2016 Catalog: All Courses

The purpose of this three day course is to provide IHS Dental Chiefs and Tribal Dental Program Managers informative sessions designed to improve program management skills combined with CDE opportunities. The course will include clinical data analysis and productivity discussion, personnel training, and problem solving exercises.

At the end of Dr. Barney's course the participant will be able to:

1. Define the objectives and the different components of the IHS Periodontal Treatment Initiative
2. Explain and properly use the Community Periodontal Index [CPI] in screening patients for periodontal disease.
3. Develop evidence-based periodontal diagnosis and treatment plan based on the screening, periodontal work-up, and other indicators.

And at the end of Dr. Hull's course the participant will be able to:

1. Be able to identify and treat common medical emergencies found in the dental office.
2. Be able to identify a proper adjunct oral airway and place it properly
3. Understand new guidelines for BLS and ACLS

Vermon Barney — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at craigbarneydds@gmail.com.

MacKay Hull — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at hullfam1@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

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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.