"The workshop was an intense three days. All information was presented in an organized manner with every minute utilized!
Lots of information was presented in this “short” period of time. Instructors were very personable and obviously
experienced in practice and education.
Good
individualized instruction with a perfect instructor to participant ratio. Cindy gets to know your name quickly!
Wonderful
touch, having Esther Wilkins spends the day with us!
Thank
you for giving us a DVD, manual, and flash drive to assist us when we get back to our schools. There is lots to remember and
these things will help."
Cynthia Koons, Rhodes State
College
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"Great
Experience!
Exciting
to learn new instrumentation techniques. Valuable information given for accreditation,
clinical tracking patient etc.
Very
helpful for new educators!
Thanks
for putting everything on a flash drive!"
Virginia Heroux, Mt.
Wachusetts Community College
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"An
abundance of examples and templates to calibrate and organize dental hygiene educators. The ideas are highly structured and
easily adaptable to help programs align with the accreditation standards. We couldn’t ask for a more precisely organized
course for educators!
Excellent
ideas for tips and terms to use teaching students clinically! The hands-on instrumentation
training provided quality one-on-one instruction easily adaptable on the clinic floor with students. These ladies are ALL
great examples and mentors for the educators at any level of experience. Everyone
in the camp seemed to be excited about what we were learning and eager to experience more!
This
is by far the most organized, best structured, and highest quality course directed specifically towards dental hygiene education!
I’ve been a full time hygienist for 15 years and found the instrumentation instruction to be easily applicable to all
aspects of dental hygiene practice as well as improving clinical education skills. Three cheers for the DH Meth-Ed Boot Camp!"
Tina Tuck, U. of OK
College of Dentistry
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"This
course in “Educational Methodology” presented in "Boston Summer Boot Camp” was fantastic.
It was jam-packed with evidence based teaching methodology and evaluation information. As a new clinical coordinator, this
workshop was invaluable in assisting me in understanding how a quality dental hygiene program should look, operate and be
maintained. Thank you, Cindy, for sharing all your insights!"
Amy Mongillo, Briarwood College, Southington, CT.
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"The
“Teaching Methodology Workshop” provided me with supplemental knowledge in evaluation methods and calibration.
The forms and methods can be easily incorporated into our program and result in more comprehensive calibration for our faculty.
I was glad to receive examples of student analysis methodology, as this is a weakness for our students.
The
instrumentation workshop and DVD provided a wonderful opportunity to expand my skills, improve my ergonomics, and familiarize
me with the most current periodontal instruments and how to be adept at using them."
Ellen McCracken, Mt.
Wachusetts Community College
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"This
was my second time attending camp. This time I attended the Accreditation Workshop provided by Christine Dominick. It was
excellent!This will definitely help me prepare the self-study document. Clarification of standards was very beneficial."
Rena Bower, U. of Alaska at Fairbanks
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"Boston
Boot Camp was a very good experience, adding some spice to our professional lives.
Instructors are very approachable and knowledgeable! Great to see that they had no qualms in giving us some of their
great ideas! Thanks!"
Diane Girardin, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CANADA
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"The
new concepts taught in instrumentation course was excellent! I love your terminology for teaching students. Using
fulcrums and leverage to snap calculus rather than scrape was exceptional. How to save the hygienists hands, back and neck. I loved the new instruments as introduced including the facilitated fulcrums. I am
excited to bring the concepts back to our school and faculty.
The
flashdrive is an excellent method of disseminating information.
Thank
you all!"
Marilyn Kalal, Quisigamond Community College, Worcester, MA
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"Thank
you for opening the door to a whole new way of thinking. I am excited to implement this new way of scaling on Monday
morning.
“Precision
in Periodontal Instrumentation” gave me a new appreciation for my technique in scaling and has helped me guarantee my
longevity in this profession."
Niclole Baker, RDH
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"Thank
you for a great instrumentation workshop! I learned to finesse the calculus off versus bullying it off! As the camp
progressed I did develop a much lighter grasp with more tactile sensitivity. Thank
you Virginia, Marianne + Cindy."
