Continuing Education:
Continuing Education Requirements
The minimum requirement for each renewal period is 25 hours of continuing education, including:
* Basic Life Support. Licensees renewing for the first time are exempt from this requirement.
* 2 hours of California Infection Control
* 2 hours of California Dental Practice Act
Note: Infection Control and California Dental Practice Act may be taken online at any of the registered continuing education web sites (below). Fifty percent (12 hours) must be completed for Category I. The balance can be completed for Category II. No more than half of the Continuing Education hours can be completed through home study or on line coursework.
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To register for a course, please fill out a registration form using the links below; then, either make a payment using the appropriate Paypal link or make a check out to "CDHS-SVC" and mail it to:
CDHA-SVC
c/o Toni S. Adams, RDH, MA
5675 Ambassador Drive
Rocklin, CA 95677-4419
Please note that everyone that attends CE courses must register.
Students who do not wish to purchase a dinner should register by emailing Toni Adams: tonisadamsrdh@earthlink.net.
SVDHA CE Course Costs:
Members: $32
Nonmembers: $55 (attend for $32 when you join your professional association)
Students w/ Dinner: $15
To view course information, please click the course name (in dark blue).
September 17 : Carol Lee, "Balancing patient care & ergonomic health (tai chi)"
October 10 (Saturday), CE with Shirley Gutkowski, 4 hours, Perky Perio, at Holiday Inn at Madison, 8-1 including breakfast buffet
November 19: Dr. Michael Dunne, "Anesthesia Update" * January: Dr. Nicky Hakimi, "Biologics in the 21st Century"
January 21, 2010 (Thursday), dinner meeting at Dante Club. Topic: TBA
February 18: Maria Perno Goldie, "Total Health: The Dental Hygienist's Role"
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March 20, 2010 (Saturday),
CE with Anne Guignon, 6 hours, "The Epidemics!",
Holiday Inn at Madison, hours and meal to be arranged.
Course description is at:
http://www.anneguignon.com/html/docs/fullday_The_Epidemics.pdf
Anne Nugent Guignon, RDH, MPH is an internationally recognized speaker who is passionate about creating an environment that promotes more exciting careers for dental professionals. Her interactive programs are timely, straightforward, practical and fun and cover such diverse topics as ergonomics, new products, advanced micro-ultrasonic instrumentation, new diagnostic and therapeutic devices, patient comfort issues and career burnout.
She received her BS in Dental Hygiene in 1971 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. During her graduate studies at the University of Texas School of Public Health she conducted research into the areas of dental hygiene career satisfaction and continuing education activity and received her Masters degree in 1988.
Anne is the Senior Consulting Editor for RDH Magazine, author of the monthly “Comfort Zone” column and writes feature articles for RDH and many other publications. She holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Texas Dental Branch-Houston and has authored dental hygiene textbook chapters on ergonomics and power driven instrumentation. Anne has practiced clinical dental hygiene in Houston, Texas for 39 years, is an active ADHA member and the recipient of the 2004 Sonicare-RDH Mentor of the Year Award.
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April 15 : Elly Francisco, "CAMBRA"
May 20 : Kristy Menage Bernie, "The Periodontic/Orthodontic Connection: Maximizing Success with the Orthodontic Patient"
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Check back regularly for upcoming dinner meetings with CE. Our meetings are always the 3rd thursday of the month. September 17th, October 15th, November 19th, No meeting in December. Meeting dates for 2010 will be posted later.
Courses:
Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternate Practice
35 CE's for relicensure.
17 CE's can be home-study.
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