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Spring CE Event
Saturday, May 16, 2020, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT
Category: High Desert Component
The Spring CE Event on May 16th, 2020 has been postponed. Please check back for the change in date. Sharpening Up Your Skills (Course offered from 9am-11am or from 2pm-4pm) Time: AM Course will start promptly at 9am and conclude at 11am Location: McMenamins Old St. Francis School: Rambler Room 700 NW Bond St, Bend, OR 97703 Course Description: This is a hands on course! The innovative training curriculum is paired with a unique electronic sharpening guide to hone your sharpening skills. This system is designed specifically for dental hygiene professionals. Please be sure to bring your own sharpening stones, Universal and Gracey curettes that you have personally sharpened and your loupes! Sharp instruments reduce pain! The number one contributor to hand and wrist pain is dull instruments. Dull instruments require you to apply too much pressure or maintain an unnatural hand and wrist position, both reasons for extreme pain and possible long term injury after a full day of appointments. In this workshop, you will be trained to create the sharpest instruments and maintain that sharpness all through the day, eliminating the main source of pain for hygienists. Sharp instruments lead to less pain, and to providing the best care to your patients! Course Objectives: • Understand the science behind sharpening • Understand the ramifications of not sharpening correctly • Develop mastery of sharpening • Learn how to prevent personal injury • Learn how to use the OneTen Training Method and how to implement it into daily practice Cultivating Culturally Competent Care
Time: Course will start promptly at 11:30am and conclude at 1:30pm Location: McMenamins Old St. Francis School: Father Luke Room 700 NW Bond St, Bend, OR 97703 Course Description: As Oregon’s population is increasingly more diverse, it is imperative for dental providers to develop skills in serving patients from varying population groups. Using popular education activities, attendees will explore and discuss methods to improve cultural sensitivity and communication with patients from diverse backgrounds. By implementing the four C’s for cultivating culturally competent care, attendees will gain confidence to use these skills in practice. Course Objectives: • Recognize how Oregon’s population is becoming more diverse • List 8 factors which influence culture • Identify four alternative oral health practices to heal oral diseases • Practice communicating cultural sensitivity Love is a Battlefield: The Ergonomic Woes of an RDH
Time: Course will start promptly at 9am and conclude at 11am Location: McMenamins Old St. Francis School: Father Luke Room 700 NW Bond St, Bend, OR 97703 Course Description: Ergonomics play a key role in a clinician's safety inside and outside the operatory. "Love is a battlefield" will review common workplace injuries associated with the dental environment and what clinicians can do to increase career longevity through movement. New techniques, including integrating technology can be implemented immediately into the practice setting. Course Objectives: • Review the dental environment including risks and common injuries • Recognize techniques to prevent injury inside and outside the operatory • Introduce technology to enhance ergonomic safety and career longevity such as seating, magnification, instruments, dental hygiene hand-piece and workplace • Discover new-to-market devices that assist in enhancing clinician comfort and safety Infection Control: Are you a prevention Strategist? Speaker: DeeAnne Ashcroft, MPH, RDHEP Time: Course will start promptly at 2pm and conclude at 4pm Location: McMenamins Old St. Francis School: Father Luke Room 700 NW Bond St, Bend, OR 97703 Course Description: Clinicians go through their day-to-day routine on auto-pilot sometimes, but when it comes to infection Control, we must be more active in each step. Not only does staying up-to-date keep our treatment rooms and instruments properly sanitized and sterilized, but also safe for ourselves and our patients. Course Objectives: • Recognize the importance of treatment room and equipment sanitization based on OSHA and CDC recommendations • Gain confidence in instrument and hand-piece reprocessing procedures • Refresh on proper hand hygiene and gloving • Review EPA guidelines and upcoming changes for 2020 • Learn about going green in dental environment Fees & Registration Information: A lunch buffet will be served from 11am-12pm ADHA Members: Each course is free Up to 6 CEU Credits offered |