Training Course

Basic Training Course in Occupational Dental Health

May 5 - 9, 2008

 

Course Description

Forty (40) hours basic course for dentist, currently employed or wishing to be employed in occupational establishments. It aims to enable the participants to understand the standards and regulations specific to their work plan, implement and evaluate oral health programs for their workplace, recognize and manage occupational hazards of importance to oral health and implement an information system based on the DOH standards.

 

 

Course Objectives

        At the end of the training course, the participant will be able:

1. Appreciate the roles of dentists in occupational health.
   
2. Discuss the standards for occupational dental health services.
   
3. Understand labor laws and its implication to occupational dental health.
   
4. Analyze the different occupational hazards and diseases in dentistry, their nature, causes, (prevention, control and treatment) management, and economic implications.
   
5. Plan, implement and evaluate an occupational health program/project plan relevant to ones workplace.
   
6. Establish and maintain an information system for occupational health and safety in dentistry, through proper recording, reporting, storage, retrieval, and utilization of data.

 

 

Course Strategy

• Lectures
  
• Workshop/Plenary session (group work)
  
• Evaluation

 

 

Topic

• Labor Laws and Its Implication to Occupational Dentistry
  
• DOH Standards
  
• Occupational Hazards in Dentistry
  
• Preventive Dentistry
• Health Education
  
• Program Planning and Evaluation

 

 

Contact Person

Mr. Jorel Manalo
Mobile no. : 0918-2575054
Email Add : jorelmanalo2004@yahoo.com