Participants will check-in at this table prior to orientation.

ADEA Welcome Committee

New and returning directors are invited to stop by the welcome area to meet planning committee members, ADEA Council of Allied Dental Program Directors Administrative Board members and ADEA staff who will help orient them to the meeting and share useful ADEA resources.

ADEA DHCAS Demonstration

See a demonstration of the ADEA DHCAS search engine and admissions management software, WebAdMIT. ADEA DHCAS, the centralized application service for all levels of dental hygiene programs, provides critical data collection, dedicated customer service and a robust reporting system for dental hygiene program admissions.

Please note: Small food items will be available throughout the entire meet and greet to allow you to simultaneously snack and visit with corporate sponsors.

Participants will have the opportunity to speak with members of the ADEA Corporate Council to discuss specific program needs and obtain educational materials.

Renée Smith
CEO, A Human Workplace

People have struggled with burnout, lack of meaning and loss of connection at work for a long time. Today, people are leaving dehumanizing workplaces in droves, and countless others are staying but are disengaged. Many workplaces are in crisis and leaders are unsure of what to do. This talk provides answers and points the way to a more successful, human-centered future. What does it take to create a workplace where stakeholders and customers are satisfied and employees and teams can truly thrive? It takes decreasing fear and increasing a sense of psychological safety to foster a more human way of working.
 
With candor and warmth, Ms. Smith makes the business case for love. Based on insights from her primary research, which included 75 formal interviews and hundreds of informal dialogues, learn how human-centered workplaces are more effective workplaces. Learn what it means to be human-centered and explore the neuroscience behind this shift. Discover daily practices to create more trust, engagement, satisfaction and performance on teams. Explore the role of accountability in a human workplace. Learn a tool to ensure you lead with less fear and more care for people when faced with any challenge or opportunity. Be inspired to make your work more human every day!

• Describe practical ways to make work a positive, engaging experience. 
• Explain the link between performance and human behavioral science and neurophysiology.
• Recall the solid business case for decreasing fear and increasing psychological safety.
  
  CE Credits: 1.75
  

Sponsored by Hu-Friedy Group (For attendees and one registered adult guest.)

Presenters
Ann Bruhn, RDH, M.S. 
Chair-elect, ADEA Council of Allied Dental Program Directors
(ADEA CADPD)

Karen West, D.M.D., M.P.H.
ADEA President and CEO
 
Ana N. López-Fuentes, D.M.D., M.P.H. 
Chair of the ADEA Board of Directors

Susan Kass, RDH, Ed.D.
Chair-elect of the ADEA Board of Directors

Recognition of VIPs

Marti Santizo, RDH, M.B.A. 
Diane Peterson, RDH, M.Ed.
Colgate

Get ready to elevate your curriculum by incorporating our ready-to-use digital tools on the Colgate Dental Educators Network. This is a hands-on workshop where you will take a deep dive into the website and learn how to quickly add this resource to your courses. Group activities and a scavenger hunt will help increase your knowledge about the offerings on the network.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe how to navigate the Colgate Dental Educators Network and identify ready-to-use resources for your courses.
• Identify courses to take on Educational Methodology and Leadership.
• Identify ready-to-use OSCE resources.
• Explain how to contribute to the network.

CE Credits: 1.0

Using a PechaKucha format, facilitators present a brief synopsis of empowerment activities at their campuses. Immediately following the presentations, attendees participate in several small group facilitated discussions on the issues.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify issues affecting successful administration of allied dental programs.
• Discuss possible emerging educational strategies for the future. 

Shifting Perspectives From Superheroes to Allied Health Educators
Facilitator: Elizabeth Carr, RDH, M.S.D.H., D.H.A.

Enhancing Allied Dental Education Through Service Learning
Facilitator: Brigette Cooper, RDH, M.S.

Better Together: Empowering Allied Dental Students Through Interprofessional Education
Facilitator: Sarah Lindsay Liebkemann, RDH, M.S.

