ELECT EOOMS - Clerkship in Outpatient Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• The goal of this block is for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Tracked medical students to learn outpatient assessment and management of routine office based oral and maxillofacial diseases.

OBJECTIVES

• During the course each student will:
  • Maintain and document a patient log
  • Perform and document at least 5 Head and Neck Exams under the supervision of a senior resident
  • Perform and document at least 10 local anesthesia blocks (mandibular inferior alveolar nerve blocks, lingual nerve blocks, greater palatine blocks)
  • Perform and document assistance in extraction of at least 20 a total of unerupted and impacted teeth
  • Assist in the management of soft and hard tissue recontouring of 15 pre-prosthetic patients.
• Understand the different methods of oral rehabilitation (non-implant and implant treatment plans).Document and give 5 case presentations on treatment planning of partially and fully edentulous patients to the supervising attending in clinic.

SPECIFIC DUTIES OF SENIOR STUDENTS

• Active evaluation of patients in the out-patient setting, under supervision of residents and faculty
• Participating in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Outpatient surgery cases in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department clinics.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

• Peterson’s Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (3^rd ed.), Miloro, Ghali, Larsen, Waite, 2012

HOURS PER WEEK

CONF      3  HRS          WARD      5      HRS        LAB                    HRS      LIBRARY       HRS

OR          16        HRS         CLINIC      16     HRS        LECTURE                  HRS          READING    HRS

TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK:      40         

ALL

Pass/Fail