2012 Catalog: Hygienist Courses
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DH0006: Challenges for Dental Hygienists in IHS: Virtual Course Part 4
The purpose of this four session course is to give IHS Dental Hygienists the background and resources needed to provide clinical and community dental hygiene services in an IHS setting.
Part 4. This session covers procedures for advance community dental hygiene services that may be offered at in Native American communities. There will be an emphasis on program design and evaluation.
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the process of designing and evaluating a community based dental program.
2. Use IHS reports to monitor clinical dental hygiene services.
3. Describe risk based recall.
Part 4.
1. Write a SMART objective
2. Explain the difference between process and outcome evaluation.
3. Explain how to identify evidence-based activities.
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.
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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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.