The New Jersey Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics will hold free program designed to improve medical dental collaboration and boost patient referrals to a dental home by age 1. Free CMEs and CEUs are offered for medical providers, dental providers, and nurses.
Topic: Integrating Oral Health Into Primary Care
Featured speakers:
- Tanya Cook, DMD, MPH, Chief Dental Officer/Vice President, CAMcare
- April Douglass-Bright, MD, Head, Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
401 South Broadway
Camden, NJ 08103
Free Dinner and Panel Discussion
Panel discussion: Best Practices for Effective Pediatric Oral Health Implementation
- Sam Wakim, DMD, MPH, Chief Dental Officer, Zufall Health Center
- Cathy Ballance, MD, MPH, FAAP, Meridian Health, Jersey Shore Family Health Center
Intended audience: Pediatricians, dentists, residents, dental hygienists, community health workers, and other health care providers. This program will offer physician, dentist, and nursing credits.
Benefits to health care professionals:
- 2 CME/CEU credits approved for Medical and Dental Providers and Nurses.
- Increase knowledge on the important role of the pediatric provider in preventing Early Childhood Caries (ECC).
- Understand Medicaid payment on fluoride varnish application to medical providers.
- Opportunity to network and receive a directory of local pediatric and dental providers.
To register: Please contact Juliana David, Oral Health Director, at jdavid@njaap.org.