Practice Management

Through a panel discussion, this course will expose participants to real-world experience from three women dentists in different stages of their career covering professional and personal milestones, communication and negotiation strategies, financial planning best practices, and women’s values and strengths.

• Understand key milestones commonly encountered during the career of a female dentist (professional and personal)
• Describe effective communication and negotiation strategies
• Apply best practices to management of their finances (business and personal)

  Learning Objectives:

• Define abuse and neglect
• Describe the differences between inflicted injuries and accidental injuries
• Identify the professional team’s role in reporting suspected cases of abuse and neglect

Warning:This program contains discussion and graphic representation of violence that may be disturbing to some participants. Viewer discretion is advised.

Dentists and other professionals are mandated to report suspected child abuse. Learn how to recognize signs of child abuse and neglect as well as potential indicators of sex trafficking of minors. This session will provide an overview of the child welfare system, child abuse reporting laws, risk factors and research on human trafficking of minors, and the role dentists and other professionals play in the protection of children.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the role of the child welfare system in protecting children
• Summarize child abuse reporting laws
• Identify indicators of child maltreatment
• Give examples of human trafficking of minors
• Recognize dentists and other professionals’ role in protecting children

This eLearning course is a recording from a webinar presented by the ADA Division of Information Technology and the ADA Division of Legal Affairs.

This course provides information a cyber security threat known as "ransomware," which is a type of malware that remotely locks computer files. The attacker then demands a "ransom" to unlock the files. Ransomware can be delivered via a "phishing" email, which attempts to trick the recipient into downloading the malware. The program discusses ways to help prevent a ransomware attack, ways to respond if an attack does occur, the HIPAA implications of a ransomware attack, and resources available from ADA and the federal government.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to define phishing and ransomware
• Upon completion, participant will be able to list some ways to help avoid becoming a victim of a ransomware attack
• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe some steps to consider taking if an attack occurs