CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THE ENTIRE DENTAL TEAM Friday, April 3, 2020 & Saturday April 4, 2020

12.0 CEUs Available – 3 Courses Offered **Seating is limited! Register early before these courses sell out!**

Erie Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Course #1 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Course #2

(lunch included if attending both courses)Saturday: 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Course #3 (lunch included)

Location: Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel, 55 West Bay Drive Erie, PA 16507

Registration Deadline: Friday March 20, 2020

Course #1: “The Mystique in Changing Patient’s Behavior” Use of “Motivational Interviewing” in healthcare 3.0 CEUs

Course Description: The concept of “motivational interviewing” is now recognized in oral healthcare as becoming the best practice in “guiding” our patients in making positive changes in their health and lifestyle behaviors.By eliminating those prior tactics of judging or controlling our patients, we are now embracing a more effective “patient-centered approach to coaching. Our patients will only make positive changes if they can appreciate the value as well as making those choices on their own time.Lil will walk the audience through the key principles that underscore the process of using motivational interviewing techniques in our workplace. The video clips and interactive discussion brings about a productive environment for learning this concept while having fun during the seminar.

Course Objectives:

• Discussing and applying the 4 guiding principles of Motivational Interviewing practice• Discuss the stages of MI practice using the concepts of D.A.R.N.• Reinforce the implementation of “open-ended” question in gaining insights into patient’s behaviors• Define ambivalence and discuss how to guide patients through their challenges in adopting new behavior patterns• Observe the video demonstrations of dental hygiene and patient interactions – and provide suggestions/input in

improving the tactics in motivational interviewing

Speaker: Lil Caperila, RDH, BSDH, M.Ed.

Lil Caperila is a registered dental hygienist who has provided direct patient care for over 35 years. She is currently employed with Premier Dental Products Company as Manager of Professional Education and an internationally –recognized speaker on topics of clinical instrumentation, prevention and patient education. Lil is a past President of Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association and former dental hygiene faculty within three universities in the Philadelphia area. In 2009, Lil was honored to be inducted as the first dental hygiene graduate into the Alumni Hall of Fame at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, PA and later selected to their “Fabulous 50” Alumni during the college’s 50th anniversary. She is the 2010 recipient of the ADHA Irene Newman Professional Achievement award and has recently been published in her chapter contribution to a new textbook entitled: “Dental Hygiene, Applications to Clinical Practice.

*Courses Approved by thePA Academy of Dental Hygiene Studies

Acceptable for DMDs, RDHs, EFDAs

Course #2: “Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office" – Using Audience Response Polling 3.0 CEUs

Course Description: This lecture will review the prevention, recognition and the management of medical emergencies which can and do occur in the dental office. This presentation will be interactive, including audience response polling to enhance the learning experience. Attendees will have access to a hand-out in advance so that more time will be spent listening, thinking and interacting.

Emergency topics to be covered: • Syncope • Orthostatic hypotension• Hyperventilation • Aspiration • Asthmatic attack• Allergic Reactions • Anaphylaxis • Hypoglycemia and Insulin Shock• Myocardial Infarction • Angina • Cardiac arrest• Stroke (CVA) • Hyperthyroidism • Seizures and epilepsy• Hypothyroidism • Adrenal InsufficiencyCourse Objectives:

• Participants will leave with enhanced medical knowledge along with simple approaches that can providelife-saving skills.• Participants will be better able to combine the didactic knowledge presented with the ability to managean actual emergency situation.• Real emergency scenarios will be presented along with review of recognition and management protocolsfor each.

Speaker: John L. Alonge, M.S., D.D.S.

Course #3: “Differential Diagnosis of Oral Lesions – An Interactive presentation using Audience Response Polling” 6.0 CEUs

Course Description: Development of a working differential diagnosis is one of the most difficult tasks in the diagnostic sequence. This program is designed to increase skills of hygienists to successfully understand the differential diagnosis used in dentistry to either treat or to confidently refer. This program is an excellent learning format for comprehension of diagnosis and plan treatment decisions for patients.Objectives/Benefits from Attending:

• A practical and useful review of the diagnostic terminology and sequence necessary to formulate a differential diagnosis.• Appreciate practical methodology to help refine clinical diagnoses.• Formulate differential diagnosis on soft tissue and radiographic lesions.• Multiple clinical cases will be presented to enhance understanding and retention of material.

Speaker: John L. Alonge, M.S., D.D.S.Dr. John M.S., Alonge D.D.S.is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, andthe National Dental Board of Anesthesiology currently in private practice in Erie, Pennsylvania. Dr. Alonge is a Magna cum Laude graduate of the University of Maryland, where he received his dental degree as well a master’s degree in anatomy in 1983, along with numerous awards and honors; among them, election to Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society and Omicron Kappa Upsilon national dental honor society. He was selected for the U.S. Air Force General Practice Residency Program at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona which he completed in 1984. He was then transferred to Hickam AFB, Hawaii where for three years he served as Chief of Outpatient Oral Surgery prior to entering formal Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Training at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Upon completion of his surgery training in 1990, Dr. Alonge was then assigned to Wright-Patterson USAF Medical

Center in Dayton, Ohio where he served as Oral Surgery Training Officer for the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program. He separated from the Air Force in 1994 to enter private practice. As a result of his years of teaching, Dr. Alonge has extensive experience in all subspecialty areas such as dento-alveolar surgery, dental implants, corrective jaw and facial surgery. Dr. Alonge has lectured regionally, nationally and internationally and is a member of the Examination Committee for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He serves as a clinical instructor for the LECOM School of Dental Medicine Erie Outreach Clinic.

American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He serves as a clinical instructor for the LECOM School of Dental Medicine Erie Outreach Clinic.

NWPDHA CE - Registration formFriday, April 3, 2020 & Saturday April 4, 2020

Course Fees = Below Amounts + CE Zoom Registration Fee: Academy member ADHA member Non-member

Friday Morning: Patient Behavior $35 $45 $85

Friday Afternoon: Medical Emergencies $35 $45 $85

Saturday (Full Day): Oral Lesions $65 $85 $165

Please note: Members save $160. That's over 50% of your annual membership dues! Why not join YOUR professional organization today!

We are going green! Course registrations and certificates of attendance will be handled through CE Zoom.

receive credit.

NO REFUNDS! If PDHA must cancel the course, your fee will be fully refunded.

*While we make every effort to run courses that will count towards your license renewal, the State Boardof Dentistry has the final say on what courses they will accept based on the state practice act.

Course Sponsor: Northwest Component of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association Inc.

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Questions??? Please contact Marcie Montie at 814-490-3479 or mamukina@gmail.com

The courses will take place at the Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel, 55 West Bay Drive Erie, PA 16507

Continental Breakfast and snacks will be provided during the course. Lunch will be included if you attend both courses on Friday. Lunch is included at the Saturday course for all attendees.

Seating is limited. There may not be registrations available on the day of the course. Late registration fee will apply to registrations after Friday March 20, 2020. You must be in attendance for the entire seminar to