RMIT semester three of oral hygiene has been extremely busy with clinical days taking place in the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne every week to ensure sufficient skills and knowledge is gained with patient/practitioner experience. Students are also on a roster during the year taking turns going to Robinvale, a small town on the south bank of the Murray River in north western Victoria, to provide oral hygiene care to the people of the community. Robinvale provides an amazing experience to the students including being a part of the beautiful culture of the rural community including treating many Indigenous and Aboriginal individuals, which is a great honour.
Throughout the semester students are also on a rotation to attend a Cohealth clinic in Fitzroy to treat patients and to receive a more one on one teacher and student learning experience that allows for the students to work and perfect any skills they might be struggling with. Students have also been focusing on their theoretical knowledge with lectures to provide a more in depth focus into areas that prepare students for their graduation into becoming oral hygienists
Krisztina Plaganyi,
RMIT representative