2010 Catalog: All Courses

This course is offered to those who have or will have involvement in prevention activities at the service unit, tribal, or area level. It focuses on clinical and community strategies to prevent oral disease. Principles of public health and health education applicable to program planning, implementation, and evaluation are discussed. The basic strategies of clinical and community preventive dentistry are reviewed. Concepts of effective communication and teambuilding are discussed.

Upon completion of this session, the participant will be able to:
1. Apply sound public health principles to plan, implement, and evaluate clinical and community-based prevention programs.
2. Use available information, guidelines, and strategies in order to prevent oral disease and promote health
3. Employ interpersonal skills to disseminate information about prevention and build a network of health professionals focused upon prevention activities and projects
4. Identify evidence-based preventive interventions known to be effective, and understand how best to utilize these materials and techniques

Bonnie Bruerd — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Bonnie.Bruerd@gmail.com.

MARY HOLLISTER — Mary "Cathy" Hollister works for the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. Her office is located in Nashville, TN. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mary.hollister@ihs.gov.

Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@ihs.gov.

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

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Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

c/o Tim Ricks, Nashville Area Office

711 Stewarts Ferry Pike

Nashville, TN 37214

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.