June, 2010
The May 1st ConED held at the Viscount Court was a tremendous success and everyone that attended found it very interesting and informative.
The Manitoba Dental Association's long term plan for entering continuing education credit hours is with an ID card that has a computer chip imbedded with your personal ID#. You will be able to run this card through a scanner at all Con Ed events and your account will be automatically updated. They estimate it will be instituted within the next 5 years.
The Manitoba Dental Association Oral Health Team will be working on developing a Prosthodontic Module for Level II RDAs. RRC has said they are prepared to set-up and offer this module once it has been developed. Currently, Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only other provinces that offer this type of module to RDAs.
CDI Dental Assisting Program has been reaccredited. Winkler RRC Dental Assisting Program is not accredited at this time however they are in the process of obtaining accreditation.
The Scaling Module for Level II RDAs is being offered at RRC and CDI. Contact either school or go to their websites if you are interested in finding out more about the programs.
I will be attending the CDAA annual meeting as the MDAA Corporate Member and will post a report from it in our fall newsletter. Heather Brownlee (Reid) as President Elect will be attending, as well as Janet Neduzak, our new MDAA appointed Director to the CDAA Board of Directors.
I had mentioned previously that I had extended the invitation to the CDAA to hold their Sept 2011 annual meeting in Winnipeg. The CDAA Board of Directors has decided to have the meeting this year in the west (Saskatoon), the next year in the east, then in central Canada and then back again to the west. It will be a few years before we host the meeting here!
I have been busy attending meetings of the MDA's Task Force for the Future of Dentistry's Membership Sub Committee. The new healthcare workers legislation will bring about the division of the MDA into two separate entities . One is regulatory ((College of Dentists of Manitoba) and the other being member services (Manitoba Dental Association). The MDAA has been asked to participate as it will inevitably affect us as they are our regulators, collect our professional fees and our malpractice insurance. I will keep you posted as things progress.
By working together we can achieve remarkable things. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or Kathy Mitchell our new Executive Assistant at 586-7383 or mdaa@mts.net .
Have a safe and hopefully hot summer.
