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DA0014: Oral Surgery Assistants Survival Course

 
Date: 4/17/2012 - 4/19/2012
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Bureau of Land Management
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Level: Basic
Audience: Assistants, Dentists
Quota: 12 - 24 students
Tuition: $700.00
Hours: 18.00 (Total CDE); 18.00 (DANB Clinical); 18.00 (AGD - 310)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

This is a three-day course designed to teach skills required by dental assistants when working with the oral and maxillofacial surgeon. This will involve clinic as well as operating room settings. Topics to be covered include medical evaluation of patients, sedation procedures, instrumentation, basic anatomy, and sterile technique. A special section will focus on dealing with the difficult surgeon.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. List some common medical conditions and commonly used drugs that impact the care of surgical patients.
2. Identify special instruments, equipment, and materials used in oral surgery.
3. Explain why oral surgeons do what they do.
4. Function more fully as an oral surgery assistant.

Speaker / Presenter:

Connie Jensen — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at connie.jensen@tchealth.org.

James Osaki — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at james.osaki@ihs.gov.

Kenneth Moran — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kenneth.moran@tchealth.org.

NORMAN JAMES — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at whitney.james@ihs.gov.

Disclosure Policy:

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.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

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

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition Payment Information:

Please make checks payable to: USET, Inc.

c/o Tammy Fowler

711 Stewarts Ferry Pike

Nashville, TN 37214

Tuition Policy:

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.