Log on to ADA365.org
Bring new dimensions to your continuing education and extend your learning beyond the dates of annual session when you log on to ADA365.org, the ADA’s new hub for cutting-edge learning.
Launched last year, ADA365 gives annual session goers a variety of opportunities to expand their learning experience. Through ADA365, attendees may log on to a topic-driven online community, enter competitions to present their research at annual session, share their thoughts about the ADA’s 150th anniversary and more.
About 40 ADA courses will offer ADA365 expanded learning opportunities. Those who register for these select CE courses beginning March 31 can:
- gain access to video lectures, additional readings and other supplemental course materials;
- complete one hour of self-study CE per course;
- create a profile and upload a picture if they choose;
- network with colleagues also attending that course;
- participate in topic-driven online discussion forums and message boards;
- research dental procedures, products and issues important to their practice;
- share their stories and experiences.
Participants can earn ADA pre-course self-study CE credits by registering for one of the courses linked to ADA365, logging on and purchasing the ADA’s 150th Anniversary Triple Play of multimedia recordings (all 2007, 2008 and 2009 CE courses that received permission from speakers to be recorded) for $99. Participants must then read a study and/or research paper applicable to the course and complete a self-study exercise. The extra CE credit will be applied after a participant completes the in-person course.
ADA365 is also the place to go to participate in the Education Exchange Competition and the Adult Preventive Care Practice of the Year Competition. Competition entrants must submit their presentations on ADA365 before July 6. Selected winners will be invited to present their information on-site at annual session.
The Education Exchange Competition, a new high-tech professional table clinic competition, offers participants a chance to present research results, clinical outcomes, techniques, services, trends or topics of general interest to dental professionals. Presenters are encouraged to approach their presentation as a mini-course of expert material on a technique, theory or concept that he or she uses to improve the practice of clinical dentistry.
The Adult Preventive Care Practice of the Year Competition is the only competition associated with a major dental meeting designed to focus on the role of the dental team in comprehensive care. The goal of the competition is to recognize and reward offices that are leaders in preventive dental care, including designing and implementing practical techniques; providing oral health care, outreach and patient education; and the dental team’s communication and work plan for implementing a successful prevention program.
Users can also visit ADA365 to share their thoughts about the ADA’s 150th anniversary. The mission of the ADA’s sesquicentennial is to commemorate, celebrate and communicate the American Dental Association’s 150-year commitment to the public’s health. Online, participants can tell in their own words what this milestone event means to them. These thoughts may be used in a future 150th anniversary promotion.
Register for CE courses beginning March 31 at www.ada.org/goto/session and be sure to join the ADA365 community to participate in extended learning for select courses and enter the ADA’s new competitions.聽