Course Descriptions

DAS 115 - Orientation to Dental Assisting Clinical Practice

1 Credit

This course will provide orientation activities and didactic coursework to prepare the students for the mandatory clinical externship experience. Coursework will include orientations to clinical externship facilities, review of policies and protocols, clinical observation requirements, HIPAA regulations and compliance and professional clinical practice issues.

Corequisites: Successful completion of DAS 110, DAS 111, DAS 112, DAS 113, DAS 114.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Students will provide site-specific health clearances to attend required off-campus clinical experiences.
2. Complete on-boarding orientation activities for assigned clinical experiential sites (OSHA, HIPAA, Radiation Safety, Infection Control Protocols, Parking, Computer Training, etc. ).
3. Complete clinical dental assisting observation/precepted dental assisting experiences.
4. Prepare for spring semester clinical rotation sites dental assisting.

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Fall Semester 2025
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