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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:00AM - Noon
"Complete Dental Materials Course"
Course Instructor: Lane Wilson Meeks, CDA,
RDH,
BS
This course includes the entire contents of a dental materials course for dental assisting and dental hygiene students.
The course includes the course manual, syllabus, power point presentations,
dental materials laboratory sessions, quizzes and exams. The entire course is placed in electronic format on a flash drive
for each course attendee. The instructor will direct course attendees in the methods of teaching a dental materials course
that includes an introduction
to the chemical and physical handling characteristics of materials commonly used in dentistry.
These materials include precious and nonprecious metals, ceramics, dental amalgam, acrylic plastics, filled and nonfilled
resins, porcelains, implants, and various waxes.
Learning
Outcomes: At the completion of the course the attendees
will have the ability and course materials to teach dental assisting and dental hygiene students to:
1. Describe how the oral environment is a hostile environment to any dental material.
2. Explain the means by which dental materials are described, defined & understood.
3. List the various materials used under permanent restorations and what role they perform.
4. Explain what materials are used in directly placed esthetic restorations.
5. Explain what materials are used in posterior teeth as directly placed restorations.
6. List the materials used as cast restorations and their properties.
7. List the various impression materials and their physical, chemical, and utilization
differences.
8. Discuss the various materials used as temporary restoratives and their strengths and
weaknesses.
9. Describe what different polymers are used in dentistry and how.
10. Describe metals and their uses in Orthodontics. Pediatric Dentistry and Prosthodontics.
11. Describe the various materials used in finishing and polishing restorations and appliances.
12. List the types of dental implants, the materials used in them, and the strengths and
weaknesses of each kind.
13.
Demonstrate competency in handling a variety of dental materials, some in the laboratory exercises and others clinically.
14.
According to the specified criteria, produce acceptable temporary crowns, alginate impressions, stone study models, bleaching
trays, mouth guards and night guards, acceptable sealants, temporary restorations and crowns, polished amalgams, custom trays
and polished dentures.
15.
In the clinical setting, correctly place sealant materials when indicated, both self cure and light cure.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:00 - 5:00PM
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.
Thursday,
July 22, 2010 From 8:00AM - Noon
"Complete Pharmacology Course"
Course Instructors:
Cynthia Biron Leiseca, RDH, EMT, MA
Cathleen Korondi, RDH, MS
This course includes
the entire contents of a pharmacology course for dental hygiene students. The course includes the course manual, syllabus,
power point presentations, class activities and case based quizzes and exams. The entire course is placed in electronic format
on a flash drive for each course attendee. The instructors will direct course attendees in the methods of teaching pharmacology
to dental hygiene students. Ways of simplifying the complex topics of pharmacology are clearly explained so that seasoned
and novice educators will be well prepared to deliver the information in their own pharmacology courses. The course can be
applied in conjunction with any of the pharmacology textbooks currently available for dental hygiene education.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of
the course, the participant will be able to:
1. Develop a complete pharmacology course for dental hygiene education, beginning with basic
knowledge of bodily handling of drugs and the classes of drugs and concerns of those drugs in dentistry.
2. Present class lectures in pharmacology and have the tools and ability to help students
understand the information and apply it to the clinical setting.
3. Incorporate classroom and online activities into a pharmacology course that will accompany
units of instruction.
4. Incorporate critical thinking through case-based teaching and testing of the principles
of pharmacology .
Friday, July 23, 2010, 10AM – Noon
Boston Camp
“Instrument Sharpening Course”
Course Instructor: Cynthia Biron Leiseca, RDH, EMT,
MA
The course is a hands-on workshop that includes a presentation on instrument design and sharpening
methods. This is the first time the new "Fulcrum Controlled Sharpening Technique" will be presented. As part of the tuition
for the course, attendees will receive special equipment for using the new sharpening technique. One-on-one instruction will
provide each attendee with the skills to feel confident in sharpening all types of instruments. (2 ceu's)
Friday, July 23, 2010, 1:00-5:00PM The Complete Dental Assisting Preclinic Course
Course Instructor: Michele Edwards, CDA, RDH,
MS
This course
includes the entire contents of a dental assisting preclinic theory and co-requisite
clinic course. The course includes the course manual, syllabus,
power point presentations, clinic lesson plans, quizzes and exams. The entire course is placed in electronic format on a flash
drive for each course attendee. The instructor will direct course attendees in the methods of organizing the dental assisting
preclinic course and calibrating instructors for team teaching in clinic. The course prepares the attendee to lead a dental
assisting preclinic course that includes an introduction to the duties and responsibilities of the dental assistant. The major course topics being infection
control, patient assessment, patient education, and four handed dentistry. The course format requires students
to apply critical thinking and problem solving skills. The critical thinking case-type questions and activities foster evidenced-based
decision making and an appreciation of the link between the classroom and clinical practice.