Ann Nordquist, RDH
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"Being
relatively fresh out of hygiene school, I was skeptical as to how much I would benefit from this course. I thought it may
be a helpful review of techniques learned in school. However, it was so much better than that. I was so impressed
with the techniques presented. They were smart, logical and nothing like what I learned in school. I highly
recommend this course."
Laura Petritsch, RDH
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"This
was an exciting and enlightening course. This will dramatically impact how I practice daily. I look forward to employing all
I learned to not only improve my technique, but also make preventive care visits more pleasurable for my patients!
To
the instructors…… A sincere thank you for all you have taught us. It was a wonderful experience. I really enjoyed
getting to know you."
Beth Kraft, RDH
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"I
have enjoyed learning and strengthening my clinical skills during this summer boot camp program. I will take away so much
valuable information that will benefit not only my patients, because of my more effective instrumentation, but my ergonomics,
ensuring more longevity of my career and the overall benefits to my comfort and systemic health."
Kiristen McManus, RDH
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"This
is the only instrumentation course you will ever need! This course was the most hands-on with one-on-one
instruction I have ever attended. Spreading it out over two days allowed the information to sink in and allow you
to perfect the technique by day two. I highly recommend this course to all hygienists, new and seasoned.
"This camp is the best workshop that I have ever
attended! I look forward to implementing much of what I have learned today. I will also look forward to future workshops."
Lara Lott, Medical College of Georgia
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"Cindy & Instructors: Your integrity and innovativeness is inspiring............. You raise the bar
for all! I have learned much in the past 3 days and come away with invaluable resources, exceptional mentors and
precious new friends."
Joy Horn, U. of New
Mexico, Albuquerque
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"We at (DH Programs)have been teaching sometimes harmful, somewhat ineffective methods of scaling teeth. Cindy Biron
teaches an effective, safe, scaling method."
Debra Spears, Illinois
Central College
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"Wow! Great experience - Can't wait to go back to Mississippi and share with my co-workers and
students. I gained wonderful techniques to go back and incorporate into my teaching and also friendships. Thanks to you, Cindy,
and your great team coaches."
Donna Lunn, Pearl River Community College, Mt. Olive, MS
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"Always striving to be a better hygienist, I was excited when my co-worker told me she had found an intense, “hands-on” 12
hour course on instrumentation. I thought I was going to get a refresher course on the fundamentals I learned in hygiene
school. Little did I know, this was a course designed to introduce a new way of instrumentation, as we were told to
put some of our standard ways of practicing aside, and to embrace a new method that is considered more ergonomically friendly
for the hygienist, in addition to saving valuable minutes because the new method actually allows calculus removal more effectively
in less strokes. It is never easy to retrain,
but I think the new hygienists who will be coming out of school after learning Cindy's method, will be far ahead of the rest
of us. They will also end up practicing longer because the new method is much more friendly to our wrists, shoulders, and
backs. Also, in addition to an energy filled hands-on class, we were given a DVD to take home, which is well-made,
easy to understand, and worth the price of admission. We drove 13 hours, from Texas
to Florida, to attend this 12 hour course, and it was well
worth our time and expense to be privileged to participate with instructors and now we, too, can be on the cutting edge
with this new method.
Be prepared to learn new seating positions, new clinical terms, and very different instrumentation from what
we learned in school just a few short years ago. I highly recommend this course for any hygienist that wants to stay current
on methodology. It was an awesome weekend, and all the instructors were fabulous."
Susan Fuller Johnson, RDH 281-399-1636
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“Overall the class was extremely
beneficial, especially in the area of instrumentation. I can hardly wait to try out the “new” working stroke.
I will be recommending the camp to all the DH instructors in our program.”
Nancy
Kaley, RDH Lake Washington Technical College, Seattle, WA
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"This camp experience
was very thorough and informative. The dentaform practice was excellent. I am so enlightened by what I’ve learned. The
education attained is to me, like gold! I am looking forward to taking what I’ve learned back to the dental
hygiene staff and into clinic to share and implement into our curriculum."
