American Dental Association, The Forsyth Institute Again Offering Popular Evidence-Based Dentistry Training Course
After enthusiastic feedback from its classes of students in 2009 and 2010, the American Dental Association’s (ADA) Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) and The Forsyth Institute’s Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry, have announced they will hold an ADA/Forsyth EBD Training course for 2011. Scheduled for Sept. 19-23 at the home of The Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Mass., the intensive, five-day training course in evidence-based principles and tools is a collaboration between the ADA and The Forsyth Institute Centers for EBD. The course links the strong initiatives of the ADA Center for EBD with The Forsyth Institute’s solid history of EBD and scientific research. Focus of EBD coursework Participants learn the skills to understand, appraise, and implement new dental treatment and diagnostic options into their practice, curriculum or research. Taking an interactive, problem and solution-based approach, EBD coursework focuses on human clinical trials, addressing quantitative and qualitative outcomes, risk calculation, diagnosis, and systematic reviews. Participants will be challenged to: – Formulate clinical questions – Search for evidence – Practice critical reading and appraisal – Implement EBD into practice – Navigate the ADA EBD Web site and Critical Summaries of Systematic Reviews Who should attend The hands-on learning environment is an opportunity for the many different disciplines of dentistry to collaborate on evidence-based solutions in their own work. Previous attendees benefitting from the course include private and public health practitioners, educators, researchers, and dentists working in industry. Class size is limited to 30 qualified students on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested U.S. and international candidates should submit their applications by August 1, 2011. Candidates must fill out a questionnaire and submit current curriculum vitae. The course, which is $2,500, is open to ADA-members and nonmembers. ADA members will receive a 20% discount. Upon completion of the course, attendees receive continuing education credits from the ADA and a certificate in EBD from The Forsyth Institute. Distinguished faculty The distinguished faculty includes Dr. Richard Niederman, D.M.D., M.A., director, Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry at The Forsyth Institute and Derek Richards, B.D.S., director, Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry at Oxford University, UK.
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