general health
3. Common oral diseases and symptoms
Objectives
The competence objective is that after the training:
- identify the client/patient's need for oral health services in different health conditions and client situations
- identify the main links between general health and oral health
- understand the importance of oral health as an important part of overall health
- be able to motivate the client/patient to seek oral health services in a reasoned manner
- be able to refer a client/patient for a dental check-up.
Implementation methods
Independent study in Moodle learning environment. Oral health is part of the health of the whole body and a good quality of life. A healthy mouth is a key prerequisite for well-being, because the same blood circulates in the mouth and heart. During the course, you will learn to identify the most important intersections between general health and oral health. This is important so that you can better guide your client to take care of their own well-being and motivate them to seek oral health services. At the same time, this is important knowledge also for your personal health.
Additional information
More information about study fees and enrolment: avoinamk(a)jamk.fi.
More information about the course content: Marina Hirjaba (firstname.lastname(a)jamk.fi)
Please note that we don't process enrollments on weeks 42, 52 and 9.
Please note that you are not able to enroll to the open studies, if you have a degree student study entitlement at Jamk (instead enrollment in Peppi). Enrolling for open studies requires a Finnish personal identity number.