2024 OSAP Annual Conference - Can We Be Green and Clean? When Hope, Concern & Reality Collide, There WILL Be Drama…. (On-Demand)
This interactive course reviews our immediate and future options for practical steps to make the dental office more environmentally sustainable while following evidence-based safety requirements and standards. Experience the show, and join the dialogue between presenters, who encourage audience discussion, inquiries, and action. Discover global and local resources to protect patients, workers, and the environment. An overview of the necessity for all healthcare providers to consider more sustainable options is followed by a breakdown of actions that can be implemented immediately and in the future.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the need to protect the environment without sacrificing vital safety standards.
- Identify, question, and evaluate alternatives to harmful, unsustainable practices.
- Describe practice changes that generate egregious amounts of plastic and other forms of waste.
Steps to Complete Course:
- Click on On-Demand Recording below and watch the video
- Complete the Assessment (requires a passing score of 70%)
- Complete the Evaluation
- Once you complete the Evaluation, you can find your CE Certificate under MY ACCOUNT > MY CERTIFICATES
Course Details
For Distributors
Distributors may purchase multiple copies of packages to distribute to learners, and follow their progress. Bulk discounts are below.
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Instructors
Laurie Houston, DDS
Laurie Houston, DDS is a 1985 graduate of U of T Faculty of Dentistry. Laurie is the current Chair of the recently established Environmental Sustainability Working Group of the ODA, a Director on the ODA Board, the creator and moderator of an internationally attended online lecture series: Global Village Speakers Series, and the ED of CanHelp Through HealthCare (chthc.org), a nonprofit she created to deliver dentistry ethically to underserved countries.
Nancy Dewhirst, RDH
Nancy Dewhirst, RDH, graduated from the University of Southern California, practiced dental hygiene for 20 years, is adjunct dental hygiene faculty at West Coast University, and is a member of Sigma Phi Alpha. Ms. Dewhirst is consistently listed as one of the nation’s “Leaders in CE”, presents over 100 seminars a year, is featured at major U.S. and Canadian Dental Conferences, and is a member of the California Dental Association Speakers Bureau. She is an ANSI/ADA Standards Program member and committee chair, Editor-in-Chief of OSAP’s Infection Control In Practice, has had many articles published in dental peer-reviewed journals, and has contributed to dental textbooks and guidance documents.