2018 Catalog: All Courses

This course will provide the most recent Baby Teeth Matter [BTM] data, review parameters for data collection, define 0-5 caregiver role in multiple settings, and conclude with goal setting and writing PDSAs for the coming year.

This course is open to Portland Area sites participating in the Baby Teeth Matter [BTM] Collaborative.

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. List the parameters for quarterly data collection for BTM.
2. List the elements of a 0-5 caregiver and describe the combination of dental providers that can fulfill that role.
3. Write 2-3 PDSAs to increase dental access and decrease referrals to private pediatric dentists for 0-5 year olds.

Bonnie Bruerd — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Bonnie.Bruerd@gmail.com.

Alia Katabi — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at akatabi@deltadentalwa.com.

Marty Lieberman — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at marty.lieberman@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

This course is only open to programs currently participating in the Baby Teeth Matter collaborative.

Tuition is not required as this is a Northwest Portland Indian Health Board and Washington Dental Services Foundation-sponsored course

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.