This 12-month course is designed to provide graduate students with a foundational understanding and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular disorders. This course will provide basic clinical knowledge and experiences in the assessment, treatment planning and treatment execution for patients with various temporomandibular disorders.
The purpose of this 12-month course is to expose the student to a wide variety of orofacial pain problems, to identify and discuss important aspects of history taking and examinations and to critically assess the need for additional information. Each student will present his/her new patient seen that morning to fellow students, orofacial pain faculty and psychology faculty. The student will formally present the detail findings in the case and defend a treatment strategy. The student will learn to provide alternative treatment options.
This 12-month course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of basic pain neurophysiology and pain pathophysiology. This course provides the student with basic neurofunction of the peripheral and autonomic nervous system and how these systems influence the human pain experience. Central neuromechanisms and neuroplasticity are presented on the cellular level and the clinical significance is related to understanding masticatory and non-masticatory orofacial pain. The etiology and differential diagnosis of head and neck pain is emphasized.
This 12-month course is designed to provide student with a basic understanding of and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of common orofacial pain disorders and sleep disordered breathing disorders. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to identify and assess common orofacial pain disorders and present a treatment plan to the attending clinician. The student should also be able to assess common sleep disorders and present treatment suggestions to the attending clinician.
May be repeated for a total of 12 hours.
This course provides credit hours for the graduate students' independent research efforts.
An elective course offered by the Departent of Oral Health Practice. Students may work on individual projects in one or more of the disciplines encompassed by this department under the direction of a faculty member. The work should involve independent laboratory or clinical research and include supporting literature searches. The end result should be either a table clinic presentation or a paper suitable for publication. The minimum number of hours to be spent on the project and the means of evaluation will be decided before beginning the project.
An elective course offered by the Department of Oral Health Science. Students may work on individual projects in one or more of the disciplines encompassed by this department under the direction of a faculty member. The work should involve independent laboratory or clinical research and include supporting literature searches. The end result should be either a table clinic presentation or a paper suitable for publication. The minium number of hours to be spent on the project and the means of evaluation will be decided before beginning the project. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.
With the advice and approval of his or her faculty adviser, the second-year student may choose approved electives offered by the Department of Ophthalmology. The intent is to provide the student an opportunity for exploration and study in an area which supplements and/or complements required course work in the second-year curriculum. PASS-FAIL ONLY.
Fourth Year Curriculum and Student Progress Committee, the fourth-year student may choose approved electives offered by the various departments in the College of Medicine. The intent is to provide the student an opportunity to develop his fund of knowlege and clinical competence.
