2017 Catalog: All Courses

This CDE session will include a review of collective and individual data, focus on working collaboratively with medical partners, and goal setting to increase access for 0-5 year-olds and decrease referrals to private pediatric dentists.

This course is only open to Portland Area staff participating in the Baby Teeth Matter project.

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. State progress towards meeting data goals for 0-5 year-old access to dental care and referrals;
2. List 3 effective strategies to collaborative effectively with medical partners; and
3. List 2 quality improvement objectives and write corresponding PDSAs.

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

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

This course is only open to programs currently participating in the Baby Teeth Matter collaborative.

Tutition is not required as this is a Northwest Portland Indian Health Board and Washington Dental Services Foundation-sponsored course

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.