Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:00 AM –5 PM
Accreditation Workshop for Dental Assisting
Monday, July 26, 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Accreditation Workshop for Dental Hygiene
(now
includes more electronic documents on your flash drive)
Course Instructors:
Christine
Dominick, CDA, RDH, MEd
Michele Edwards, CDA, RDH, MS
The
course descriptions for both dental assisting and dental hygiene accreditation workshops are the same, but the workshops are
separated to allow focus on each discipline with specific needs addressed standard by standard:
Accreditation Workshop AM
This four hour morning session is designed to assist educators with the accreditation
process, and it provides detailed instructions on demonstrating compliance with accreditation Standards 1 through 2. An
emphasis is placed on the standards that are most frequently cited. Updates and changes in standards are compared with
previous accreditation standards to assist attendees in providing what is now expected for each standard. The course
includes a flash drive with electronic documents which serve as templates for exhibits that can serve as supportive documentation in
their self-study documents. The first set of exhibits contains an outcomes assessment matrix, outcomes assessment tools, and visual
presentations of program findings and performances for immediate analysis. Information on the curriculum, including the Curriculum
Management Plan and all aspects of these standards, including the clinical education, are addressed in this course. Electronic
exhibits provide supportive documentation for the clinical education portions of Standard 2. The course does not provide participants with entire electronic self-study documents or guarantee one's success at preparing
a self-study document or a recommendation free report from their visiting site team.
Learning
Outcomes:
At the completion of the course the participants will be able to:
- Define accreditation Standards 1 through 2 and methods for demonstrating
program compliance with each standard.
- Describe the requirements for conducting outcomes assessments
and analyzing them for program changes.
- Describe the curriculum requirements and an effective curriculum
management plan.
- Describe the ADACODA standards for the dental hygiene clinical
education.
- Utilize electronic exhibits provided on your flash
drive and edit them for individual program use.
- Utilize strategies for delegating portions of Standards 1 and
2 to various faculty members.
Accreditation
Workshop PM Session
The four hour afternoon session is designed to assist educators with the entire
accreditation process, and it provides detailed instructions on demonstrating compliance with accreditation Standards 3
through 6. An emphasis is placed on the standards that are most frequently cited. Updates and changes in the standards
are compared with previous accreditation standards to assist attendees in providing what is now expected from
the standards. This course includes a flash drive with electronic documents which serve as templates for exhibits that can
serve as supportive documentation in self-study documents. The electronic documents on the flash drive include a Radiation
Safety Plan, Exposure Control Plan, Medical Emergency Plan, and Quality Assurance Plan.
Finally, this course provides a step by step guide to organizing and preparing your
self-study document. We will have complete self-study documents at the end of the day
for your review to assist you with planning the format of your own school's document. Guidelines for conducting
a successful site visit are provided in this course. The Do's and Don'ts of the site visit will be clearly explained to
the attendees. This course does not provide participants with entire
self-study electronic documents or guarantee one's success at preparing a self-study document or a recommendation free report
from their visiting site team.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the content necessary for demonstrating
compliance with Standards 3-6 in your self-study document.
- Plan your radiation safety manual using
the document on your flash drive as your guide
- Plan your Medical
Emergency Plan using the document on your flash drive as your guide
- Plan your Exposure
Control Plan using the document on your flash drive as your guide
- Plan your Quality
Assurance Plan using the document on your flash drive as your guide
- Plan your self-study document with the step by step guide included in this course
- Plan for a successful site visit using the step by step guide included in this course
Sunday, July 25, 8:00 AM - 5:00PM
Dental and Allied Dental Teaching Methodology
Course Leader: Cindy Biron Leiseca, RDH, EMT, MA
In
this all day session, course participants receive 8 ceu's for a teaching methodology course that
will prepare them to provide current classroom and clinical teaching techniques. The
new content in this course includes electronic documents provided on a flash drive that include Power Point Presentations,
and instructor guides to teaching and evaluating students in classroom and clinical courses.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the
participant will be able to:
- Discuss the current philosophy of education
- Describe a faculty development plan for
mentoring and calibrating faculty
- Describe each individual teaching style and adopt methods for diversifying their
teaching style to meet student needs.
