Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4419 Certificate IV in Dental Assisting (Dental Radiography)

Course Title: Produce a prescribed dental radiographic image

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 130

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

 

  

 


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

DENT5883C

City Campus

TAFE

535T Social Care and Health

Face-to-Face or Internet

 Term1 2023,
Term1 2024,
Term2 2024

Course Contact: Sandra Torbica

Course Contact Phone: 03 9925 0311

Course Contact Email: sandra.torbica@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will learn the skills and knowledge required to operate dental radiographic equipment and position the patient correctly to produce an intraoral or extraoral diagnostic radiographic image.

 

This course addresses the following units of competency: 

  • HLTDEN021
  • HLTDEN022

 

These units are clustered for delivery and assessment.

Cluster name: Dental Radiography.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

HLTDEN023 Produce a prescribed dental radiographic image

Elements:

1. Position patient to obtain image.

2. Position dental radiographic receptor.

3. Operate radiographic imaging equipment safely to produce an intraoral or an extraoral image.

4. Process and provide quality assurance for the exposed dental image.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. 


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations, and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.