Short Courses

Admission process Delivery Mode Teaching philosophy

Basic and Graduate Dental and Public Health Sciences Short Courses

The school offers many exciting online study opportunities for dental and public health knowledge acquisition or career/practice improvement.

At Orapuh School, short courses are oral (dental) and public health courses of 1 – 2 weeks duration. We deliver course components with zest – as if we are taking students through a degree programme!

Orapuh School’s short courses are ideal for persons who intend to embellish their knowledge or practice with a particular subject area without going through the hazle of what it takes to complete a certificate programme – summative assessments, numerous courses, heavy time investment, etc.

Basic Short Courses

Choose a basic short course to run:

COURSE TITLE

DURATION

PC1-011: The Dental Facility

For that individual who wants to learn the type of dental facility that is ideal for them to run. It teaches about 30 dental facility types, designs, and related concepts

2 Weeks

PC1-012: Fundamentals of Management

For that individual who wants to understand the principles of management and apply them to the dental facility situation

2 Weeks

PC1-013: Processes & Quality Improvement

For that individual who wants to know how to map or improve on processes in the dental facility or engage the forces of Total Quality Dental Health Care Management

2 Weeks

PC1-014: Factors of Production

For that individual who wants to mobilise and optimize the factors of production to improve productivity in a dental facility

1 Week

PC1-015: The Revolving and other Funds

For that individual who wants to mobilise funds for their facility or manage materials (consumables) in the dental facility using the revolving fund scheme

2 Weeks

PC1-016: Branding, Markets & Moral value

For that individual who wants to brand a dental facility, market its products, and attend to the welfare of its stakeholders

2 Weeks

PC2-011: Foundations of public health

For that individual who wants to understand the public health concept, career, and its fundamental concepts

2 Weeks

PC2-012: Health Systems, Law & Policy

For that individual who wants to understand the healthcare delivery system, healthcare financing mechanism, health, and public health law and policy

1 Week

PC2-013: Epidemiology and Disease Control

For that individual who wants to understand and apply the principle of epidemiology to real-life situations and contribute to infectious and non-infectious disease control

2 Weeks

PC2-014: Environmental and Occupational Health

For that individual who wants to understand the influence of environmental and occupational factors on the health status of populations

2 Weeks

PC2-015: Health Promotion and Communication

For that individual who wants to help self, family, friends, and populations to lead healthy and productive lives

2 Weeks

PC2-016: Health Economics and Quantitative Methods in Public Health

For that individual who wants to learn common economic evaluation tools and some common tools for determining the health status of populations

2 Weeks

PC3-011: Foundations of Dental Public Health

For that individual who wants to understand the dental public health concept, career, and its fundamental concepts

2 Weeks

PC3-012: Oral Health Systems, Law & Policy

For that individual who wants to understand the oral healthcare delivery system, oral healthcare financing mechanisms, oral health, and dental public health law and policy

1 Week

PC3-013: Oral Epidemiology and Control of Oral Diseases

For that individual who wants to understand and apply the principles of epidemiology to dentistry and real-life oral health situations and contribute to the control of oral disease

2 Weeks

PC3-014: Social and Behavioural Sciences in Oral Health

For that individual who wants to understand how social and behavioural factors affect oral health and how to modify them to improve oral health status and outcomes

2 Weeks

PC3-015: Oral Health Promotion and Communication

For that individual who wants to help themselves, family, friends, and populations to achieve and maintain an optimum level of oral health

2 Weeks

PC3-016: WHO’s Basic Methods for Oral Health Surveys

For that individual who wants to learn and utilize the WHO’s methods to conduct oral health surveys

2 Weeks

Structure of the programme

Each short course is structured into lectures, interactive, and activity components. Weekly academic webinars supplement learning.

How we teach students

Students are taught entirely (100%) online, using the Flipped Classroom Model of Instruction:

For each course, lecture materials are given (lecture slides, recording of lectures, other resources)
Students interact with the materials
Live interactions are held on Saturdays, as scheduled (45-minute – 1-hour) and allow questions and answers on a lecture, in-depth insights into lecture materials, and live application of lecture lessons
Students are assessed through formative and summative activities
Faculty-Student Forum (WhatsApp and Telegram) goes from 10 am – 4 pm Monday to Friday

Teaching resources

The courses are offered entirely online. Students have access to the PDF versions of lecture slides, audio and video recordings of lectures, academic webinar audios, video lessons, memory aids, and links to other important learning materials.

Academic Webinars

We run regular Academic Webinars at the School to deepen students’ knowledge about their programme of study and the latest trends in the field. It is essential that students attend these webinars.

Even after graduation, students are encouraged to subscribe to the AWPS to be able to continue to attend the academic webinars (indefinitely) to stay abreast of sizzling issues and developments in their field of study and practice. This will enhance their knowledge, experience, and practice in ways that they cannot begin to imagine now.

Our desire is for our students to succeed in life and we are ready to support them through the process both while in School and after graduation. This means that our association is a continuous one and we cherish it.