542 MDS (Clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Rounds I)
Course title: Clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Rounds I
Course code: 542 MDS
Credit hours: 2
Description:
        This course is a series of rounds which expose the students to variety of clinical cases in which they learn patients clerking and management different maxillofacial condition.
Intended learning outcomes:
At the end of this course the students should be able to:
Properly clerk patients, examine, request the relevant investigations  put a differential diagnosis prepare the patient for surgery
Discuss findings, diagnosis, and treatment plan options with the patient and to obtain informed consent to carry the treatment.
Control of patients' pain and anxiety through medications, premedication and other procedures.
Write prescriptions , understanding the  pharmacology, indication and contraindications  of the used  or to be used by the patient
Manage impacted teeth, and cystic lesions of the jaws
Carry out reduction and fixation of mandibular fractures and treatment of all orofacial. infections
Manage all odotogenic and benign non-odontogenic tumors.

Course Director: Dr. Salah Albazie