Roberta Bird-Wright RDH, BS - Seattle
Central Community College
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"Ms. Biron has a genuine
passion for what she does. She shares information without hesitation, unfortunately not all educators do this. She has great
new ideas. I am looking forward to my full time position in Iowa
and I will be remain in touch with the camp alums. Thank you for everything."
Karoline Henry, RDH, MS,
Iowa Central Community College
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"This has been an extraordinary
learning experience in dental hygiene education. Cindy Biron provides a prescription for a comprehensive well organized program.
I recommend this “Boot Camp” to anyone who desires to improve their clinical and teaching skills and also
to program directors who desire guidance in meeting accreditation standards. Thank you, thank you, thank you! "
Cynthia R. Wampler RDH, MS -Florida Community College at Jacksonville
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"Summer Camp for dental
hygiene instructors will most likely be the best investment of your time for learning how to evaluate your own clinical teaching
skills and also how to calibrate your clinical teaching staff. Assigning a grade to a student's clinical skills
is one of the hardest assessments to make if you don't have an objective criteria list. The Teaching Methodology Workshop outlines
this for you! Cindy is very generous to provide her expertise in the areas of outcomes assessments and teaching
skills that get the best out of your students. The Bonus from the camp is meeting other dental hygiene educators and
sharing our experiences. I would highly recommend this course for all of your clinical staff."
Michelle Jones, RDH, BS - Roane State Community College,
TN
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Great 3 day workshop. I have learned so much and have met some wonderful people that
I will keep in touch with. I am leaving this course with great tools that I plan on using and implementing into the program.
Cindy does an awesome job in presenting and organizing this entire seminar. I plan on practicing more with the techniques
I've learned with instrumentation and ergonomics. I've been practicing acquired habits for 26 years and have neck and back
problems, so I plan on teaching my students so that they will not repeat my bad habits. Great job from all the instructors
in this course Congrats!
Debra S. Harkins, Middle Georgia Technical
College
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"Great camp attendee/instructor ratio (1:4or 5). All calibrated and taught the same way. All instructors interacted positively
with course attendees. Demo's of corroborative evaluation extremely valuable. Good use of many different instruments.
Rotation of instructors wonderful. A must for all faculty teaching in preclinic. TalEval grading system is a wonderful
concept. This should help keep students and faculty calibrated. Thank you!
I picked up more information in this my second time coming to camp. Reinforced and added to original information.
The DVD put into
visual format what we have been reading from Jill’s books for years. Excellent use of split screen for clock position.
A must for every instructor and every student to go page by page for initial exposure to dental hygiene instrumentation techniques.
As a visual profession, this DVD shows, without question, proper patient operator positioning and proper instrumentation techniques.
In one word, -FABULOUS"
Cathleen Korondi, RDH, B S- Ilinois Central College
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“Our program
has been waiting for a comprehensive instructional instrumentation video for several years. This video will allow students
to review at their own pace outside of classroom instruction time. We will immediately incorporate it into our program. It
is ideal for small programs with limited number of faculty and will be excellent to calibrate full time and adjunct faculty.
Thank you for creating this for the dental hygiene pprofession.”
Valerie Crane, RDH, BS West Central
Technical College, GA
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"Wow! What
a unique opportunity to learn about a way to tackle a bear that ALL DH programs experience - DAILY GRADING! Thanks
Cindy!
Marie Collins, Medical College of Georgia, August
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"Cindy,
you are an Excellent & exceptional presenter - You only want people who want to excell in their profession -
I have come to camp at a wonderful time. I am so thankful to have all this info to benefit my program and get started on a
positive note, supported by the latest methodology.
Michelle Windom, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL
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"This
course is excellent for a hygienist that has been practicing for 5 years or more. It really helps with reinforcing ergonomics
and better techniques for less stress and scaling proficiently. Take this course to make your day go more smoothly and you
will not be so tired and frustrated with your perio patients!"
Sarah E.H. Clinton, Fayetteville, GA
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