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An Intensive Course in
Intravenous Conscious Sedation
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Class Offerings
Are Being Planned |
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OVERVIEW FROM THE COURSE DIRECTORS |
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| This should be an intensive, informative and
enjoyable educational experience for all of us. It never ceases to
amaze me that we can learn so much from the CE participants. Most of
you bring with you a great deal of clinical experience and practice
management skills. We are looking forward to working and interacting
with you all. You will provide sedation, monitoring and if indicated
treatment of patients. You will start and you will place the IV
catheter, administer the drugs and monitor the patients. You will be given the sedation text and the course on a flash drive. You should bring a laptop with you. The laptop must be able to read power point presentations. The course will be on a flash drive which will include all the presentations and handouts. We will concentrate on preparing you for the type of examination you may be required to take to achieve your certification. We will cover the office needs, training your staff and preparing for emergencies. We will cover the more common emergencies that may be encountered. We will role play the scenarios you may have to manage. We will also take you through mannequin simulation on an interactive mannequin for drug, sedation emergencies and airway management. Look at the schedule and look for similar material in Malamed’s book. You will be given handouts and flash drives during the course if it is not in the pre-course mailing. Material with lectures presented will be on the flash drive. With only a small exception additional handouts and material will also be on the flash drive. There will be lots of repetition in the material. This is a good thing. Repetition is an essential component of learning these kinds of skills. |
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| Dr. Lee Getter Co-Director Conscious Sedation CE course Professor Oral Surgery MCG School of Dentistry |
Dr. H. W. Ferguson Co-Director Conscious Sedation CE course Associate Professor Oral Surgery MCG School of Dentistry |
PRESENTED BY
Medical College of Georgia
Division of Continuing Education
and School of Dentistry,
Augusta, Georgia
PURPOSE
This course is designed to prepare the dentist to incorporate the techniques
of intravenous conscious sedation into the dental practice. To accommodate
American Dental Association Guidelines, the course is designed to extend
over ten days, with a total of 118.5 hours of continuing education credit: 63.5
hours of didactic instruction and 55 clinical hours.
OBJECTIVES COURSE
STRUCTURE The course is 118.5 credit hours. These credit hours include
63.5 credit hours of didactic instruction and 55 hours of clinical training.
The clinical training occurs over ten days with clinical rotations
in the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic, the general practice
residency clinic and pediatric dentistry clinic. Participants will be required to successfully complete a
written examination at the completion of the didactic portion of the
course. PREREQUISITES FOR THE COURSE CREDIT
COURSE SCHEDULE Day 1 (7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.)
Day 2 (7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.) Day 3 (7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.)
Day 4 (7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.)
Day 5 (7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Day 6 (7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.)
Thursday, Day 7 (7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.)
Day 8 (7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.)
Day 9 (7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.)
Day 10 (7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.)
COURSE CO-DIRECTORS
Lee Getter, DDS, MSD, Col. Ret., Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, received his BA, DDS from New York University and his MSD in Oral
Surgery from Baylor University in Dallas. Dr. Getter is a Diplomate of the
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a Fellow of the
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. He served 21 years in the U.S.
Army Dental Corp including a tour as the Chief of the Division of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Research in the USAIDR at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, and a tour as the Chief Dental Consultant of the Surgeon General of
the Army and to the Asst. Surgeon General for Dental Services. He was a
Professor at Howard University College of Dentistry for 25 years and retired
after also serving as Director of Pain Control and Chair of the
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for a portion of that time. Dr.
Getter was a visiting faculty member at Montefiore Hospital in New York,
where he taught an IV Sedation course for 29 years.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA FACULTY
Roy A. Rockman, DDS, Diplomate and Fellow of the American Academy of
Pediatric Dentistry and Director, Pediatric Residency Program at the Medical
College of Georgia, received his DDS from the State University of New York
at Buffalo and did his Pediatric Dental Residency at Brookdale Hospital
Medical Center. He is retired from the United States Army Dental Corps
with the rank of Colonel.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION COMFORT ZONE
SPECIAL NEEDS
At the conclusion of this educational activity, the participant should be
able to:
Each participant must hold a D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree, be licensed to
practice dentistry and have malpractice insurance. Current
Cardiac Life Support certification must be obtained by each participant
prior to beginning the clinical portion of the course.
Upon completion of the didactic sessions and the mini-residency, you will
receive a letter stating your hours of attendance. American Dental
Association Guidelines prohibit awarding a certificate or diploma for
completion of a course such as this. You should receive a certificate from
your state dental board once you pass your state's examination in sedation.
The School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia is an ADA CERP
Recognized Provider. ACDE Approved.
AGD Approved National Sponsor, FAGD/MAGD Credit. 1/01/06-12/31/09
7:00
Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Course
Introduction
7:30
Written Pre Test
Dr. Getter
Objective: To determine the participant's present level of
patient management techniques, conscious sedation modalities and
pain control methods.