Learning Outcomes: At the completion of the course the attendees will have the ability and course materials to teach dental assisting students
to:
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Identify the members of the dental team and describe the role of each.
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Identify the factors or programs that have influenced changes in dentistry.
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List the microorganisms
present in the dental operatory in aerosols, on surfaces, patients and operators,
and infection control procedures necessary to prevent disease transmission.
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Identify safety and waste
disposal methods to prevent disease transmission.
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]List the most common pathogens
responsible for dental caries and periodontal diseases.
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Describe the nutritional
requirements and their importance in dental health.
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Identify the anatomical
structures of the digestive system and describe their basic function.
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Identify patient self-care
instructions by selecting the appropriate toothbrushing method and various auxiliary aids for patients with various needs.
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Describe the importance
of a through medical history and list the data necessary for a complete dental clinical examination.
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Demonstrate correct operator/patient
positioning and the relationship to repetitive strain injury.
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Demonstrate
dental charting from dictation of all dental restorations and existing conditions in the oral cavity, including extra and
intraoral findings.
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Demonstrate correct methods for instrument transfer.
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State and apply the principles
of four-handed dentistry.
Friday, July 23, 1:00 –
5:00 PM and Saturday, July 24, 8:00 AM - Noon
"How to Teach Dental Hygiene Preclinic Instrumentation"
(Separate
Section for Practicing Hygienists Who Wish to Perfect Techniques)
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.
The section for practicing hygienists will be focused on
perfecting the latest techniques.
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 practicums
Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:00 AM –5 PM Boston
& Amelia Island Camps
Accreditation Workshop for Dental Assisting (Scroll down to see course description for
DH Accreditation Workshop. DA workshop is the same except specific standards for DA are addressed in DA Accreditation Workshop)
Saturday, July 25, 1:00 - 5:00 PM Boston
The Complete Ethics Course Boston Camp only
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:
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Develop a course in ethics as it relates to the dental
profession
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Develop case based group activities related to the
Dental Hygiene Code of Ethics utilizing the ethical decision making model
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Present course information to students on jurisprudence
in a knowledgeable and organized manner
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Teach students to apply critical thinking skills to
ethical dilemmas
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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 Boston & Amelia Island
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
Sunday, July 25, 8:00 AM - 5:00PM Offered
in all camps
Dental and Allied Dental Teaching Methodology
Course
Instructors:
Cynthia Biron
Leiseca, RDH, EMT, MA
Delany Kirk, PhD
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. Additional sessions include group activities and interactions for dealing
with student behavioral and motivational problems.
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
- Establish a classroom management plan to deal with student behavorial problems
Monday,
July 26, 8:00AM 5:00PM Accreditation
Workshop for Dental Hygiene (now
includes more electronic documents on your flash drive)
Course Instructor:
Christine
Dominick, CDA, RDH, MEd
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
The following courses are held at camps in other cities:
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:
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Teach a didactic Nutrition course in Dental Education
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Are responsible for grading processes on clinical nutritional counseling
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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:
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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.
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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.
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Identify unhealthy eating habits and make suggestions for improvement.
Offered
at Fall Camp 2010 Las Vegas and Winter Camp 2011 Amelia Island, FL
The Complete Case Based Course Vegas & Boston camp
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 Winter Camp Amelia Island, FL
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
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 1-5:00PM Las Vegas Camp,
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 1-5PM Amelia Island, FL
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.
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.
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