Looking Beyond the Looming Demographic Cliff
Facilitator: Emily Rhineberger, M.A.

CE Credits: 1.75  

Teaching Allied Dental Students to Manage Inappropriate Patient Sexual Behavior 

Dianne Smallidge, RDH, Ed.D.
Chair, ADEA CADPD
Dean
Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences  

The presentation will inform attendees of the prevalence of Inappropriate Patient Sexual Behavior (IPSB) in dental practice settings, provide examples of IPSB experienced by clinicians, and provide guidance on how to teach allied dental students to manage IPSB in practice settings.

• Define the terms workplace violence and IPSB.   
• Discuss the prevalence of IPSB encountered by dental providers in the clinical practice setting.   
• Identify skills faculty and students can use to manage IPSB in their educational settings.   

CE Credits: 1.0

Break

Speak Spanglish? Cultural Considerations in Dentistry

Amber Lovatos, RDH, M.A.A.D.H.
Latin RDH

Have you ever wished you could do more for your patient but found that culture has been a barrier? We have all noticed that certain misinformation is passed along in different cultures. Even as health care workers, we often experience this with our own families. As a Mexican American, Ms. Lovatos knows a great deal about the different “medical tips “that are passed along from a favorite “tia” (aunt) or the overly helpful “vecino” (neighbor). These behaviors are common in the Hispanic and Latin community. They are also behaviors to work to understand and empathize with to better care for minority patients. In this session, participants will learn the “why” behind some of the behaviors in the Hispanic and Latin communities. They will become familiar with the nuances of interacting with Hispanics, environmental factors that contribute to their decision-making, and learn how to leverage similarities. The goal of this session is to equip professionals to better understand the cultural factors affecting their patients’ behaviors so they can increase equity in the minority community.

• Identify barriers to dental care in the Hispanic and Latino community.
• Modify their care to increase comfortability among Hispanic and Latino patients.  
• Differentiate between Latino and Hispanic patients.
• Incorporate culturally appropriate language into their teaching and care.
• Design oral health literature for Spanish-speaking patients.

CE Credits: 1.0

Concurrent Sessions
Participants will choose to attend one of the five concurrent sessions below.

Current Issues Affecting Dental Assisting

Facilitator:
Hema Udupa, D.D.S., M.S.
Dental Assisting Program Director
Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley Health Science Institute

This session will be a facilitated discussion of critical issues affecting dental assisting. It will allow dental assisting program directors to develop strategies for advancing their programs.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe various current issues affecting dental assisting education.
• Discuss methods for implementing program changes based on current issues.

CE Credits: 1.5

Current Issues Affecting Dental Laboratory Technology

Facilitator:
Rebecca Stolberg
ADEA Vice President, Allied Dental Education and Faculty Development

This session will be a facilitated discussion of critical issues affecting dental laboratory technology education. It will allow dental laboratory technology program directors to develop strategies for advancing their programs.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe various current issues affecting dental laboratory education.
• Discuss methods for implementing program changes based on current issues.

CE Credits: 1.5

Current Issues Affecting Dental Therapy

Facilitator:
Amy Coplen, RDH, M.S.
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Interprofessional Education
Pacific University

This session will be a facilitated discussion of critical issues affecting dental therapy education. It will allow dental therapy program directors to develop strategies for advancing their programs.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe various current issues affecting dental therapy education.
• Discuss methods for implementing program changes based on current issues.

CE Credits: 1.5

Current Issues Affecting Bachelor of Science Degree Completion Programs and Graduate Dental Hygiene Programs

Facilitator:
Jennifer Cullen, RDH, M.P.H.
Director, Dental Hygiene Degree Completion Program
University of Michigan School of Dentistry

This session will be a facilitated discussion of critical issues affecting bachelor of science degree completion programs and graduate dental hygiene programs.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Outline various issues affecting bachelor of science degree completion education.
• Describe various current issues affecting graduate dental hygiene programs.
• Discuss methods for implementing program changes based on current issues.