- Demonstrate the ability to utilize case based teaching and testing to facilitate
student critical thinking
- Describe objective evaluation systems and clinical practicums
- Demonstrate the ability to give written and verbal feedback to help students’ develop their
clinical skills
Offered at Winter Camp - February, 2011 at Amelia Island, FL
The Complete Nutrition Course for Allied Health Educators
Course Leader: Becky Sroda RDH, MS
Associate Dean of Allied Health/Director of Dental Education at South Florida Community College. Author of the textbook “Nutrition for a Healthy Mouth”
This
half-day presentation will benefit participants who wish to:
-
Teach a didactic Nutrition course in Dental Education
-
Are responsible for grading processes on clinical nutritional counseling
-
Clinical dental assistants and dental hygienists wishing to incorporate more nutritional counseling into
their daily practice
Using
the textbook “Nutrition for a Healthy Mouth”, topics are organized into teachable units that include PowerPoint
Presentations, classroom activities, and suggestions for online assignments. The
course instructor will impart helpful tips for patient compliance during nutritional counseling, developed over the past 20
years. Participants will have the opportunity to work with diet diary forms and
simulate a counseling session using the most effective talking points and communication skills. All materials will be provided
in electronic format on flash drives for each attendee.
Learning
Outcomes:
Upon
completion of the course, the participant will be able to:
-
Develop a complete Nutrition
course for Dental Education according to ADEA guidelines, beginning with basic knowledge and terms and ending with skillful
counseling techniques.
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Set up MyPyramid accounts for patients to balance their energy input and output.
-
Incorporate classroom and online
activities into a nutrition course that will accompany units of instruction.
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Analyze completed diet diaries to determine if a dietary change is needed to prevent oral disease.
-
Identify unhealthy eating habits and make suggestions for improvement.
Overed
at Fall Camp 2010 Las Vegas and Winter Camp 2011 Amelia Island, FL
The Complete Case Based Course
Course Leader: Debra Burtoft, RDH, BS
This
four hour course includes electronic copies of a case based course syllabus, schedule of classes and clinics, and completed
cases that include national board type test questions. Learning activities for
the attendees will include constructing cases and writing critical thinking questions utilizing all critical thinking standards.
The course is designed to prepare allied dental educators to teach students using an investigative case based format. The
format provided is a systematic approach in methods of teaching students to apply the concepts in constructing
and presenting periodontal case studies. This is not a complete course in periodontology. It is a case based course with periodontology
as the subject. It would be considered a corequisite clinic or lab for a didactic periodontology theory course. The case based
templates could be applied to any allied dental course. As part of the course activity, each course attendee will develop
cases for their own subject area in dental assisting, dental hygiene or dental laboratory technology. Two types of case based
formats will be included as examples, one from actual patient experiences, and another from fictional cases that require students
to conduct a critical review of the current literature on specific patient conditions and situations. In addition to the completed
cases that are provided in electronic format as part of the course tuition, all cases developed by the course attendees during
the activities will be placed on the flash drives. Each attendee will also prepare critical thinking questions for their cases.
Learning
Outcomes:
Upon
completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Develop a case based course for the allied dental curricula
- Develop a bank of cases and case based questions for student
exams.
- Prepare students to compile patient case information and present
findings in classes.
- Plan small group activities that include internet research for
case construction and presentation
- Teach students to develop the skill to investigate individual
cases presented in testing sessions.
- Teach students to interpret and prepare critical thinking test
questions.
Offered at
Fall 2010 Camp Las Vegas
The Complete Dental Hygiene
Preclinic Course
Course Leader:
Virginia Wagner, CDA, RDH, BS
This is a completely developed, tried and true course that includes everything
you need to teach dental hygiene preclinic; the syllabus, the course calendar, instructor calibration guide to each module,
the power point presentations for each module, the evaluation system, the test bank and the DVD, "Precision in Periodontal
Instrumentation" for demonstrations to students. The course instructor will guide you through the process of teaching each
module, calibrating the faculty, and teaching and evaluating the students. The entire course is provided on a flash drive
as part of the course tuition.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the
contents of the ideal preclinic course
- Coordinate the
ideal preclinic course
- Lead and calibrate
faculty to team teach preclinic in an organized, consistent and effective manner
- Present course
information to students in a methodical manner
- Incorporate
critical thinking and case based learning as part of the preclinic teaching and evaluation system
- Conduct corroborative
error practicums
- Utilize the
documents on your flash drive to develop and teach your own preclinic course
Time to be announced
TalEval Computerized Grading
Course Leaders: Cynthia
Biron Leiseca
Connie Harper from America's Software
This workshop is provided free of charge to both dental assisting
and dental hygiene educators who wish to learn about online computerized grading for on and offsite clinics. The grading
system also tracks patient treatments, student performance, and surveys for outcomes assessment exhibits for accreditation. Those who have laptop computers with them
may practice with the grading system.
Friday, July 23, 1:00 – 5:00
PM and Saturday, July 24, 8:00 AM - Noon
How
to Teach Dental Hygiene Preclinic Instrumentation
Two four hour "hands-on" sessions in how to teach
the basics in periodontal instrumentation to students in preclinic. This course will include sessions to accommodate participants
in smaller groups with one instructor to every four course participants. Participants will be provided with instruction on how to perform and teach the
tecniques to students. This instruction is conducted on periodontally involved dental manikins with semi-transparent
synthetic gingiva for visual perception of root instrumentation. Each class will be limited to provide a 1:4 ratio of
presenter to participants, so that the individual needs of each participant can be met.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon
completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Demonstrate the latest concepts in instrumentation
that include the ergonomic techniques taught in these camps.
