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DE0036: Alaska Area Dental Meeting

 
Date: 11/08/2016 - 11/09/2016
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Location: Anchorage, AK
Level: Basic
Audience: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Support Staff
Quota: 10 - 100 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 38.00 (Total CDE); 25.00 (DANB Clinical); 13.00 (DANB Non-Clinical); 1.00 (AGD - 134); 10.00 (AGD - 149); 3.50 (AGD - 150); 2.00 (AGD - 250); 2.00 (AGD - 432); 17.50 (AGD - 550); 2.00 (AGD - 670)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

This annual meeting is aimed at dental staff in the Alaska Area to promote collaboration and sharing of best practices related specifically to Alaska Natives.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, participants should be able to:
1. Describe tribal health organizations in Alaska and the issues they face;
2. Identify needs and future direction of the Alaska Area; and
3. Define at least two best practices learned through this meeting.

Speaker / Presenter:

Teresa Hicks — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at thicks@ihs.gov.

Mary Williard — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mwilliard@ctclusi.org.

George Bird — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at george.bird@tananachiefs.org.

judy thompson — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jthompson@ihs.gov.

laura mckeown — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lmckeown@ihs.gov.

Clay Crossett — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at ccrossett@scf.cc.

Kama Blasing — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kama.blasing@arcticslope.org.

Saulo Geraldeli — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sgeraldeli@ihs.gov.

Angela Manderfeld — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at amanderfeld@ihs.gov.

Luz Smeenk — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lsmeenk@ihs.gov.

Summer Lynch — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at summerl@searhc.org.

John Snyder — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jsnyder@ihs.gov.

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Kenneth Wright — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kwright@hs.gov.

THOMAS BREWER — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tbrewer@scf.cc.

JANE BLEUEL — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jableuel@scf.cc.

Bradley Whistler — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at bradley.whistler@aol.com.

Karol Fink — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at karol.fink@aol.com.

Brian Berube — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at bjberube@anthc.org.

Julie Seager — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jseager@ihs.gov.

Kenneth Norris — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at knorris@ihs.gov.

Barbara O'Donnell — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at bodonnell@ihs.gov.

Bonnie Hunt — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Bonnie_Hunt@ykhc.org.

Dane Lenaker — Orthodontics For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at danel@searhc.org.

Judith Burks — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at JBurks@ihs.gov.

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Thera Ticknor — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tticknor@scf.cc.

Arnold Voigt — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Arnold.Voigt@tananachiefs.org.

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 Alaska Area dental staff

Tuition Payment Information:

No tuition

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.