Signature Assignment: Pharmacology

1. Introductory paragraph that describes the signature assignment of creating a patient case. How does what you learned through completing these competencies connect to the learning outcomes in this course (you must write about how they connect to at least 2 of the 3 CLOs from above)? Describe the gains over the term you have made in achieving the CLOs.

        1.Outline the principles of pharmacology associated with drug groups, natural/herbal products, and dietary supplements related to dental hygiene care

1. Demonstrate the necessary steps for a thorough evaluation of a health questionnaire to include drugs used in dentistry and drugs that may alter dental treatment.


2. Modify the dental hygiene care plan as indicated by the health questionnaire for safe patient care.

1. A paragraph (or more) that includes your reflection on:

o What challenges did you face in completing this signature assignment? How did you address/troubleshoot them? o What were your successes in completing this assignment?

-        I have faced many chaleneges while take this class pharmacology and completeting this signature assignment . One was to put the whole case together and think of 5 medications to put together for this assignment. It took a lot of work and a lot of sleepless nights to do this assignment,.

• A paragraph (or more) that discusses your learning throughout the term in this course.
o Describe your learning process throughout this course and what it felt like at different stages until you mastered certain

-        This class I can say by far was the hardest class to take. To be able to learn all the mechanisms of the pharmacological drugs to what each one does and so on it took a lot of work. But I would try different ways of learning the topics that made it manageable and mastered certain through thr course.

skills associated with this signature assignment (think about skills such as SOAPing, learning to navigate through the

-Also soaping the medications took a lot of practice to be able to master it

drug handbook, learning about dental hygiene considerations related to our patients taking medications, etc.)

o What learning and skills have you obtained from this signature assignment and how will you apply this to your practice

-        This signature assignment has thaught me how to carefully look over all the drugs the patient is taking and making sure non of them effect one another before I start there dental procedures.

as a dental hygienist?
o Discuss the skills you are still developing related to this signature assignment and your plan to continue your learning to

-        I am still trying to learn more about the drugs and how to soap better ensure you remain knowledgeable and competent.

• A final paragraph that discusses a connection between what you studied in this course with what you have learned in other

-This class helps with actually clinical class because it is important to know all the medications a patient is taking before starting a dental procedure because we do not want have any complications arise.

courses.
o Make specific references to your work in this class and in the other courses. How did what you learn in the other courses

enhance what you learned here and vice versa?
o Reflect on how you thought about the CLOs before you took this course (the beginning of the term) and how you think

about them now that the course is over.
o Have any of your assumptions or understandings changed?

• As a reminder, this signature assignment includes the following documents:
o A patient case you have created using the two assigned drugs and your choice of one prescribed drug, one prescription