Continuing Education:Continuing Education:Who Could Imagine How Who Could Imagine How

Much It Impacts Your School?Much It Impacts Your School?ADEA 2009ADEA 2009

Penni Ryan, Director of Alumni Penni Ryan, Director of Alumni Relations and Continuing EducationRelations and Continuing Education

University of IowaUniversity of Iowa

Goals:Goals:

•• Serve as a resource to the professionServe as a resource to the profession•• Enhance connections of alumni with Enhance connections of alumni with

CollegeCollege•• Facilitate contacts/development of donor Facilitate contacts/development of donor

basebase•• Combination of CE Courses with alumni Combination of CE Courses with alumni

and development eventsand development events•• Cost SavingsCost Savings

Staffing for the Combined Office of Staffing for the Combined Office of Alumni Relations and CE at IowaAlumni Relations and CE at Iowa

•• One fullOne full--time Staff Directortime Staff Director•• One fullOne full--time Secretarytime Secretary•• University Conference Center University Conference Center

What are the advantages of the What are the advantages of the combined office:combined office:

•• Engagement of Alumni/Donors Engagement of Alumni/Donors •• Interaction with alumni at courses by DirectorInteraction with alumni at courses by Director•• Opportunities for Dean and Development Opportunities for Dean and Development

Director to greet and meet:Director to greet and meet:–– DeanDean’’s welcome at course openings welcome at course opening–– Development DirectorDevelopment Director’’s fundraising updates fundraising update–– Breaks and lunchBreaks and lunch–– Dinners with donors following course Dinners with donors following course

What are the advantages:What are the advantages:

•• Cost SavingsCost Savings–– Travel Expenses (for alumni as well)Travel Expenses (for alumni as well)–– Marketing ExpensesMarketing Expenses–– Staff/Dean/Development DirectorStaff/Dean/Development Director’’s Times Time–– Fewer events/combinationFewer events/combination

Opportunities available:Opportunities available:

•• CE Courses along with events:CE Courses along with events:–– InIn--house courseshouse courses–– OutOut--ofof--state coursesstate courses–– Travel ProgramsTravel Programs

•• Specialty CE CoursesSpecialty CE Courses–– Iowa Societies (i.e., Iowa Societies (i.e., PedoPedo))

Examples:Examples:

•• CE courses held in conjunction with CE courses held in conjunction with alumni/development events:alumni/development events:–– Home football gamesHome football games

•• Friday (all day)Friday (all day)•• Saturday (8:00Saturday (8:00--10:00 AM)10:00 AM)

–– Alumni Events heldAlumni Events held•• Pregame Socials (Saturdays)Pregame Socials (Saturdays)•• DeanDean’’s Club Dinners Club Dinner•• Alumni WeekendAlumni Weekend•• Mentoring ProgramMentoring Program

What are the disadvantages:What are the disadvantages:

•• Amount of workAmount of work–– Coordination of numerous events on specific Coordination of numerous events on specific

daysdays–– Lots of nights and weekendsLots of nights and weekends

QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?

Patrick M. Lloyd, DDS, MSDean and Professor of Prosthodontics

University of MinnesotaSchool of Dentistry

Continuing Dental Education:Who could imagine how much it impacts on your school?

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Continuing Dental Education

ACDE: Highest National Attendance for FY 2008

128 courses offered

6,927 dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and dental laboratory technicians participated

47 states and 14 different countries

Guest clinicians and local faculty present lectures, demonstrations and participation programs in all clinical disciplines.

Continuing Dental Education:How One Dean Sees It

A Dean’s perspective on the value of CDEThe Many Roles of a Dean in CDEWhat a Dean can do to help promote CDEHow a Dean can fully maximize the benefits of CDEWhat a Dean should know about CDEClinical Grand Rounds: A model program

A Dean’s perspective on the value of CDE

Fulfills a mission of the schoolBrings alumni “home”Lets students see how to stay contemporaryBenefits faculty and staffCreates partnerships Increases visibility of schoolExposes school to visiting faculty Creates a hosts of P.R. opportunities

The Many Roles of a Dean in CDEContribute to External Advisory Committee

Ex Officio memberWithout “overdoing it” provide high level complimentsListen to ideasPeople like to know you’re interestedAt the right time offer suggestions – topics, speakers, and sponsors

