Student Poster Session and Cultural Competence CE for Dental Hygienists

Student Poster Session: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm

Recognizing STDs CE Course: 6:00-8:00 pm

Fee: $40 (+ Eventbrite processing fee); See below for applicable discount codes

This Student Poster Session and Cultural Competence CE for Dental Hygienists is an educational and engaging event where students showcase their public health research through posters and dental hygienists learn about cultural competence through a CE Course about how to talk to patients about STDs, identify STD-associated oral lesions, and refer for evaluation. Join us at Bartels Hall, Campus Center, 2nd floor for an evening filled with knowledge sharing and networking opportunities. Don't miss out on this unique chance to expand your skills and connect with fellow professionals. See you there!

Poster Session Topics

1. Detection of Oral Cancer: Are Dental Hygienists Meeting the Standard of Care?

2. Impact of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) on Children’s Health

3. Eighty Years of Community Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts, Not the Fiction

4. The Impact of 60 Years of Head Start on the Development of Children

5. School-Based Sealant Programs’ Impact on Middle School Students’ Oral Health

6. Assessment of The Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program

7. Impact of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Underserved

Communities

8. Role of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Lives of Vulnerable

Populations

9. Oral Health Surveillance in the United States and Its Impact on Public Health

Title: Difficult Conversations about STDs: Identifying, Discussing, and Referring from the Dental Practice

Time: 6:00 pm -8:00 pm

Course Description: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the most common communicable diseases in the U.S. Incidence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis is on the rise. This course will serve to educate attendees about the oral signs and symptoms of STDs/STI’s, propose ideas for having difficult but necessary conversations about STIs/STDs with patients/clients, and introduce them to resources we created through our public health/oral health collaborative.

The Course Objectives are:

1. Recall trends in the incidence and prevalence rates of STDs/STIs in the U.S.;

2. Analyze oral lesions for potential association with STDs/STIs.; and,

3. List culturally appropriate strategies to discuss STDs./STIs with patients.

Presenter Bio:

Professor Marie Paulis, RDH, MSDH is presenting research she conducted with Dr. Karl Minges, Ph.D., and that was funded by a grant awarded by the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Marie has been a dental hygienist for over 30 years and a dental hygiene educator for 20 years. Her clinical and educational experiences include general practice, periodontal practice, and public health. Currently, Marie is the Dental Hygiene Program Director at the University of New Haven and teaches the local anesthesia course and lab for students and RDH’s, Introduction to Dental Hygiene I and II. Marie was awarded the Dean’s Award for Service (2020) and for Research (2024). Marie has presented for various professional organizations, including the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments, and the American Dental Education Association. She has published in the Journal of Dental Hygiene, Access Magazine, and Dentistry IQ.

Cost and Discounts:

• The cost of this event for General Admission is $40 and includes the posters and CE Course. If you cannot make it until 6:00, you may view the posters at Intermission.
• Graduates of UNH, please use discount code UNHGRAD for a $10 discount!
• Members of the Sigma Phi Alpha Honor Society, please use diccount code SigmaPhiAlphaMember for a $15 discount!
• University Faculty please use promo code Faculty for free admission.

Info: Dental hygiene students will be displaying, presenting, and discussing their semester projects about dental hygiene public health. Please come and support them in their learning and learn something yourself!

Info:
Title: Difficult Conversations about STDs: Identifying, Discussing, and Referring from the Dental Practice. Please see above for full course description.

Host or Publisher Marie Paulis