Council sponsors ethics contest for dental students

The ADA Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs is sponsoring a Student Ethics Video Contest inviting dental students to create video presentations on common ethical situations.

Participation in the contest, which the American Student Dental Association supports, encourages students to review and study the ADA Principles and Code of Professional Conduct. Students are asked to develop video enactments demonstrating one of the principles, codes or advisory opinions found in the ADA Code.

CEBJA envisions using the videos as part of ADA educational programming and as a seminar at future annual sessions.

The top five videos will be shown at the 2008 annual session in San Antonio, and the winner will receive a $1,000 prize.

All entrants must be ASDA members and deadline for entry is June 1. Videos should not exceed four minutes in length and can be articulated through drama, comedy, documentary, interview, public service or music video. Students may enter multiple times if they wish.

Each applicant must provide two copies of the video on disc and in AVI format.

For more information, contact Earl Sewell at sewelle@ada.org or call the ADA toll-free number, Ext. 2499.