9 – 10:30 a.m.: Dr. Marie Fluent will address the topic of infection control in dentistry.
Learning objectives:
Describe pertinent CDC Guidance documents to ensure safe dental care.
Discuss the importance of handpiece sterilization after use.
Understand PPE requirements for safe clinical care and for other tasks within the dental setting.
11 a.m. – Noon: Dan Schulte will speak on dental ethics, jurisprudence, and delegation of duties.
Learning objectives:
Identify what procedures are legal to delegate to dental assistants and hygienists.
Understand what level of supervision is required when a procedure is delegated.
Recognize the difference between the legal and ethical requirements applicable to delegation and supervision.
1-4 p.m. Dr. Marita Inglehart will speak on implicit bias.
Learning objectives:
Understand the historical basis and present consequences of implicit biases based on an individual’s characteristics.
Discuss current research on implicit bias in the access to and delivery of health care services.
How to better-serve a diverse population, as well as diversity and inclusion initiatives and cultural sensitivity.
This course counts toward Michigan’s implicit bias training requirement for all health care providers. This course counts towards Michigan’s Infection Control requirement. This course counts toward Michigan’s ethics, jurisprudence, and delegation of duties requirement.
Financial support provided by MDA Insurance, MDA Services, Crest+Oral B Professional Oral Health, and Garfield Refining.
About the Speakers … Dr. Marie Fluent is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and her expertise is in infection control.
Dan Schulte is a partner at the Kerr-Russell law firm.
Dr. Marita Inglehart is a professor of dentistry in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Hotel Accommodations
Weber’s Inn
3050 Jackson Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-769-2500