$448.00
Description
13. DH Accreditation Workshop (8 ceu’s) Sunday. August 1, 2027 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Course Instructor: Christine Dominick, CDA, RDH, M. Oc. Ed
This workshop is designed to familiarize Dental Hygiene educators with the accreditation process, assist in understanding what is required to write a self-study report, prepare and host a site visit, successfully complete documents and reporting requirements before and after the site visit. A step by step guide on how to organize and prepare a self-study document is presented that will enable participants to effectively engage their faculty and staff to assist in the accreditation process. Guidelines for conducting a site visit are provided along with suggestions for best practices to ensure a successful site visit will be clearly outlined for the attendees. Updates and changes in the standards are compared with previous accreditation standards to assist attendees in managing what is now expected in the current standards. The second half of the workshop is devoted to in depth discussions of DH standards 1-6, with emphasis on areas that are known to be the most frequently cited and why. Suggestions are made and discussed by the instructor and the class on the most effective ways to demonstrate compliance with the Commission on Dental Accreditation Standards for Dental Hygiene Education Programs as presented in the DH Self-Study Report. Course participants receive a flash drive that contains documents that serve as templates for creation of exhibits and helpful resources that are in electronic format for each of the standards 1-6. Flash Drives now includes a self-study document for your review to assist you with planning the format of your own school’s document with exhibits as examples to show what might be submitted.(A copyright agreement must be signed to receive the flash drive) This course does not guarantee one’s success at preparing a self-study document or a recommendation free report from the CODA site visit committee. Those attending this workshop should print out the DH Self-study and bring it with them to the course. Class limited to 30 participants
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the purpose, sequence, major requirements, and key participants in the CODA accreditation process for Dental Hygiene Education Programs.
2. Interpret current CODA Accreditation Standards for Dental Hygiene Education Programs, including the intent statements, examples of evidence, and documentation expectations associated with Standards 1 through 6.
3. Compare current Dental Hygiene accreditation standards and requirements with prior standards in order to identify substantive revisions that affect program policies, curriculum, resources, assessment, and documentation.
4. Develop a structured plan and timeline for completing a comprehensive Dental Hygiene self-study report, including delegation of responsibilities, document collection, internal review, and required submission deadlines.
5. Organize a self-study report that clearly addresses each CODA standard and presents accurate, complete, and verifiable evidence of program compliance.
6. Select and prepare appropriate exhibits, supporting documents, data reports, policies, meeting minutes, assessment records, and other evidence needed to substantiate compliance with CODA standards.
7. Engage and coordinate faculty, staff, administrators, institutional support personnel, and advisory stakeholders in the self-study and accreditation-preparation process.
8. Identify areas of potential noncompliance or commonly cited concerns within Standards 1 through 6 and implement strategies to strengthen evidence of compliance before submission of the self-study.
9. Prepare the program, faculty, staff, students, and institutional representatives for a CODA site visit, including interviews, documentation review, facilities review, agenda planning, and communication protocols.
10. Apply best-practice strategies for hosting an organized, professional, and evidence-based site visit that facilitates the visiting committee’s evaluation of the program.
11. Explain the program’s responsibilities for accreditation-related documentation and reporting before, during, and after a site visit, including electronic submission expectations and follow-up communication.
12. Use provided templates, sample exhibits, resource materials, and a model self-study document to begin or improve the participant’s own program accreditation documentation system.
Our Policy:
Requests for cancellations must be received at least 2 weeks prior to the camp date (July 16, 2027). However, for cancellations received after this deadline, if the cancellation is made prior to the class start date and time, 75% of the tuition may be applied toward future camps. Tuitions for no-shows will be forfeited NO EXCEPTIONS.
DH Methods of Education, Inc. is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets and any other travel expenses due to missed flights (delays, cancellations weather related or otherwise) or if the course is cancelled. Course flash drives will ONLY be given out to those who attend the courses. Those who miss class for any reason will not be given the course flash drive.
A word about our course flash drives and materials.
We do not sell the course flash drives and/or materials separately. They are only received after completing the “How to Teach” subject specific course. This is our policy since ownership of the course flash drive and materials copyright agreement and course certification are proof to CODA that the recipient did indeed attend the methodology classroom session. Having the materials alone could be misconstrued as meeting Standard 3-7 since CODA usually recognizes our course materials and associates them with the face to face instruction that demonstrates compliance with the standard. The materials belong to the college or university that pays the tuition, not the attendee.
