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DD0001: Challenges in an Indian Health Service [IHS] Dental Practice
People are by virtue of their assignment location, thrust into professional roles for which they have not been adequately prepared by previous schooling or experience. “Challenges” is designed for all new Indian Health Service [IHS], tribal, and urban dentists within their first three to six months of service. The course provides a basis for understanding and working in the IHS dental programs as well as to establish a baseline of skill and knowledge to be able to provide dental services efficiently and effectively.
1. Provide an overview of IHS history, mission and structure, personnel issues, and career development.
2. Increase efficiency to provide stainless steel crowns and other pediatric services.
3. Increase efficiency in diagnosis of endodontically treated teeth, periodontal disease and caries.
4. Be able to demonstrate sound oral surgical technique, diagnosis and treatment of infections.
5. Provide principles of health promotion and disease prevention and be able to interpret them relative to oral health.
CIELO DOHERTY — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at cielo.doherty@ihs.gov.
MARY MURPHY — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at maryg.murphy@ihs.gov.
JOHN KING — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at john.king@ihs.gov.
NORMAN JAMES — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at whitney.james@ihs.gov.
Rickey Thompson — After graduation from dental school in 1989, worked in the private sector for a year before joining the U.S Air Force. Transferred to the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in 1993. PHS assignments have included Fort Peck Service Unit, Southern Colorado Service Unit, and Shiprock Service Units. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Rickey.Thompson@ihs.gov.
AUGUST KALETA — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at august.kaleta@ihs.gov.
KATRINA LESLIE-PUHUYAOMA — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at katrina.leslie-puhuyaoma@ihs.gov.
Christopher Lingard — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at christopher.lingard@ihs.gov.
Richard Champany — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sr_champany@msn.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
Must have a current dental license.
Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service
c/o Rickey Thompson, Shiprock Dental Clinic
P.O. Box 160
Shiprock, NM 87420
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.
