2020 Catalog: All Courses

Assistant's Survival Course will provide assistants with the knowledge and skills to perform a supplemental Oral Surgery procedures and understand why and how Oral Surgery procedures are performed.

Oral Surgery Assistant’s Survival Course 2020

July 14, 2020

8:00-9:00       Introduction/Get Acquainted/                Sikes
Scope of Practice/Case Presentations

9:00-10:30       Common Medical Conditions                Sikes

10:30-12:00       Aseptic Technique                   Moran

12:00-1:30       Lunch

1:30-3:00       Vital Signs and Patient Monitoring            Sikes

3:00-5:00       LAB- Vital Signs/Monitor Use               Sikes/Moran
         

July 15, 2020

8:00-11:00       Medical Emergencies                  Moran

11:00-12:30       Lunch

12:30-2:00       Anesthesia/Antibiotics/Analgesics/            Sikes
         Venous Puncture

2:00-4:00       LAB- Aseptic Technique/Instrument Wrapping/      Hewey/Yazzie
Gowns & Gloves/Instrument ID

July 16, 2020

8:00-9:30       Suturing/Miscellaneous Materials            Moran

9:30-10:00      LAB - Suturing Practice               Moran/Sikes

10:00-11:00       Post-op Complications                   Sikes

11:00-12:30      Lunch                     

12:30-1:30       Biopsy Techniques                  Moran

1:30-3:30       Case Scenarios/Conclusions                Sikes

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1.    Have a broad knowledge Oral Surgery procedures
2.    Have knowledge of how to assist in Medical Emergencies
3.    Have knowledge of why adjunctive measures are done in the Oral Surgery practice

Kenneth Moran — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kenneth.moran@tchealth.org.

Justin Sikes — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Justin.Sikes@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

Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

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.