"This is the second time I have attended one of Cindy's camps. I learnded more today than the last time. The information is presented in such a way that you can go back and put it into immediate action. The interaction with faculty, program managers and  deans from programs from all over the country is priceless! Thans again for this awesome course in Teaching Methodology.     TheTalEval course was interesting. TalEval answers all of the problems associated with grading in the clinic - grade inflation primarily. Comprehensive presentation with optionsfor individual needs.

 Cynthia Wampler, Florida State College at Jacksonville ___________________________________________________________

"The DA Accreditation Course was informative, and had great information. I recommend it to anyone preparing for initial or continuing accreditation.

Christy Bokros, Dean of Health Sciences at Hinds Community College ____________________________________________________________

"The DA Accreditation course was OUTSTANDING! Not only are the facilitators very knowledgable, but present the material in a very informative and relaxed environment."   

Dr. Richard Gavant, Hinds Community College _____________________________________________________________

"The Dental Assisting Accreditation Workshop is an asset to new and seasoned faculty. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable of all guidelines and can provide information for schools/college to receive a no recommendation/no suggestion site visit."                                       

Karen Allen CDA, BS, MEd, Indian River State College, FL ____________________________________________________________

The DA Accreditation was an excellent course and I recommend any dental assisting instructors and/or program directors attend this course.

Judy Zirkle, Cumberland College,NJ                             ____________________________________________________________

"This was an excellent class. Thank you for sharing your knowIedge-generously - with us. I appreciate the hands-on. The great teacher/student ratio, and all the take home DVD's for mastering the new, better, kinder techniques.

I have been a practicing hygienist for 4 years. I feel that I am still learning  my trade, but I understand how habitualed we in hygiene become. My peers all stated that they are comfortable with their technique and do not believe they will or can change how they instrument. I love this change in paradigm.....Thank you. I am so excited to apply this to the work I do. And save my hands.

Terry Butler, Practicing RDH ______________________________________________________________

"Excellent! The content was extremely helpful in periodontal instrumentation. I learned so much and the reinformcement of basic techniques strenghtened me as a preclinic instructor. The better I understand, the better instructor  I become. Thanks Cindy and staff for all you do to improve dental hygiene!"                                                     

Wanda Coleman, Southeastern Technical College ______________________________________________________________

"Thank you very much for the wealth of information that was provided by Virginia Wagner in the Preclinic Course. And thank you for the flash drive. This information to me as a dental hygiene educatior is very valuable. I so much appreciate the opportunity for the continuing education.                   

It is very important to be in attendance for perio instrumentation, because hands-on and comments help the clinician. Excellent instrumentation course. Thanks!                                                                                     

Cynthia Lambert, Lanier Technical College _________________________________________________________________

It is exciting to be taught new methods and techniques to become more efficient and a better health care provider. I love talking with other campers to hear different ways of teaching students how to be the best clinican they can be.

Kris Pladson, Moorhead College, MN _____________________________________________________________

Thanks for letting us attend. You have a great service program for educators for collaboration, learning, venting. Look forward to future courses. Thanks for thinking outside the box. You are a great mentor and peer.

Marta Ferguson, Indian River State College, FL 

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"The information imparted was pertinent to student orientation, faculty orientation and valuable as far as how to handle student/faculty situations which everyone experiences at some point. Cindy's vast experience as a program director is definitely helpful - why reinvent the wheel?

Debbie Heysek, Hillsborough Community College, FL

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"Extremely helpful. I would recommend these courses for all dental assisting and dental hygiene educators. Very detailed and entertaining. This course will help new teachers as well as seasoned professionals. Great speaker!"

Judy Diane Bock, California Association of Dental Assisting Teachers _____________________________________________________________

"Thank you, Cynthia - great info and "Food for thought". I will return to my program with renewed energy and a whole bunch of great teaching guidelines. So when I tell my students how I spent my summer vacation, I can actually say I was in school making myself a better teacher! Awesome!"                                                                                         

Wendy Pio, Dental Assisting Program Director at San Jose City College ______________________________________________________________

"This Teaching Methodology course has helped me a lot as a new program director/instructor. The information that I have learned will give me tremendous insight for my program. I also will use the resources and connections made with fellow instructors. The DA Accreditation Workshop was very informative for me. As a new instructor and program director I felt really lost on what is expected of me. You have set guidelines for me to follow and provided excellent examples. I also appreciated the camraderie and networking opportunites with fellow instructors and program directors. I really look forward to the next camp."

Lisa S. Childer, Dental Assisting Program Director Arkansas Norteastern College _____________________________________________________________

"This Teaching Methodology course was terrific! I only wish I could have done this last year. And even though I signed up for the DA Accreditation workshop, I also wish I had enrolled in the Case Based Course"

Margaret Bloy, Dental Assisting Program Director Middlesex Community College, MA _____________________________________________________________

"The Teaching Methodology had a lot of awesome information.  Please expand over two days with more of the same activities! One of the most beneficial conferences/continuing education seminars I have ever attended on teaching methodologies. I enjoyed my time in Summer Camp! I would strongly recommend both courses I took, Teaching Methodology and DA Accreditation Workshop."                                                                 

Kerri Friel, Dental Assisting Program Director Community College of RI

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 I am so glad I was able to attend the entire Boot Camp! I learned something that my program can use EVERYDAY! The Accreditation workshop for programs gearing up for a site visit and writing their self-study was EXCEPTIONAL in content and presentation. The instructors all had a very good way of bringing ideas to seasoned faculty. I cannot thank you enough for this experience! Cindy, your faculty are so empowered, and you empowered them. You know what I will tell everyone I know about the camp: WORTH EVERY PENNY! "

Ann Dickinson, DH Director, Remington College, Nashville, TN

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"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 patient tracking 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.