Dental Hygiene Professional Education Courses
WV Licensure required content in Medical Emergencies and Tobacco Cessation
Friday, October 11, 2024 • 8am-3pm
Highlands Event Center, Triadelphia, WV
Wharton Circle, Suite 200, Triadelphia, WV (Located in the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott)
Event Schedule:
7:30-8am: Check-In/Continental Breakfast
8am-12pm: Morning Session
12pm-1pm: Lunch is provided
1pm-3pm: Afternoon Session
Cost & Deadlines:
Early Registration: $120 (includes continental breakfast & lunch)
Late Registration: $150 (beginning 10/4/24)
ALL REGISTRATION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
Courses and Featured Speakers:
Robert “Bob” Fowler
(4 CEU Hours)
The year was 1971 when Bob Fowler. Age 15, attended a class on “Emergency Victims” at the St. Clairsville Fire Station. This was well before curriculum for EMT training began. A few months later, West Liberty EMS was formed using a donated ambulance and it began serving the college and the town of West Liberty. Bob soon took his firefighter training, joined the West Liberty Volunteer Department and started paramedic class in 1982. In 2008, he began working with the Brooke County Ambulance Service. In 2012, he became the director of the Brooke County EMS , and was also named the EMA director and Floodplain coordinator for Brooke County. He has remained a member of the West Liberty Fire Department, where he is now the chief. He was recently instrumental in seeing the department get its first ladder truck. He has also been an instructor for more than 35 years.
M. Suann Gaydos, MSDH, CPAHA-TT
(2 CEU Hours)
Suann is a dental hygiene Professor in the Departments of Dental Public Health & Professional Practice and Dental Hygiene at West Virginia University’s School of Dentistry where she serves as course director for two periodontal courses and dental hygiene clinical faculty. Professor Gaydos also directs the WVU, School of Dentistry Certified Tobacco Treatment Training Program which trains healthcare providers with evidence-based tobacco treatment strategies to increase their tobacco cessation knowledge, skill and confidence. Suann became a Tobacco Treatment Specialist in 2010 through training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and is involved in presenting tobacco treatment continuing education programs both locally and nationally. She advanced her training to a national certification entitled, Certified Professional American Heart Association – Tobacco Treatment (CPAHA-TT).
Learning Objectives:
- Review the consequences from Tobacco Use Disorder on the oral cavity and overall health
- Discuss evidence-based cessation protocols that may be established in the dental setting
- Apply pharmacotherapy and behavioral strategies during interactive case scenarios.
Handouts (if offered) will be emailed prior to the event to the email supplied by the registrant.
CE credit will not be awarded for any individual who does not fully complete the course.
For additional information, please contact:
Kelly Young Baker – West Liberty University Dental Hygiene Program 304-336-8633 or kyoung@westliberty.edu
Registration
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