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This is an opportunity for you to join content expert Demetra Logothetis, RDH, MS and other fellow educators to discuss strategies for teaching Local Anesthesia. Often a challenging course for students and instructors alike, attendees will explore different ways to construct their lecture and lab curriculums to maximize student learning.

 Objectives:

• Develop strategies, challenges and innovative ideas for teaching local anesthesia in both classroom and clinic
• Understand the CODA standards for teaching pain control
• Understand the components of regional local anesthesia licensure examinations
• Discuss how to develop and integrate case-based learning into a local anesthesia course
• Discuss the importance of patient consent
• Develop faculty calibration exercises
• Develop student assessments to incorporate critical thinking skills, and to evaluate learning at the appropriate level
• Discuss student remediation procedures
• Discuss updates in local anesthesia

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 expert: Ms. Logothetis serves as Professor Emeritus and former director of at the University of New Mexico Dental Hygiene Program. She is the author of Local Anesthesia for the Dental Hygienist as well as numerous publications on the topic. She is the leading content expert on local anesthesia for the dental hygienist and has taught local anesthesia to students, practitioners and educators all over the country and internationally.

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