DH Methods of Education, Inc.

DH Methods of Education, Inc.

Teaching Methodology Workshops for International Dental Health Programs Educators & Practitioners

contact us: cindy@dhmethed.com

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Complete Pharmacology Course

Completely developed course and "How to teach it"

Complete Dental Materials Course

Completely developed course and "How to teach it"

Complete Medical Emergencies Course

Completely developed course and "How to teach it"

Complete Dental Assisting Preclinic Course

Completely developed course and "How to teach it"

How to Teach Dental Hygiene Preclinic Instrumentation

Accreditation Workshop for Dental Assisting

Complete Course on Ethics

Completely developed course and "How to teach it" and incorporate the new "Professionalism" criteria into your curriculum

Teaching Methodology for Allied Dental Educators

Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation for Practicing Hygienists & Educators

Accreditation Workshop for Dental Hygiene

Computerized Grading with Student Tracking and login for conducting surveys for outcomes assessments for accreditation. TalEval web based computerized grading does it all! Contact us for a FREE Webinar:

Accreditation Workshops

Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene Accreditation Workshops will be separate workshops to allow each group to focus on their own diciplines in accordance with accreditation standards. Yes, you can receive training for preparing your self-study document so it will present your program in a way that is easy to understand and follow, making the visiting site team's job less stressful and your site visit successful. First impressions are lasting. Your self-study document is your first impression. Our workshops provide you with the training and the materials for your accreditation success. Our workshops are NOT sponsored by ADACODA. Our course presenters are former site team visitors and educators who have had years of experience preparing self-study documents and developing plans for successful site visits.

Complete Courses

For all allied dental educators: A series of "Complete Courses" for various subjects will include completely developed courses and methods of teaching them with all the materials that are included in electronic format loaded onto flash drives for each course attendee. These courses include everything needed to teach each respective course subject from the syllabus, course manual, learning outcomes, lesson plans, activities, ppt. lectures, and test banks. The four hour sessions are teaching methodology workshops specific for each subject.

Teaching Methodology Workshop (for all dental and allied dental educators)

for Accreditation Standard 3-7.

This all day session pertains to the methods of instruction as a foundation for a variety of teaching situations from classroom to clinical settings. All aspects of teaching methodology are included in this course: philosophy, goal setting, teaching principles, learning styles, student evaluation, and interaction, and faculty calibration. Included in this session are the latest strategies for dealing with conflict and stress associated with today's academic setting.

"Become a master at imparting clinical skills!"

If you want to shine at teaching periodontal instrumentation to preclinical and clinical dental hygiene students, Cindy Biron Leiseca is the person who can show you the way! You will leave her workshop fully prepared to guide your students to excellence in instrumentation.” Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation provides a map for teaching adult learners this complex psychomotor skill. Cindy's expertise is unsurpassed in using the Fundamentals book correctly and in teaching educators how to instruct dental hygiene students so that they can achieve an exceptional degree of proficiency in periodontal instrumentation”.

Jill S. Nield-Gehrig,

Author of "Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation & Advanced Root Instrumentation” Asheville, North Carolina

Visit "The Point" website to learn about Jill S. Nield-Gehrig's wonderful textbooks:

About Cindy Biron Leiseca, President of DH Methods of Education, Inc.

Cindy Biron Leiseca was Professor & Chair of the Tallahassee Community College Dental Health Programs from 1993- 2009. In addition to her administrative duties as chairperson, she has taught clinical dental hygiene, dental hygiene theory, medical emergencies and allied health pharmacology. She has taught continuing education courses throughout the United States and Europe for private practitioners and dental educators. Mrs. Leiseca has over twentyfive years of sound, hands on experience in private practice, emergency medicine and dental professions education. She received an A.S. Degree in Dental Hygiene from New Hampshire Technical Institute, a B.A. degree in Medical Technology and Human Biology from Notre Dame College in NH, a certification as an Emergency Medical Technician from the University of Texas Health Science Center, and an M.A. in Adult Higher Education from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has taught at several community colleges in the nation and at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Mrs. Leiseca is a contributing author to the textbooks, “Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation”, by Jill S. Nield-Gehrig, “Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist" by Esther Wilkins, and is co-author of “Dental Office Medical Emergencies” with Meiller, Wynn, and Crossley. Mrs. Leiseca has served as a columnist and consulting editor for RDH Magazine.

She has produced two instructional DVD's "Precision in Periodontal Instrumentation", and "A Focus on Fulcrums".

More recently Mrs. Leiseca has become well known for her computerized grading system for dental assisting and dental hygiene, "TalEval". She has also had great success with her "Summer & Winter Camps" on teaching methodology and periodontal instrumentation offered at Tallahassee CC, Nova Southeastern U., Salt Lake CC, Harrisburg Area CC, Miami Lakes, Orlando, The University of Tennessee at Memphis, Community College of Southern Nevada (Winter Camp - Las Vegas 2007), Summer Camp 2007 Mesa Community College, AZ. Winter Camps 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Jacksonville, FL, and Summer Camp 2008 , and 2009, Boston.

A message from Cindy Biron Leiseca, President of DH Methods of Education, Inc.

I am extremely grateful to all who have made 2009 the year of the highest business

volume for this corporation that includes, “The Boot Camps”, “TalEval Computerized Grading”, “Precision in Periodontal Instrumentation DVD’s” and college consulting services. Due to the increased volume in business, my position as part-time president of this corporation shall be full-time effective January 1, 2010. I have resigned from my position as Chair & Professor of the Dental Health Programs at Tallahassee CC as of December 31, 2009, so that I can devote all my time to the corporation, and expand on the services needed by you, the dental educators.

There will be 3-4 Boot Camps per year, flexibility for providing TalEval in-services at your schools, and the production of a second edition of “Precision in Periodontal Instrumentation DVD’s. There will be a quarterly newsletter delivered to your schools to keep you informed of the services and topics of concern. I will be available to you by telephone at (850) 562-6602, email cindy@dhmethed.com and FAX (866) 271-4677.

Thank you for the opportunity to work together towards quality education for our students, the future caregivers from our professions.

Sincerely,

Cindy Biron Leiseca

DH Methods of Education, Inc.

2743 Westbury Drive

Tallahassee, FL 32303

Phone: (850) 562-6602
Fax: (866) 271-4677

cindy@dhmethed.com