National Dental Hygiene Board Review

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Ready to get more from your board exam review? Join the new ADHA interactive community for a National Dental Hygiene Board Review course, available on-demand, anytime you choose. Designed to help you prepare for the new computer-based dental hygiene licensure exam, the course is taught by knowledgeable and experienced professors and recorded live. This newly formatted review course offers students the flexibility to study and review all course materials anytime on his/her own computer from anywhere in the world, and eliminates the cost of travelling and over-night stays.

Course Highlights

• Online Learning Survey Tool to assist students in assessing their online course readiness prior to registering
• Video Samples to clarify course content
• All recorded sessions available to registered participants for 60 days after the date of purchase
• Comprehensive electronic Study Guide containing all course materials included with registration. Hard copy Study Guide is available to course registrants for an additional $45.
• Available now through August 26

Please note that all student registrations and technical issues for the National Dental Hygiene Board Exam Review are processed online at CE Webinar™.

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Cost: $295 per student.

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Course Content

The course will cover three general subject areas: scientific basis for dental hygiene practice; the provision of clinical dental hygiene services; and community dental health and research principles. To further help you prepare for the exam, the course will also feature an on-demand module on test-taking strategies and methods to further develop and enhance your critical thinking skills.

Content areas to be reviewed include:

• Dental Materials
• Periodontology
• Oral Pathology
• Clinical Dental Hygiene
• Pharmacology
• Nutrition & Biochemistry
• Radiology
• Community Oral Health
• Research Principles
• Case Studies
• Test- Taking Strategies

Speakers

Each session of the National Dental Hygiene Board Exam Review Course will be taught by a knowledgeable and experienced content expert through a recorded online forum.

Introduction and Final Tips

Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, MSDH, Ed.D,. is theProfessor & Associate Dean
Instructional Technology & Faculty Development, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), School of Dentistry. Dr. Amyot has been a full-time faculty member at UMKC since 1993 serving three years as director of Graduate and Degree Completion Studies and five years as director of the Division of Dental Hygiene. Dr. Amyot has received numerous distinguished teaching awards from the School of Dentistry and was the recipient of the university- wide Elmer Pierson Outstanding Teaching Award. Since 2007 she has served as the director of Distance Education and Faculty Development where she has worked with faculty to incorporate technology into teaching and learning. She recently received the 2011 Missouri Distance Learning Leadership Award for her leadership in the field of distance learning through the development of innovative online programming, relevant scholarly research, and service to professional organizations.

Test-Taking Strategies

William Hendricson is assistant dean for Education and Faculty Development at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Dental School. Bill was the faculty development specialist for the academic health center in San Antonio where he directed the semester-long University Teaching Excellence Course (UTEC) for 15 years. He was director of Faculty Development for the Regional Academic Health Center in the Rio Grande Valley and has conducted master teacher courses for the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas College of Pharmacy and the Texas A & M Medical School. He directed a year-long research and grantsmanship fellowship for the North American Primary Care Research Group for nine years. Bill is senior consultant for the Academy of Academic Leadership, where he directs the Institute for Teaching and Learning. He is a member of the ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education, is an instructor in the ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program and was associate editor of the Journal of Dental Education from 2000 to 2009. He has published 104 papers, chapters and monographs on health professions education and served as a consultant to more than 150 universities and professional organizations.

Nutrition & Biochemistry

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Patricia A. Mannie, MS, obtained a BS degree in dental hygiene from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia and completed a Master of Science degree in Training and Development at St. Cloud State University. Patricia is the director of the Dental Hygiene Program and teaches full-time at the St. Cloud Technical & Community College where she has taught since 1995. It is where she developed the two-credit pre-requisite "Essentials of Nutrition" course, which has been offered online for over eight years. Additionally, she instructs students of other health programs in the area of nutrition.

Dental Materials, Community Oral Health and Research Principles

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Christine Nathe, RDH, MS, is currently professor and graduate program director at the University of New Mexico, Division of Dental Hygiene. She also manages the full-service dental clinic at UNM. She has published numerous articles in dental hygiene venues and speaks worldwide on dental public health issues. Ms. Nathe has practiced in various settings around the world including private practice, nursing homes, prisons, schools, and the military, and consults for various governmental agencies and private dental industry. Her books Dental Public Health and Research: Contemporary Practice for the Dental Hygienist, 3rd edition and Primary Preventive Dentistry, 7th edition are used throughout the world to educate hygienists on the science and practice of dental public health and primary dental care. She is an editorial reviewer of many dental hygiene periodicals and is an associate editor of the International Journal of Dental Hygiene. Ms. Nathe served as chair of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Council on Public Health. She has received the ADHA Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene, ; the Excellence in Teaching Award from the UNM School of Medicine,; the Distinguished Alumni Award from Old Dominion University, School of Dental Hygiene in Norfolk, Virginia; Outstanding Alumni Award from Rhodes State College in Lima, Ohio; the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Ohio Association of Community Colleges and the Distinguished Alumni Award in Dental Hygiene from the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and most recently the Old Dominion University 40th Anniversary Outstanding Educator’s Award.

