The Continuing Education (CE) Department at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) honored its Dental Assisting Training Program graduates at a ceremony held on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The Dental Assisting program is designed to prepare participants to become functioning and knowledgeable members of a dental team.
Participants were prepared for and provided with the opportunity to become certified in CPR, Radiology, and the Radiation Health and Safety (RHS) and Infection Control (ICE) exams. Our students got to spend time in different dental specialties, learning how to tailor what they have been taught in the lectures to each specific specialty. Rotations included: Endodontics, General Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Periodontology & Implantology, Prosthodontics, Radiology, and Sterilization.
This nine-week rotation saw seven participants complete the program; Omphile Kgoleng, Lina Makino, Noellys Perez, Ana Carolyna Melon, Zhihua Li, Harikala Aryal, and Dao Nguyen. All participants passed the Massachusetts Radiology Certification for Dental Auxiliaries with GSDM Dental Assistant Mary Ellen Sholes, AAS. Participants received their Basic Life Support Certification, attended Infection Control and EagleSoft Continuing Education courses, and prepared for DANBS’s NELDA Certification.
The CE department wanted to extend special thanks to many in the GSDM community for their support throughout the program. Mr. Jon Synnott, Ms. Roslyn George, Ms. Andrea Sarkis, Ms. Tricia Dirksmeier, Dr. Ishwar Bhatia, Ms. Corinna Culler, Dr. Stephen Dulong, Dr. Larry Dunham, Ms. Tina Finnegan, Dr. Joseph Calabrese, Dr. Reha Jhunjhunwala, Ms. Kathy Lituri, Mrs. Kelly Marcinkewich, Dr. Vasiliki Maseli, Ms. Gordana Mujcin, Ms. Pam Simmons, Mr. James Taillefer, Bowen Zhou DMD 19, Grant Gleason DMD 19, Molly Conlon DMD 19, Asia Yip DMD 19, Ms. Durga Poudyal, Ms. Mimoza Panariti, Ms. Jesuina Fernandes, Mrs. Roberta Flynn, Mr. Mantre Mongo, Ms. Christel Chaseau, Ms. Jeny Alvarez, Ms. Melodie Rivera, and the predoctoral and postdoctoral faculty and staff.