DHYG 4570 - Senior Project (ALCE)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Dental Hygiene

Description:

The Community Oral Health Senior Project will provide students with the opportunity to apply knowledge, skills and values attained during the program curriculum to demonstrate competency required for Institutional Learning Outcomes and Program Learning Outcomes. This hybrid course will help students gain knowledge in adult learning and instructional design as they develop a lesson plan that will be presented to an adult population in need of oral health education. Students will apply evaluation techniques to assess the learning of their population as well as their own learning. This course is designated as an Active Learning Civic Engagement (ALCE) course. Students will be working to make a difference in the civic life of our community through both political and nonpolitical processes. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Design a capstone project to address the oral health care needs of a target population. 2. Apply effective communication skills while working with a community partner in the implementation of community oral health project. 3. Discuss how to effectively teach adult learners. 4. Design and develop an instructional module including goals, learning objectives, and outcomes. 5. Analyze measures of central tendency to evaluate the oral health knowledge and behavior of a target population. 6. Demonstrate mastery of the Utah TechDH BS Program Learning Outcomes in conjunction with the Utah Tech Institutional Learning Outcomes. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Dental Hygiene program. SP

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/26/2008 - 08/14/2015 

Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

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