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AI has become an integral part of our world, and as dental educators, we need to determine how best to incorporate it for the benefit of both our faculty and students. This is an opportunity for you to join content experts Ashley Hobbs MS, RDH, ECPII, & Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, MSDH, EdD and other fellow educators to engage in an interactive, hands-on experience, guided through live prompting to explore the functionalities of AI.

Objectives:

• Compare different AI platforms for curriculum development, instructional videos, class activities, Powerpoints and exams
• Appraise the presenter’s demonstration of authentic assessment in a dental hygiene clinic scenario where AI is employed in the process of determining best practices for dental hygiene treatment care.
• Evaluate how reflective writing as an authentic assessment measure engages students in critical thinking and problem solving as they consider their treatment decisions, reflecting on what worked, what didn’t work, what would they do differently next time.

Educators Platform Masterminds are dynamic two-hour virtual sessions building on each other’s challenges, ideas and successes in the presence of a content expert. Mastermind sessions are thoughtfully facilitated to create an environment for like-minded colleagues to share and learn from one another with the goal of collective professional growth and development. Sessions are uniquely tailored to the needs of participants. Those attending will have the opportunity to create strong connections with other participants to last a whole career.

More about our content experts:

Cindy Amyot has served in a variety of positions during her 30+ years of teaching at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), School of Dentistry. Administrative positions include Associate Dean of Instructional Technology and Faculty Development, Director of the Division of Dental Hygiene, Director of Graduate and Degree Completion Studies, and Junior Clinic Coordinator. She has taught at all levels of the curriculum: doctoral, predoctoral, graduate and undergraduate. Dr. Amyot led the initiative to put the Graduate and Degree Completion programs online in the early 2000s. She has been actively engaged in portfolio assessment of competency for over twenty years. Dr. Amyot has received numerous distinguished teaching awards from the School of Dentistry and is a recipient of the university wide Elmer Pierson Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2020, she was the recipient of the ADEA/GIES Award for Innovation – Dental Educator. Her research interests include portfolio assessment of student competency, educational methodology research, and access to care.

Ashley has been teaching continuously at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Dentistry since 2012 in the Division of Dental Hygiene. Professor Hobbs provides course directorship in the dental hygiene curriculum through Local Anesthesia and Pain Control, Dental Biomaterials and Introduction to the Preventive Practice of Dental Hygiene courses. She acts as the Junior Clinic Coordinator and currently serves as the Secretary for the ADEA Dental Hygiene Clinic Coordinators Special Interest Group. A passion of Ashley’s is giving back to the community. She has attended over 50 dental missions reaching a national and international population. In her free time, she has built two non-for-profit programs to provide preventive services to underserved populations, Elder Smiles and The Gladstone Sealant Outreach Program. Ashley was the recent recipient of the UMKC Staff of the Year Award in 2024 as well as the UMKC Dental Hygiene Alumni Association Outstanding Service Award in 2024. Her research interests include faculty calibration, clinical instruction, and teaching paradigms. She presented on the development of school-based sealant programs at a continuing education course at her professional association at the state level, spoken nationally at the American Dental Education Association 2022 conference on innovative teaching paradigms, and at the American Dental Hygienist’s Association 2022 conference on her qualitative research on student perceptions of a school-based sealant program.

Attendees of Educators Platform Mastermind sessions will earn 2 CEU in Educational Methods.