MDOH 5407 - Skills Acquisition

7 credit hours

This course is designed to guide students through the cognitive and associative stages of skills acquisition. It will cover fundamental principles and concepts of dental materials science and cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of basic theory and techniques in dentistry, including communication principles in the care of dental patients, the fundamental concepts of infection control, prevention and oral hygiene instruction and basic dental assisting skills. This course builds on the information in the fall semester courses.