DHYG 472 Service Learning: Healthcare Teams and Community Oral Health Practicum (5 credits)

2. Self-assess application of professionalism and communication as related to the role of administrator manager, and/or public health advocate.

3. Provide professional reflective peer evaluation using assessment criteria.

4. Differentiate between service-learning and community-based programs.

5. Identify the critical components of business plan development.

6. Develop a written formal business proposal individualized to your specialty business development.

7. Utilize promotional skills to present business plans to potential clients and/or investors.

8. Identify community agencies, health networks, and healthcare professionals involved in the provision of (oral) health services for special needs and/or under-served populations.

9. Design and/or modify oral self-care practices for specific populations to best serve community needs.

10. Acquire practical experience in service learning projects specializing in the provision of services to special needs and/or under-served population cohorts.

11. Self-reflect on individual learning experiences providing services to special needs and/or under-served populations.

12. Collaborate with other healthcare and community-service professionals as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team.

Degree Outcomes
This course is part of the Bridge Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene in Dental Hygiene Degree. Please refer to the Dental Hygiene Competency Map for detail of the Program Competencies this course addresses. Each competency is identified at a level of skill by the terms Introductory (I), Developing (D), or Competent (C). The map also shows the alignment between each Program Competency and the Pierce College Core Ability(ies). Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
Group discussion
Group written assignments
Group oral presentations
Individual written report
Individual oral presentations
Patient evaluations
Community group evaluations
Teaching practicum
Instructor observations
Instructor evaluation
Mentor assessment
Peer evaluation
Self-evaluation
ePortfolio