2012 Catalog: All Courses
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DH0001: Evidence-based Clinical and Community Dental Hygiene Practices
This course will provide the knowledge and skills needed to provide evidence-based dental hygiene treatment in both clinical and community settings. The course will highlight the standards of care recommended by the Indian Health Service to prevent and treat the early stages of periodontal disease and caries.
TUESDAY, June 5, 2012
8:00 am – 10:00 am The IHS ECC Collaborative – Two Years Later - Ricks
10:00 am – 10:15 am Session Break
10:15 am - 12:00 pm Tobacco Cessation for Dental Providers - Carter
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Break – On Your Own
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Medical Emergencies - DeBois
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session Break
3:15 pm – 5:00 pm Medical Emergencies Hands-on Rotating Stations
WEDNESDAY, June 6, 2012
8:00 am – 10:00 am Guidelines for Infection Control - Walters
10:00 am – 10:15 am Session Break
10:15 am - 12:00 pm Ergonomics in Dentistry – Walters
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Round Table Lunch & Learn – Hollister
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Digital Radiography Update - Pease
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session Break
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Dental Ethics - Reese
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Compliance Update - Curtis
Short Meeting to Elect New Officers for the IHS Dental Hygiene Executive Coalition
THURSDAY, June 7, 2012
8:00 am – 10:00 am New Instruments and Techniques - Grey
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Nitrous Refresher Course - Miller
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch & Travel Back to OCAO
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm How to Conduct A Community Workshop - Hollister
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session Break
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Reaching Beyond the Dental Clinic - Goodman
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Basic Periodontal Expanded Functions Course - Black
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
1. Explain the six Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice and give examples of each standard related to an IHS practice setting.
2. Describe culturally competent clinical dental hygiene treatment.
3. Develop clinical or community strategies designed to achieve at least one of the ECC Initiative objectives.
Barbara DeBois — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at barbara.debois@aol.com.
Danny Walters — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at danny.walters@aol.com.
Kelly Pease — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kelly.pease@aol.com.
Melissa Reese — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at melissa.reese@ocaithb.org..
Jennifer Curtis — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jennifer.curtis@ihs.gov.
Jane Grey — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jane.grey@aol.com.
Kathy Miller — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kathy.miller@aol.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.
LORI GOODMAN — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lori.goodman@ihs.gov.
Julie Black — Contract Clinical Dental Hygiene For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at julie.black@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.
Sally Carter — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sally.carter@aol.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
Open to hygienists only.
Please Make Checks Payable to: USET, Inc.
c/o Tammy Fowler
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.