CE Credits: 1.5

Current Issues Affecting Dental Hygiene

Facilitators:
Lattice Sams, RDH, M.S.
Program Director, Dental Hygiene
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry

Risa Handman, RDH, Ed.D.
Program Director, Dental Hygiene
Georgia State University Perimeter College

Dianne Smallidge, RDH, Ed.D.
Dean
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Forsyth)

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe various current issues affecting dental hygiene education.
• Discuss methods for implementing program changes based on current issues.

CE Credits: 1.5

Sponsored by A-dec (For attendees and one registered adult guest)

Steven Krzanowski, M.A. 
Senior Consultant, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Justice 
NonProfit HR

Antonio Cortez
NonProfit HR

Nonprofit HR, consultants for the ADEA Climate Study, will share key findings from the inaugural ADEA Climate Study and baseline data collected. The climate study was conducted in spring 2022 and included 258 participating U.S. and Canadian dental schools and allied dental education programs. The Nonprofit HR consultants will share data and major findings for each of the 10 categories covered within the climate study (e.g., overall climate, well-being, sense of belonging, inclusive environment, humanistic environment, inclusive culture, cultural competence, harassment and discrimination, welcomeness, equitable policies and practices). Information on Phase 3 will also be shared.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Summarize key ADEA climate study findings across the 10 survey categories. 
• Describe the major data themes that emerged from the climate study data regarding students, faculty, staff, administrators and marginalized populations within these survey groups.
• Discuss Phase 3 activities to assist participating dental schools and allied dental education programs in their strategies and use of their school/program level findings. 
  
  CE Credits: 1.0

Sarah Bendoraitis, M.S.
ADEA Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Learning
Shelvia English, Ph.D.
ADEA Senior Director, Access, Diversity and Inclusion

This session will engage participants in an activity designed to explore our salient identities in particular situations and how our different identities intersect, interact and affect our daily lives. This exercise will allow us to think about our own multiple social identities as a means of heightening our consciousness about how we all experience and embody our social identities differently.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Discuss how we experience our identities on a day-to-day basis. 
• Identify our salient identities in particular situations.
• Discuss strategies to ensure that our students, patients and colleagues’ identities are affirmed and respected in our spaces. 
  
  CE Credits: 1.75

ADEA ADI: The Importance of Inclusive Language: Understanding LGBTQ Identities

Sarah Bendoraitis, M.S.
ADEA Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Learning

Shelvia English, Ph.D.
ADEA Senior Director, Access, Diversity and Inclusion

Whether you are new to learning about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community or consider yourself well-informed, this training will provide an overview of vocabulary/ terminology, common misperceptions and stereotypes, and ways to support the LGBTQ+ community.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Discuss the complexities of gender and sexual orientation. 
• Examine issues that impact LGBTQ+ people.
• Articulate some of the privileges that non-LGBTQ people may have.
• Describe effective ally behaviors.
  
  CE Credits: 1.25

ADEA ADI: Understanding Unconscious Bias

Sarah Bendoraitis, M.S.
ADEA Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Learning

Shelvia English, Ph.D.
ADEA Senior Director, Access, Diversity and Inclusion

Unconscious bias impacts how we interact and make decisions. Even those of us with the best intentions, sometimes act in biased ways. The good news is that we can be more aware of our unconscious biases to make better decisions, create an environment where everyone can share ideas and opinions, and help to build a more diverse and inclusive community. This session focuses on what we can do to avoid the negative impact or consequences of bias, how we can become more self-aware and learn to manage our filters, and identifying and responding to bias in the workplace.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Explain how unconscious bias works. 
• Discuss strategies that recognize and interrupt bias—e.g., the PAUSE model.

CE Credits: 1.0

Sherin Tooks
Jamie Asher Hernandez
Katie Navickas
Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)

This session will be conducted by CODA Allied Dental Education staff and will include:

• Program Director 101
• How to prepare CODA reports
• Orientation for programs preparing for site visits