Dental 411,general internal medicine

Dental 411 GIM

 

COURSE TITLE :

General Internal Medicine

CREDIT HOURS : One (1)

CREDIT UNITS : 1 Lecture

LEVEL : Fourth Year dental students (First Semester)

CONTACT HOURS : 1 Lecture = One Hour

Total = One Hour

PRE-REQUISITE COURSE: None

 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed purposely for the dental students to give an overview of the 

different specialties of internal medicine which will be beneficial for their dental 

practice. The teaching, which consists of a series of lectures, will cover the 

diagnosis, approach, management and complications of cases which are most likely 

to be encountered in the dental profession.

 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

At the end of this course, students will have:

1. Adequate working knowledge of the general internal medicine.

2. Specific knowledge on the following area of internal medicine:  

Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Oncology/Hermatology, Endocrinology, 

Dermatology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Pulmonology, Pharmacology and Psychiatry.
 

 

Psychaitry lectures:
 

Dentists are mostly trained to provide treatment for patients with straightforward problems that respond to routine therapy and do not recur. However,Patients may present to dentists and complain solely of resistant chronic or recurrent physical symptoms such as toothache, headache, and facial pain. After many  inappropriate investigations & treatments these physical symptoms are revealed to be due to emotional disturbance. Anxiety in dental setting may manifest itself as a phobia, or a dysmorphic concern about certain aspects of patients’ appearance.

 

The psychiatry lectures try to cover many intersecting points between these two subspecialties.