For speakers that you know or want to knowIf schedule permits pick up at airport Maybe dinner the evening beforeEscort to where the program is scheduledAfter a thorough study, provide an introduction Stay or get back for lunchFollow-up thank you card and don’t forget CCS

The Many Roles of a Dean in CDEBe a content expert in programming

it will keep you up-to-date on your disciplinethe professional community will appreciate knowing more about your interests you can “sneak in” info about your school

Secure funds to support educational facilitiesconference room upgrades ITVsimulation clinics

Send program director information on other CDE programspromotional brochurescourse evaluation instrumentswebsites addressesadvertisements in journalssurvey data on “what’s hot”

What a Dean can do to help promote CDE

Have your director of CDE be a direct reportYou can learn what did and didn’t workYou’ll know what’s being considered for the futureYou can discuss new school priorities and how CDE can support themYou can offer an update on “new talent” in the school

Include information in school-base mediainternal newslettermarqueesalumni magazineWeb: www.dentistry.umn.edu

Report at dental meetingsADA school-hosted receptionState DistrictsMinnesota study groups

How a Dean can fully maximize the benefits of CDE

Provide welcoming remarks at coursesHow many have taken one of our courses?Comment about something that recently happenedTake advantage of the moment

Encourage people to visit school’s websiteRecruit part-time faculty Remind them you need their supportInvite them back for more courses

Acknowledge CDE staff“Nice to be a member of a profession that is constantly wanting to improve its skills and abilities so that patients get the best care”If faculty from your school are presenting offer a personal comment If speaker is external to school recognize his/her commitment to profession

Attend coursesTo maintain your own level of discipline knowledgeTo hear your faculty presentTo see what’s new in other fields

At all-school meetings or in reports about your school recognize CDE staff and their accomplishmentsNote faculty contributions and the importance on their efforts

What a Dean should know about CDE

It takes years to build a respected program Your staff work all sorts of crazy hoursDon’t offer a course you’re not willing to support if it doesn’t drawNothing good happens by chance or by accidentSometimes course participants “are not nice”A successful program depends on more than good content

Clinical Grand Rounds:A model Program

Started January ’05

Patient-centered CE coursesDx & Tx of complex cases.

1st Thursday/month6:00pm Registration6:30pm Opening Remarks 6:45pm Presentation7:45pm Questions

Average on-site: 125

Webcast to: Hibbing, Rochester, Willmar & Sioux Falls, SD

Clinical Grand Rounds:A Model Program

Date Program Title Faculty9/4/08 Bisphosphonate Osteonecrosis Dr. David Basi*

10/2/08 Oral Medicine/Medically Compromised Patients Dr. Kevin Nakagaki

11/6/08 Temporo-mandibular Disorders Dr. Gary Anderson*

12/4/08 Restorative/High Caries Risk Patients Dr. Gary Hildebrandt*

1/8/09 Oral Manifestations of Renal Disease Ms. Chris Blue*

2/5/09 Prosthodontics/Restorative Dentistry/Implants Dr. Gary Cook*

Dr. Terry Orr

3/5/09 Everyday Applications for CEREC Technology Dr. David Klein*

4/2/09 Endodontics Dr. Ken Zucker*

* School of Dentistry Faculty

Clinical Grand Rounds:A Model Program

Audience Practicing MN dentistsa 11%Dental school facultyb 62%Dental school students and residentsc 84%Dental school staffd 46%

__________________________________________a registration fee $20b registration fee supported by schoolc registration fee supported by Deans Office d registration fee supported by Dental Alumni Association

Clinical Grand Rounds:A Model ProgramUnique benefits of program:

1. Support special continuing education requirements of State Board of Dentistry

2. Bring alumni back to “the mountain”3. Expose students to the nuances of CDE4. Provide professional development opportunities for

faculty and staff5. Opportunity to recruit new members to alumni

society6. Demonstrate a willingness “to reach out” into the

state

Outreach sites

Continuing Dental Education:How One Dean Sees It

A Dean’s perspective on the value of CDEThe Many Roles of Dean in CDEWhat a Dean can do to help promote CDEHow a Dean can fully maximize the benefits of CDEWhat a Dean should know about CDEClinical Grand Rounds: A model program

dentistry.umn.edu

School of DentistryContinuing Dental Education

University of Minnesota