2010 Catalog: Hygienist Courses
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DH0002: Challenges for the Dental Hygienist in IHS
Challenges is offered to those hygienists who are new to the IHS Dental Program. The course will focus on an overview of the IHS system, personnel issues, cultural issues, career development and principles of public health and health education as they apply to both clinical and community based prevention and treatment programs.
Monday, May 3
7:30am Registration
8am - 5pm Continuing Education
Tuesday, May 4
8am – 1pm Continuing Education
SEE UPLOADED AGENDA FOR ALL DETAILS.
Upon completion of Challenges, the participants will be able to:
1. Provide an overview of IHS history, mission and structure and its personnel systems.
2. Identify principles of public health dentistry for health promotion and disease prevention projects.
3. Identify evidence-based strategies for preventive interventions and clinical treatment.
4. Provide an understanding of tribal cultural issues.
5. Provide information about career development opportunities within IHS and tribal sites.
BETH FINNSON — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at beth.finnson@ihs.gov.
LORI GOODMAN — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lori.goodman@ihs.gov.
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
None. Open to all hygienists in the Indian Health Dental Program whether tribal, contract, civil service or commissioned corps, full-time or part-time.
Please Make Checks Payable to: USET, Inc.
Attn: Steve Adams
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.
