General Medicine (Early Exposure)

1.1 Why dentists study medicine; 1.2 Basic medical terminology

2.1 Structure of history; 2.2 Focused dental-medical risk assessment; 2.3 Basic documentation

3.1 Vital signs (core); 3.2 General examination (intro); 3.3 Systematic examination overview (screening level)

4.1 Basics of haemostasis (review)

4.2 Common bleeding disorders relevant to dentistry

4.3 Investigations (intro interpretation)

4.4 Dental implications (early exposure level)

5.1 Hypertension

5.2 Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and angina

5.3 Heart failure (intro)

5.4 Arrhythmias (intro recognition)

5.5 Infective endocarditis (IE) awareness

6.1 Asthma

6.2 COPD (intro)

6.3 Tuberculosis (TB) (awareness)

7.1 Diabetes mellitus (high yield)

7.2 Thyroid disorders (intro)

7.3 Adrenal disorders (awareness)

8.1 Renal disease (intro)

8.2 Liver disease (intro)

9.1 Viral infections relevant to dentistry

9.2 Basic principles of cross-infection from a medical perspective

9.3 Fever and systemic infection recognition

10.1 Peptic ulcer disease and GERD (intro)

10.2 Malabsorption / anaemia links (awareness)

11.1 Epilepsy/seizure disorders

11.2 Stroke / TIA (intro)

11.3 Syncope (common in dental clinics)

12.1 Anaemia (very common early exposure)

12.2 Leukaemia (awareness)

13.1 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

13.2 SLE (awareness)

13.3 Sjögren syndrome (high relevance)

14.1 Drug allergies and hypersensitivity

14.2 Common oral/skin allergy triggers in dentistry

15.1 Common emergencies

15.2 Basic emergency principles

16.1 Pregnancy (dental-medical basics)

16.2 Elderly patients

16.3 Medically compromised / immunosuppressed patients