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class="text detail-title margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>Foundations of Scientific Inquiry</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-hours_html margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>(2 Units)</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-offering margin--span text--big"><span class="label"></span>Fall</span>聽聽</h3><div class="noindent notinpdf"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span class="skip-makebubbles"><span class="label"><i>Instructor(s):</i></span> <span style="display:inline-block;"><a href="#" onclick="lfjs.bubble(this,(this.nextSibling||{}).innerHTML||'No other Courses',{width:bubblewidth}); return false;">Benjamin Chaffee</a><span style="display:none;"><span class="label"><b>Benjamin Chaffee also teaches:</b></span> <a href="/search/?P=DEN%20PUB%20HL%20177" title="DEN聽PUB聽HL聽177" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'DEN PUB HL 177');">DEN聽PUB聽HL聽177</a></span></span></span></p></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span><i>Instructor(s):</i> Benjamin Chaffee</span></p></div><div><p class="text detail-prerequisite_s_ margin--default"><span class="label">Prerequisite(s): </span>None</p></div><div><p class="text detail-restrictions margin--default"><span class="label">Restrictions: </span>none</p></div><div><p class="text detail-activities margin--default"><span class="label">Activities: </span>Lecture, Project, Web work</p></div><div class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra">Contemporary dental care is provided in a way that is evidence-based. This course provides a foundation for the scientific method as well as searching for, reading, and critically appraising literature. These skills will help you determine if and when devices, drugs, or techniques should be applied to your specific patients care. You will also learn about clinical and translational research methods and design, levels of evidence, and quality of evidence.</p></div><div class="noindent bubble-hidden notinpdf"><div class="courseblockextra noindent"><h4 class="toggle bubble-hide">View full course details:</h4> <ul> <li>School: Dentistry</li> <li>Department: Preventive And Restorative Dental Sciences</li> <li>May the student choose the instructor for this course? No</li> <li>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No</li> <li>Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</li> <li>Graduate Division course: No</li> <li>Is this a web-based online course? No</li> <li>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No</li> <li>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes</li> <li>Repeat course for credit? No</li></ul> </div></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><div class="courseblockextra"><div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-school"><strong>School: </strong>Dentistry</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-department"><strong>Department: </strong>Preventive And Restorative Dental Sciences</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-instructor_choice"><strong>May the student choose the instructor for this course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-consent"><strong>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grade_mode"><strong>Course Grading Convention: </strong>P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_division"><strong>Graduate Division course: </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-web_based"><strong>Is this a web-based online course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-ipe"><strong>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_enrollment"><strong>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? </strong>Yes</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-repeatability"><strong>Repeat course for credit? </strong>No</span></div></div></div><div class="noindent bubble-only notinpdf"><div class="text detail-coursedetails_link"><span class="noeco"><a href="/search/?q=SCIMETHODS+117">More details</a></span></div>聽聽</div></div><div class="courseblock"><h3 class="cols noindent"><span class="text detail-code margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>SCIMETHODS 118</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-title margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>Professional and Community Oral Health Issues</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-hours_html margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>(2.5 Units)</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-offering margin--span text--big"><span class="label"></span>Spring</span>聽聽</h3><div class="noindent notinpdf"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span class="skip-makebubbles"><span class="label"><i>Instructor(s):</i></span> <span style="display:inline-block;"><a href="#" onclick="lfjs.bubble(this,(this.nextSibling||{}).innerHTML||'No other Courses',{width:bubblewidth}); return false;">Lisa Berens</a><span style="display:none;"><span class="label"><b>Lisa Berens also teaches:</b></span> <a href="/search/?P=INTERDEPT%20186" title="INTERDEPT聽186" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'INTERDEPT 186');">INTERDEPT聽186</a>, <a href="/search/?P=DEN%20PUB%20HL%20420" title="DEN聽PUB聽HL聽420" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'DEN PUB HL 420');">DEN聽PUB聽HL聽420</a>, <a href="/search/?P=DENTALSCI%20186C" title="DENTALSCI聽186C" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'DENTALSCI 186C');">DENTALSCI聽186C</a>, <a href="/search/?P=INTERDEPT%20181" title="INTERDEPT聽181" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'INTERDEPT 181');">INTERDEPT聽181</a></span></span></span></p></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span><i>Instructor(s):</i> Lisa Berens</span></p></div><div><p class="text detail-prerequisite_s_ margin--default"><span class="label">Prerequisite(s): </span>none</p></div><div><p class="text detail-restrictions margin--default"><span class="label">Restrictions: </span>D1</p></div><div><p class="text detail-activities margin--default"><span class="label">Activities: </span>Lecture, Project</p></div><div class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra">In this course, students will learn about dental public health, oral health surveillance, oral health disparities, social determinants of health, and preventive dentistry in a theoretical, practical, and personal manner. Students will also hear personal stories about substance abuse among health professionals, and how to get help.</p></div><div class="noindent bubble-hidden notinpdf"><div class="courseblockextra noindent"><h4 class="toggle bubble-hide">View full course details:</h4> <ul> <li>School: Dentistry</li> <li>Department: Preventive And Restorative Dental Sciences</li> <li>May the student choose the instructor for this course? No</li> <li>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No</li> <li>Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</li> <li>Graduate Division course: No</li> <li>Is this a web-based online course? No</li> <li>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No</li> <li>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No</li> <li>Repeat course for credit? No</li></ul> </div></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><div class="courseblockextra"><div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-school"><strong>School: </strong>Dentistry</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-department"><strong>Department: </strong>Preventive And Restorative Dental Sciences</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-instructor_choice"><strong>May the student choose the instructor for this course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-consent"><strong>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grade_mode"><strong>Course Grading Convention: </strong>P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_division"><strong>Graduate Division course: </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-web_based"><strong>Is this a web-based online course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-ipe"><strong>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_enrollment"><strong>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-repeatability"><strong>Repeat course for credit? </strong>No</span></div></div></div><div class="noindent bubble-only notinpdf"><div class="text detail-coursedetails_link"><span class="noeco"><a href="/search/?q=SCIMETHODS+118">More details</a></span></div>聽聽</div></div></div></div> </main> </div>  <div id="col-nav"> <aside id="sidebar"> <div class="sidebar-item"> <h2 id="edition" class="sidebar-header"><a href="/">2024-2025 Edition</a></h2> <nav id="cl-menu" aria-label="Primary"> <ul class="nav levelzero" id="/"> <li><a 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