8:00
Part One, Introduction, Objectives Conscious
Sedation, IV Tech, Records, Consents and Philosophy
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Define conscious sedation; relate differences
between conscious, deep and general anesthesia; identify the
signs of sedation and base line observations; discuss common
monitoring techniques and equipment; and explain record keeping,
consents, patient discussions and complications of an IV
technique.
9:00
Part Two -Introduction,
Objectives Conscious Sedation, IV Tech, Records, Consents and
Philosophy
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Define conscious sedation; relate differences
between conscious, deep and general anesthesia; identify the
signs of sedation and base line observations; discuss common
monitoring techniques and equipment; and explain record keeping,
consents,
patient discussions and complications of an IV technique.
10:00
Introduction to the IV
Technique and Monitoring
Dr. Ferguson
Objectives: Review the armamentarium of IV Sedation; recognize
the tourniquet, catheters, tubing and drug ports, explain the
anatomy of the venipuncture, function of the monitoring
equipment; and recognize possible complications of an IV
technique
11:00
Introduction to Drugs in
Conscious Sedation
Dr. Getter
Objective(s): Identify drugs and classification of drugs used in
conscious sedation; explain drug dosage and patient response;
and understand delivery systems for drugs, reversal agents and
drug interactions in conscious sedation
12:00
Lunch and learn
Questions and answers with course director
Introduction to anxiolytic drugs
Dr. Getter
Objective: Classify and familiarize those drugs available for
anxiety reduction.
1:00
Introduction to Drugs in
Conscious Sedation
Dr. Ferguson
Objectives: Identify drugs and classification of drugs used in
conscious sedation; explain drug dosage and patient response;
and understand delivery systems for drugs, reversal agents and
drug interactions in conscious sedation.
2:00
Group A. Patient Selection
IV Sedation Evaluation and Monitoring Dr. Getter
Objectives: Explain criteria and contraindications for IV
sedation patient selection; review history taking; begin
physical evaluation; discuss psychological and anatomical
considerations; and explain ASA classification of patients.
4:00
Pharmacology
of Benzodiazepines, and Their Reversal Agents
Dr. Kao
Objectives: Identify drugs, classifications, interactions,
effects, reversal agents, where drugs act and the drug
degradation routes.
5:00
Pharmacology of Opioids,
and Their Reversal Agents- Part Two
Dr. Kao
Objective(s): Identify drugs, classifications,
interactions, effects, reversal agents, where drugs act and the
drug degradation routes.
7:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture: Review Oct 14 Objectives and
Material
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Drugs in conscious sedation, techniques, outcomes,
definitions of sedation; patient classifications; evaluating
patients.
8:00
The Role of Nitrous Oxide
in Conscious Sedation
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Discuss history of nitrous oxide and role of
inhalation sedation in dentistry; identify equipment used in
inhalation sedation; understand patient selection, indications
and contraindications for inhalation sedation; and explain
function of equipment, risk management and certification
requirements of inhalation sedation
10:00
History Taking and the
Prevention of Emergencies
Dr. Getter
Introduction Part One
Objectives: Understand the method of history taking. Know the
core questions that must be asked. The order of the history. The
need for consultations. How to write a consult. What should be
in a consult? The evaluation of the returned consult. Medical
legal issues with the history. How to insert in notes.
11:00
AED, EKG and Pulse
Oximetry - Part One
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Describe what the EKG represents; identify the
‘pqrst’ complex; explain the function and use of the AED and the
use of pulse oxcimetry; recognize the indications and results of
pulse oxcimetry; and identify the relationship between the
monitor and the patient. (Lecture and clinical lab)
12:00
Lunch and learn. Questions and answers with
course lecturer
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Review functions of the IV simulator, the role of
the interactive mannequin, the use of the airway adjuncts
demonstrated, the pulse oximeter used, the AED, the EKG.
1:00
AED, EKG and Pulse
Oximetry - Part Two
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Describe what the EKG represents; identify the
‘pqrst’ complex; explain the function and use of the AED and the
use of pulse oxcimetry; recognize the indications and results of
pulse oxcimetry; and identify the relationship between the
monitor and the patient. (Lecture and clinical lab)
2:00
Pharmacology of Adjunctive
Anesthetic Agents
Dr.Ferguson
Objectives: Identify drugs, classifications, interactions,
effects, where drugs act and the drug degradation routes.
4:00
Local Anesthetic
Techniques and Drugs - Part One
Dr. Kao
Objectives: Describe the relationship between local anesthetic
and conscious sedation; review anatomy of local anesthetic and
available armamentarium; recognize complications of local
anesthetics by area of location; review technique of injection.
6:00
Respiratory Disease and
Patient Selection
Dr. Osborn
Objectives: Discuss the relationship of asthma, COPD, upper
respiratory infections and emphysema and conscious sedation:
determine need for consultations: and review management of
respiratory emergencies.
7:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review: Anatomy
Review for IV
Sedation,
Monitoring of Patients
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Review the armamentarium of IV Sedation; recognize
the tourniquet, catheters, tubing and drug ports, explain the
anatomy of the venipuncture and function of the monitoring
equipment; and recognize possible complications of an IV
technique.
