2020 Catalog: All Courses

The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center would like to invite Health Directors, Dentists, Dental Directors, and other dental health professionals serving American Indians/Alaskan Natives in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Chicago to attend a convening of Tribal, urban Indian, and IHS Service Unit [I/T/U] oral health professionals.

Agenda:
9:00 - 10:00 Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health by RADM Tim Ricks, DMD, MPH, FICD
10:00 - 11:00 Oral-Systemic Links & Public Health Data by Genelle Lamont, Ph.D., MPH
11:00 - 11:30 Health Literacy 101: Helping your patients to understand by Genelle Lamont, Ph.D., MPH
2:00 - 3:30 Historical Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences [ACES] by Isaiah Brokenleg, MPH
3:30 - 5:00 Medical-Dental Integration: Oral Health and Substance Abuse Disorder by Scott Wolpin, DMD and Daniel Brody, DMD

Upon completion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the influences for the 2020 Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health;
2. List the implications of poor oral health;
3. Define health literacy and the state of health literacy in the U.S.;
4. Correlate adverse childhood experiences to individual and community health; and
5. Identify appropriate pain management for dental patients.

Genelle Lamont — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at genelle.lamont@state.mn.us.

Isaiah Brokenleg — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at isaiah.brokenleg@gmail.com.

Scott Wolpin — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at swolpin@ESRH.ORG.

Daniel Brody — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at brody@valleyhealth.org.

Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@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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Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

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.