Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4419 Certificate IV in Dental Assisting (Dental Radiography)

Course Title: Apply the principles of radiation biology and protection in dental practice

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 120

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

DENT5881C

City Campus

TAFE

535T Social Care and Health

Face-to-Face or Internet

 Term1 2024,
Term2 2024

Course Contact: Sandra Torbica

Course Contact Phone: 03 9925 0311

Course Contact Email: sandra.torbica@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will learn skills and gain knowledge required to minimise the risk of radiation to the patient, practitioner and others during the exposure of a prescribed dental radiographic image. You will also be introduced to the quality assurance measures that must be undertaken to ensure all radiographs are of consistent diagnostic standard.

 

This course addresses the following units of competency: 

  • HLTDEN022
  • HLTDEN023

These units are clustered for delivery and assessment. Cluster name: Dental Radiography.

 

 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

HLTDEN021 Apply the principles of radiation biology and protection in dental practical

Elements:

1. Apply the principles of radiation biology to protect patient, practitioner and others from ionising radiation.

2. Determine image characteristics of dental radiographic image.

3. Minimise radiation by maintaining quality in processing.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations, and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.