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DH0003: Dental Hygiene Challenges

 
Date: 4/10/2018 - 4/10/2018
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Sheraton Albuquerque Airport
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Level: Basic
Audience: Hygienists
Quota: 10 - 40 students
Tuition: $67.50
Hours: 6.75 (Total CDE); 1.50 (AGD - 130); 5.25 (AGD - 550)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

The purpose of this course is to introduce clinical dental hygienists to practice in an Indian Health Service [IHS] setting. Dental hygienists with limited public health experience or those who are new to the IHS may be unfamiliar with practice management tools, accountability measures, or community dental health programs. This course will include an overview of clinical protocols and community programs commonly used in IHS.

This course is most useful to dental hygienists with 5 or fewer years of service in an IHS or tribal clinical setting.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
1. Distinguish the three current IHS GPRA indicators and the rationale behind each;
2. Describe risk-based recall; and
3. Design and evaluate a community-based dental program.

Speaker / Presenter:

LORI GOODMAN — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lori.goodman@ihs.gov.

Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@ihs.gov.

TIMOTHY LOZON — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Timothy.Lozon@ihs.gov.

Disclosure Policy:

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.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

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

Prerequisites:

Participants should be hygienists with 5 or fewer years of experience in an IHS or tribal program.

Tuition Payment Information:

Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

Payment must accompany the Tuition Payment Form

Payment is only required from programs that have taken HQ dental shares.

Tuition Policy:

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.