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Our Workshops are NOT sponsored by ADACODA
 
DH Methods of Education, Inc. is a private corporation that employees faculty members and former accreditation site team visitors who provide these courses to assist you with preparation of your self-study document and your site visit.
 
If you are the director of the combination of dental assisting and dental hygiene programs you may attend both the Friday DA Session and the Monday DH Session for the cost of one session. Please indicate on your registration form if you will be attending both sessions so that we can plan accordingly for lunches. Thank you.
 
 

We know how hard you work to have a successful accreditation site visit. If only you knew what to do to demonstrate your compliance with the standards. We have strategies. Christine Dominick, CDA, RDH, MEd has served as a site visitor for seven years. She will guide your through the steps of preparing for a successful site visit. You will recieve templates in an electronic version. Then you can adapt your own program materials to the templates to prepare an organized self-study document.
Now being offered: Separate all day sessions for Dental Assisting & Dental Hygiene.
 
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM Dental Assisting Accreditation workshop 
 
Monday, January 18, 2010 8:00 - 5:00 PM Dental Hygiene Accreditation workshop
 
We will show you our self-study documents that satisfied accreditation site visitors and produced the outcome of "No Recommendations". They will be available for your review along with all the guidance you need for preparing your document and hearing the words that are music to your ears!

Accreditation Workshop Part I (now includes more electronic documents on your flashdrive)

Course Presenter: Christine Dominick, CDA, RDH, MEd, ADACODA former site team visitor.

 

This four hour course 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 the new 2009 standards are compared  with previous accreditation standards to assist attendees in providing what is now expected from revised 2009 standards. The course includes a flashdrive 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 contain 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 flashdrive and edit them for individual program use. 
  • Utilize strategies for delegating portions of Standards 1 and 2 to various faculty members.

Accreditation Workshop Part II (now includes more electronic documents on your flashdrive)

Course Presenter: Christine Dominick, CDA, RDH, MEd, ADACODA former site team visitor.

 

This four hour course 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 new 2009 standards are compared  with previous accreditation standards to assist attendees in providing what is now expected from revised 2009 standards. This course includes a flashdrive with electronic documents which serve as templates for exhibits that can serve as supportive documentation in self-study documents. The electronic documents on the flashdrive 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 this session only 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 flashdrive as your guide
  • Plan your Medical Emergency Plan using the document on your flashdrive as your guide
  • Plan your Exposure Control Plan using the document on your flashdrive as your guide
  • Plan your Quality Assurance Plan using the document on your flashcrive 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
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