Oral Pathology and Radiology

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Kristina Okolisan-Mulligan RDH, BS, MA, adjunct assistant clinical professor in the Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, and clinical competency advisor for dental hygiene students, earned her certificate and Bachelor of Science in dental hygiene at the University of Detroit. She lectures in general pathology, oral pathology, radiology, radiographic interpretation, evidence- based dental hygiene care, and board review to dental hygiene students, and teaches clinical radiology to both dental and dental hygiene students. Her additional interests include assessing clinical competency and the development of portfolio emerging methodologies. Ms. Okolisan-Mulligan is also a contributing editor for Modern Hygienist magazine, where her column “Pathways” includes her passion, the topic of pathology. She has been the recipient of the Outstanding Clinical Faculty award given by students and is currently a member of ADHA, MDHA, AAOMP, Sigma Phi Alpha National Dental Hygiene Honor Society and Secretary for the Oral Pathology section of ADEA. Ms. Okolisan-Mulligan practices clinically one day a week at a periodontal office. She recently earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction education at the University of Detroit Mercy.

Clinical Dental Hygiene

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Jennifer Pieren, RDH, MS, is currently a part-time faculty member at Youngstown State University in Ohio. Before that, she was an assistant professor at Ohio State University and an adjunct faculty member of the University of New Haven in Connecticut. She has taught all levels of clinical dental hygiene, including clinical radiology and pre-clinic. She also teaches laboratory and didactic classes, including dental materials and dental hygiene research. Ms. Pieren has a strong interest in research, publishing research on the use of automated external defibrillators in the dental setting. In connection with her most recent research, she was the runner-up in the 2011 DENTSPLY/ADHA Graduate Student Clinicians Program. Ms. Pieren received her associate degree in dental hygiene and her bachelor’s degree in allied health from Youngstown State University and her master’s degree in dental hygiene education from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is a member of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, American Dental Education Association and Sigma Phi Alpha National Dental Hygiene Honor Society.

Periodontology and Case Studies

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Keerthana Satheesh, DDS, is a clinical associate professor at the University of Missouri Kansas City, School of Dentistry. She obtained her DDS from University of Missouri- Kansas City, a certificate in periodontology and a master's in dentistry from the University of Minnesota. She has been working as a clinical assistant professor full-time at the UMKC- School of Dentistry since 2003. Dr. Satheesh is actively involved in clinical and didactic teaching to the dental students and graduate periodontal residents. She also maintains a private practice as an associate periodontist part- time.

Pharmacology

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Thomas Viola, RPh, CCP., is a registered pharmacist and pharmacy consultant as well as an educator, professional speaker and published writer. He is a member of the faculty of the dental hygiene programs at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, Penn., Manor College in Jenkintown, Penn., Middlesex County College in Edison, NJ., Burlington County College in Pemberton, NJ. and Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ. As an educator, Mr. Viola has instructed dental hygiene students in pharmacology and anatomy and physiology and has provided many professional board review courses. As a professional speaker, he has presented numerous continuing education courses on pharmacology and local anesthesia to practicing dental professionals nationally and internationally. As a published writer, he is a regular contributor to several dental and dental hygiene professional journals, including RDH magazine and AGD Impact.

Technical requirements

CE Webinar™ and the technology it employs is designed to be compatible with the vast majority of users, particularly those using the PC and Macintosh platforms. ll registrants are responsible for testing their personal computers for individual configuration and Internet compatibility issues before registering for the National Dental Hygiene Board Exam Review Course.

Please review CE Webinar™ Technical Requirements before registering for the course.

Mac Users

Macintosh users must use the audio streaming option by clicking on the Audio Link for Mac Users listed under the Course URL of the COURSE ACCESS INFORMATION section or the telephone option by dialing in and listen to the audio portion. VoIP/Computer audio is not supported on the Web-based meeting console OR the recorded lectures.

If you are having technical difficulties, please contact CE Webinar™ Technical Support.

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