(340) Trauma and Pain*(2 hours pain management credit) #340

Susan Paurazas, DDS, M.H.S.A, MS

Traumatic dental injuries can be complex in presentation and management. This course will review diagnosis and management of dental traumatic injuries. Case scenarios and evidenced based information will be used to support treatment decisions. *2 hours pain management
Sponsor:VCS, LLC

(550) Courageous Leadership#550

Scott Hobart, BS

The workplace is fraught with daily challenges that may provoke fear, stress or even excitement. These challenges can inspire our courage or undermine our performance. This training is about helping individuals access their own courage and enlarge their capacity to be courageous so that they can meet these challenges with more confidence and less trepidation.
Sponsor:Crest Oral B, P&G

(550) Dental Ethics, Jurisprudence and Delegation in Michigan – Be Ready for Relicensure

Pamela Zarkowski, JD, MPH, BSDH

Pamela Zarkowski is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at UDM and Professor in the School of Dentistry. She teaches dental hygiene, pre and post- doctoral dental students in the area of community dentistry, legal, ethical principles and issues.

This course will review ethical and legal principles important to the delivery of oral health care delivery.  Recent updates to the Michigan Administrative Rules will be highlighted, including delegation of duties to allied health  personnel.

The policy of Vestrand Consulting Services, LLC (VCS, LLC) offers programs that support scientific research and includes an assessment of the associated benefits and risks.  VCS, LLC requires that all speaker presentations comply with AGD/PACE standards and that sound scientific basis of the presentation is supported by the best evidence, as documented by references to current peer-reviewed, clinically relevant literature.  When the sound scientific basis for clinical activity is uncertain the speaker is required to disclose the level of currently available evidence, and what is known of the risks and benefits associated with the clinical methods and modalities described in the presentation to the audience.  VCS, LLC cautions participants about the hazards of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into their practices.  Lectures are for information basis only.