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Levels and strategies of prevention. Prevention of caries (Role of dental plaque. Diet. Nutrition and personal oral health. Fluoride. Fissure sealing). Prevention of periodontal diseases (Methods of plaque control. Common risk approach). Prevention of oral cancer. Fluorosis. Hazards of practice (infection control, mercury and radiation protection).

Organisation of PHC services in a selected rural area. Primary health care clinics, operations and facilities available. Visits to LGA health department. Vaccine stores. Motherless and handicapped children. Leprosarium. Remand homes. School health services. Adequate supervision by the staff of the department. Monitoring and evaluation of students activities.

Clerking in orthopaedics, examination where appley’s principles of look, feel and move are emphasised. Management of multiply injured patient. Management details, both field and hospital management, ATLS protocol of resuscitation and then a good secondary survey to outline the various injuries which aid planning of definitive management. Management is multi-disciplinary. Fracture management. Missile and blast injuries. A list of injuries according to systems is given. Management highlights triaging patient in mass casualty situations and then following ATLS protocol for resuscitation. Principles of amputation. Diagnosis of the patient disease, resuscitation and preparation for surgery with emphasis on consent taking. A highlight of other pre-op, intra-op and op management is given as well as complications and how to prevent or manage them. Preventive measures on amputation. Spinal injured patient. Acute and chronic osteomyelitis, acute osteomyelitis. Chronic osteomyelitis. Bone metabolism especially the role of vitamin D, parathyroid hormones, calcitonin among others, the various diseases affecting these processes such as rickets, osteomalacia are discussed. Tuberculous arthritis and Pott’s disease. Hand infections. Hand injuries. The anatomy and functions of the hand. Prosthesis are all discussed. Compartment syndrome and VIC. Various causes like tight splint, close fractures and even open fractures. Congenital talipes equinovarus (idiopathic vs syndromic). Treatment or early referral at birth or soon afterwards to commence serial manipulation and casting which is the mainstay of treatment. Congenital hand abnormalities. Bone tumours.

Family medicine tools. Comprehensive and coordinated care. Patient centered approach. Primary care management. Community oriented care. Biopsychosocial dimensions of holistic care Communication and interview skills. Interrelation of curative and preventive care. The place of the family physician in the national health system. Family health beliefs and practices. Two-way referral system. The NHIS cost of health care to the family. Home visits.

The structure of medical services. Voluntary agencies. Private organisations and their inter- related nature. Medical administration in hospitals and other health services. Private practice management. Budgeting, accounting, and health financing. Personnel management, the “health team”. Medical records, health I family life cycle transitions. Computers in primary care. Medical problem solving algorithm. The family in different cultural contexts. Palliative care service available in Nigeria and abroad. Alternative medical practice, a critical review. Attachment to an accredited GP. Medico-legal matters and code of ethics.

Bite-block fabrication and manipulation of gypsum. Arbitrary mounting of bite blocks on articulators. Setting teeth to bilateral balanced occlusion. Fabrication of the wax trial denture.

Retention, stability and support. Aesthetics and preservation of residual structure, parts and surfaces and how its form achieves the goals of fabrication. Bite registration, the scope of prosthetic dentistry and introduction to the dental laboratory, goals of complete denture fabrication, the complete denture, concept of occlusion in complete dentures. Impressions, record blocks and their significance. Face-bows, articulators, and transfer of records to articulators, setting teeth and the trial appointment, denture processing.

Fabrication of partial and complete acrylic complete and temporary partial dentures from impressions to review). Use of facebow and articulators in transferring and mounting records. Surveying casts and designing metal frameworks (performed). Casting of metal frameworks (observed). Fabrication of maxillary obturators (observed). Fabrication of occlusal appliances (observed). Filling out of laboratory request forms.

History of health services administration in Nigeria. Nigeria health system and organisation of health services. Concepts, principles and functions of management. Comparative analysis of health care systems in different countries. The health team. The health planning Process. Management of human, materials and financial resources. Population policies and poverty, Evaluation of Health Services, National health policy/national health Act. National health strategy. Healthcare financing. Introduction to healthcare financing. Demand for healthcare and services. Healthcare as a commodity. The economics of healthcare. Options of healthcare financing. Health insurance. The NHIS. Community based insurance.

Public health nutrition definition. Relationship between diet and nutrition. Nutritional values of common Nigeria foodstuff. Food supply and distribution. Food chain and food security. Nutritional education. Problems associated with unbalanced diet. Nutrition and health. Infection and nutrition. Epidemiology and control of common nutritional disorders in Nigeria 94 (common eating habits, family feeding pattern and others). Food policy, hygiene and toxicology. Assessment of nutritional status (of a child and others). Exclusive breastfeeding, complimentary feeding in children. Rehabilitation, introduction to rehabilitative medicine. The underprivileged members of the society, classifications and causes of handicaps, critical appraisal for the case of the handicapped, provision of the underprivileged members of the community. Disaster relief. Comparison of social welfare services in Nigeria and other countries.