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Diagnosis and Treatment Planning/Soft-Skills Course - WEBINAR

A course designed to help Internationally-trained dentists excel in diagnosis and treatment planning skills as they apply to US dental schools.

July 23, 2022

Course overview

A 4-hour, live and interactive webinar course designed to aid in developing the skills needed to evaluate a comprehensive treatment plan as per American practice standards. Bench tests are one of the methods of evaluating a candidate for International Dental Education Program; diagnosis and treatment planning is an essential component of this examination. This course will explore basic concepts required by most of the US dental schools during their application process.

Attendees will earn 4 hours in Continuing Dental Education Credit.

Objectives

A logical progression from diagnosis to a well-designed treatment plan is an essential component in successfully completing a bench test.

Internationally trained dentists are from diverse backgrounds, with varying levels of training and clinical experience. The soft skill course on diagnosis and treatment planning is a small group, interactive, live webinar program that will allow the attendee to strengthen those skills, as per American standards. It will be taught by content experts and give the attendee access to practice material so he/she may continue to hone their skills.

Course will consist of 2 hours of pre-formatted instruction and 2 hours or practical case work and discussion

Who should attend? DDS, DMD, BDS or their equivalent degree from a dental school outside the United States.

Applicants whose native language is not English need a minimum TOEFL score of 79

This course is limited to 24 participants to ensure optimal faculty to attendee ratios.

Once 24 attendees have enrolled, registration will close. If you are unable to register before the class fills, complete the “notify me” box to be alerted for the next course date.

* This course is intended as an aid in preparation for applying to an international dental program. Attendance does not ensure nor guarantee admission to any dental school.

Presenter(s)

Rujuta Katkar, B.D.S., MD.S., M.S.
- Dr. Rujuta Katkar is an Associate Professor and Clinic Director for Graduate Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at the University of Texas Health, San Antonio. Dr. Katkar is a diplomat of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology. She earned her BDS degree from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India in 2003 followed by an MDS degree in Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Radiology from Nagpur University, India. She received her master’s degree with certificate in Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology from University of Iowa in 2011. Prior to joining the University of Texas, she worked at the University of Florida College of Dentistry as an Assistant Professor and Division Director of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology. Dr. Katkar is actively involved in pre-doctoral and post-doctoral education in oral & maxillofacial radiology at San Antonio. She has several presentations and publications in national and international conferences and peer reviewed journals and books. Her recent publication in 2018 is an issue in the Dental Clinics of North America on emerging imaging technologies in dentomaxillofacial radiology. Dr. Katkar has served as a secretary, vice-chair and chair of OMR section at the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and chair of research & technology committee at the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR). She is an elected member of the executive council of the AAOMR and is currently serving as the councilor of communications at the AAOMR.
Poornima Mensinkai, B.D.S, M.S., Ph.D.
- Dr. Poornima Mensinkai was born in Bangalore, India. She graduated with her Bachelor’s in Dental Surgery from Karnataka University, India in 2000. She graduated with her Master’s in 2011 and PhD in 2017 from Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Health San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Mensinkai is currently a Full-time Clinical Assistant Professor with Department of Comprehensive Dentistry. Dr. Mensinkai completed her Teaching excellence course in 2011 and Entering mentoring in 2017. She teaches Dental Anatomy to freshmen and Operative Dentistry to sophomores. She is passionate about training International dentists aspiring to make a career in the US and is the Director for Hand Skill CE course at Smile UTHSCSA. Dr. Mensinkai is on the admission committee for DDS and International Dentist Education Program. She serves on dental education outreach committee and DECO Task force for Screening. She is a member of Indian Dental Association, American Dental Education Association, International American Dental Research.
Elena Riccio Leach, DDS, MS
- Dr. Elena Riccio Leach is a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor at UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry. She is an Assistant leader in the general group practices, supervising and instructing dental students during their daily comprehensive clinical activity. In addition, she is one of the directors and developers of the introduction to patient care course which is part of the innovative curriculum for earlier clinical education of pre-clinical dental students, her focus being diagnosis and treatment planning, and patient record management. She is also one of the directors of the umbrella clinical patient management course in the junior year. Her service commitments, among others, include being part of the LINC clinical IPE group with the intent of researching and informing best practices in clinical Inter Professional Education at the University level. Dr. Riccio Leach also practices as a provider at the U T Dentistry Faculty Practice Clinic. Dr. Riccio Leach graduated in 1998 from the School of Dentistry of the Second University of Napoli, Italy and worked in private practice as a general dentist for nine years before joining the Italian navy as a Dental Officer. During her military service, she earned her MS in orthodontics at the University of Milano, Italy. In 2014 she moved with family to Texas and in 2016 she earned her DDS and the Texas Dental License through the International Dentist Education Program (IDEP) of the School of Dentistry at UT Health San Antonio.

Time

Check-in: 7:30 AM
Program time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location

Webinar/Virtual Course

Tuition

INDIVIDUAL: $400.00

Credit

Hours: 4

EMAIL NOTIFICATION

You will receive an email with a link to the course handout on the week of event. Check the email address you provided us when creating your UT Health CDE account. Also, check your email’s junk/trash folder.

LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR

TSBDE considers "Live Active Webinar" equal to an "In Person" course. Full CE credit hours are awarded. This webinar is NOT pre-recorded. It is live and interactive with the presenter. This course will not be held on campus.

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