This course introduces theoretical models and constructs that inform dental hygiene practice. It will assist learners in gaining foundational knowledge, attitudes, values, and abilities pertaining to professionalism, professional communication, and evidence-informed approach to decision making, while recognizing the determinants of health relevant to culturally safe and ethical dental hygiene care.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- History of dental hygiene profession and self-regulated practice in Canada
- Self and peer assessment
- Learning styles
- Systematic inquiry skills and evaluation of the literature
- Models of health care and client relationships
- Health, oral health care policy and access to care
- Determinants of health and health inequities
- Values and ethical/ moral reasoning
- Effective academic writing and journaling
- Communication social styles
- Conflict management and relational dynamics, communication across the lifespan.
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.