- Demonstrate
the advanced fulcrum finger grasp and the rationale for advancing the fulcrum finger.
- Perform the stretching exercises for the development of the hand and finger
flexibility and
- Apply the latest leverage and physics in opposition fulcrum and "Facilitated Fulcrum" techniques
- Demonstrate the ability to use a methodical
approach to evaluating student performance of instrumentation skills
- Conduct a corroborative error instrumentation
practicume
Winter Camp 2011 Amelia Island, FL
Evidenced
Based Solutions to Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy: Power Scaling and Pain Management
Course Leader: Renee' C.
Graham, RDH, MS
Presenter for Dentsply Professional
This course is based on the
current scientific literature and evidenced based strategies to give the clinician practical guidelines regarding the use
of ultrasonic instrumentation and non-injectable local anesthesia for nonsurgical periodontal therapy. Ultrasonic instrumentation techniques will be covered extensively following the dental hygiene process
of care and utilizing hands-on activities. Indications for a non-injectable local anesthetic periodontal gel will be discussed
and the application technique reviewed.
COURSE GOAL
The goal of this course is
to enable the clinician to identify modifying factors related to nonsurgical periodontal instrumentation, manage patient discomfort
appropriately, and improve ultrasonic instrumentation skills to facilitate thorough periodontal debridement and enhance treatment
outcomes.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course,
participants will be able to:
- Differentiate the advantages and limitations of the various technologies which drive power scaling
units
- Compare and contrast the three E’s of hand, sonic, and ultrasonic instrumentation techniques: effectiveness, efficiency, and ergonomics
- Discuss current research findings which demonstrate the clinical advantages/benefits of ultrasonic
instrumentation over manual instrumentation
- Describe the technology of ultrasonics and define key terminology, including acoustic streaming, acoustical
turbulence, cavitation, lavage, frequency, power and stroke pattern
- Identify and assess pretreatment considerations for the use of ultrasonic instrumentation to include
patient’s medical history, clinical indications, and contraindications
- Identify the benefits and limitations of non-injectable local anesthetic periodontal gel
- Identify various modifying factors which influence and/or change instrumentation protocols such as
root anatomy, furcations and oral conditions.
- List criteria for the appropriate selection of ultrasonic
inserts, both standard and modified.
- Demonstrate the correct technique for utilization of the ultrasonic scaler to include insert and power selection, lavage flow, grasp, fulcrum, tip adaptation, and stroke
- Incorporate the use of ultrasonic instrumentation into the dental hygiene process of care, ADPIE,
to facilitate thorough periodontal debridement and enhance clinical outcomes.
Saturday, July 25, 1:00 - 5:00 PM
The Complete Ethics
Course
Course Leader, Robin Matloff, RDH, BSDH, JD
This
four hour session will provide the participant with the knowledge and skills to comfortably teach a course in ethics. This course will include content on the Dental Hygiene Code of Ethics, jurisprudence,
value determination, ethical decision making model, educational theories, dilemma resolution, ethics in the professional organization,
sexual harassment and occupational burnout. A review of the ADEA Statement and
Tool for Action on Professionalism in Dental Education will be presented. Participants
will have the opportunity to work collaboratively applying case based scenarios as a means for developing critical thinking
skills for student learning.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon
completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
·
Develop a course in ethics as it relates to the dental
profession
·
Develop case based group activities related to the
Dental Hygiene Code of Ethics utilizing the ethical decision making model
·
Present course information to students on jurisprudence
in a knowledgeable and organized manner
·
Teach students to apply critical thinking skills to
ethical dilemmas
·
Incorporate the ADEA Statement and Tool on Professionalism
in Dental Education for student self-evaluation
Sunday,
July 26, 8:00 AM - Noon
Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation
for Practicing Hygienists and Educators
Course Leader: Christine Dominick
Participants will work with
a wide variety of instruments specifically designed for advanced root instrumentations. One-on-one sessions with a 1:4 instructor
to participant ratio will afford the opportunity for selecting specific instruments for each aspect of the tooth roots, and
perfecting the techniques for thoroughly instrumenting each area. This instruction
is conducted on periodontally involved dental manikins with semi-transparent synthetic gingiva for visual perception of root
instrumentation.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Name
the various instruments designed for root instrumentation
- Describe
the design of the various instruments and how they adapt to each aspect of the roots.
- Demonstrate
the techniques for thorough root instrumentation
- Describe
the advantages of the "Facilitated Fulcrums" for use with the instruments designed for advanced root instrumentation