CCMAS Course Search

Definition of epidemiology and epidemiology types. Uses of epidemiology. Descriptive epidemiology, persons, place and time. Epidemiological methods. Investigation of epidemics. Screening in disease control. Principles of control of communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Basic Concepts in Psychology, behavior, stimulus systems, motivation and moods. Basic cognitive process, learning and intelligence and memory. Thinking and cognitive theories. Personality. Introduction to social psychology. Introduction to behavioral research. Fundamentals of psychopathology.

Description of Human beings’ make-up and physiological needs. Human culture within his/her environment. Components of the environment, physical, biological, socio-cultural. Distinction between natural and man-made environment. Human organisations and Systems. Behavioral and non-behavioral factors contributing to health and disease. Models and classification of health behaviour. Community power structure and communication processes and their implication for the success or failure of health programme intervention. Family structures and patterns, marriage and family institutions. Functions of the families.

Definition, development and history of occupational health. Working environment and health. Occupational health practice and services. Occupational health problems in Nigeria and their control (occupational safety and hygiene). The health problems of agricultural workers in Nigeria. Occupational lung diseases, skin diseases. Estimating occupational and environmental health risks. National and international regulations relating to occupational health. Workman’s compensation Act.

Wound healing, soft and hard tissues. Systemic conditions of importance to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Review of clerkship, with a bias to oral and maxillofacial surgery. Pre- operative assessment of the maxillofacial patient. Principles of minor oral surgery. Asepsis, aseptic techniques and sterilisation in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Clinical investigations in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Review of local anaesthesia in dentistry. Introduction to exodontia indications and contraindications for tooth extraction. Pre-operative assessment in intra-alveolar/trans alveolar extractions. Intra-alveolar exodontia. Trans-alveolar exodontia. Complications of extraction and management. Surgery including vision. Access preoperative patient assessment in exodontias. Principles and complications of tooth extractions.

Commonly used terms and conditions in oral medicine and their clinical applications. History taking. Examination. Investigations. Informed consent and pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics. Routes of drug administration. Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions. Proper prescription writing. Drug properties and dosages. Proper use of antibiotics, classifications, modes of action, and dosages. Referral in oral medicine.

General and dental developmental milestones in children, and the differences between management in the adult and in the child. Eruption of teeth, and the difference between the adult and child dentition. Principles of child psychology, non-pharmacological and pharmacological options for behavior management and pain control. Introduction to paediatric dentistry. Milestones in child development. Development of the dentition. Review of clerkship with bias to paediatric dentistry. Child psychology. Pain control for children. Non- pharmacological management. Pharmacological management.

Communication skills. History taking and physical examination. Fluids and instruments/equipment used in paediatric practice. Types of fluids, colloids, crystalloids, oral resuscitation, fluids and intravenous fluids, composition and uses of common oral fluids and intravenous fluids. Common instruments and equipment with practical bedside demonstration. Procedures in paediatric practice. Venepuncture, naso gastric tube insertion. Setting up of intravenous fluid infusions. Lumbar puncture. Exchange blood transfusion. Bone marrow 115 aspiration. Blood film for malaria parasite. Urine, stool and cerebrospinal fluid microscopy. Gram stain and chemistry.

Origin and concepts of primary health care, definition of PHC. Principles and components of primary health care. PHC services. Community mobilisation for PHC, concepts of community participation and community ownership. Management of PHC programmes (organisation structure, planning, supervision and evaluation). The public health department. Steps in health planning (the planning cycle). Manpower development and training for PHC programmes (human resource management). Management skills and techniques, supervision, delegation (task shifting), motivation and leadership concept. Health care financing, essential drug management (drug revolving fund). Health information management system. Public health laws. Public health laboratories.

Descriptive terms. Plans and terms of relationship of the human body. Terms of comparison. Attachment of muscles. Types of muscles. Movements of joints. Osteology. Principles of Kinesiology. General organisation of body systems. Upper limb. Pectoral region and mammary gland. Axilla and brachial plexus. Deltoid and scapular regions. Arm, forearm, hand, bones and joints.