8:00
Clinical Practice
Participants, Venipuncture, Monitoring and Patient Treatment
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and discuss set-up and
application of monitors.
12:00
Lunch and learn. Questions and answers with
course director
Case Reviews
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Determine doses used in total number of cases;
discuss patient responses; and communicate participant's
evaluations of patients
1:00
Clinical Practice
Participants, Venipuncture, Monitoring and Patient Treatment
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and discuss set-up and
application of monitors.
5:00
Introduction to Office Preparation for IV
Sedation
Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Selection of equipment for the sedation office. Equipment for the patients needs.
Equipment needed for patient management, evaluation
and safety. Emergency equipment, drugs and training
requirements. (Lecture and Clinic)
6:00
Introduction to Airway Management, Complications
and Resuscitation Part One
Dr. Ferguson
Objectives: Recognize problems and complications that arise in
patient treatment; understand techniques of prevention and
history taking; and identify preparation for emergency
management
7:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review: Anatomy
Review for IV
Sedation, Monitoring of Patients, Case Reviews
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Review the armamentarium of IV Sedation; recognize
the tourniquet, catheters, tubing and drug ports, explain the
anatomy of the venipuncture and function of the monitoring
equipment; and recognize possible complications of an IV
technique.
8:00
Group A. (Continued)
Emergencies, Airway Management, Complications and Resuscitation
Part Two
Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Recognize problems and complications that arise in
patient treatment; understand techniques of prevention and
history taking; and identify preparation for emergency
management.
8:00
Group B. IV Simulator,
Interactive Mannequin Airway, and drug administration
Lori Schumacher PHD, RN, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Placement of IV catheters, managing varied vein
difficulty, anatomy of placements. Administer simulated drugs to
interactive mannequin and introduction to airway management,
pulse oximeter, AED, EKG and airway devices. Lecture and
interactive use.
10:00
Group B. (Continued)
Emergencies, Airway Management, Complications and Resuscitation
Part Two
Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Recognize problems and complications that arise in
patient treatment; understand techniques of prevention and
history taking; and identify preparation for emergency
management.
10:00
Group A. IV Simulator,
Interactive Mannequin Airway, and drug administration
Lori Schumacher PHD, RN, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Placement of IV catheters, managing varied vein
difficulty, anatomy of placements. Administer simulated drugs to
interactive mannequin and introduction to airway management,
pulse oximeter, AED, EKG and airway devices. Lecture and
interactive use.
12:00
Lunch and learn. Questions
and answers with course director
Review Mannequin Scenarios
Dr. Getter
1:00
Introduction to Pediatric
Sedation
Dr. Rockman
Objectives: Learn relationship between weight and dosage, Airway
problems, drugs used routes of administration, potential
problems, difference between adult patients and children as
patients.
4:00
Local Anesthesia Part Two
– Comparison Local anesthetics,
drugs, alternative techniques, Computerized injections, Medico
Legal problems, Broken needles.
Dr. Getter, Dr Kao
Objective(s): Describe the relationship between local anesthetic
and conscious sedation; review anatomy of local anesthetic and
available armamentarium; recognize complications of local
anesthetics by area of location; review technique of injection.
Understand needle breakage, risk management, alternative
techniques.
6:00
Introduction to the
Management Medical Emergency Management in Conscious Sedation
Dr. Ferguson
Objectives: To be able to identify the common emergencies in
conscious sedation. To recognize the potential causes. To be
introduced to the components of the medical history, the
physical exam and the role of the consultation. To learn to
develop a basic plan of action for the treatment of medical
emergencies.
7:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review:
AED, Monitoring Review, CV disease and patient
selection, Case reviews
Dr. Getter
7:30
Cardiac Assessment,
Cardiovascular disease and Patient Selection for Conscious
Sedation
Dr.Ferguson
Objectives: Discuss the role of hypertension and coronary artery
disease in patient selection; identify indications for
prophylaxis, the role of cardiac medications and CHF and patient
selection; address the need for consultation and sedation;
identify the role of diabetes and CV disease and patient
selection; and recognize common CV emergencies.
10:00
Sedation and the Geriatric
Patient
Dr. Ferguson
Objectives: Identify the anatomic, physiologic and functional
differences of this diverse population and how these factors
relate to the safe use of sedation agents.
12:00
Lunch and learn.
1:00
Cardiovascular Emergencies
and Their Management
Dr. Ferguson
Objectives: Recognize the emergency and be aware of the
patient's history; identify signs of angina, MI, cardiac arrest;
plan, implement and communicate appropriate preventive
strategies for emergency treatments; and review the role of the
AED, oxygen and training.
3:00
Preparing For An Office
Evaluation
Dr. Ferguson
Objective: Prepare the participants for the office evaluation.
This includes review of important considerations to the office
physical plant, backup equipment, drug security, record keeping,
instrumentation, monitoring requirements and drugs necessary
successfully prepare for the office evaluation. There will be
variations depending on the individual state requirements. These
will be available to each participant on their own states web
sites. This is the responsibility of the participant.
5:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review:
Review Basic Techniques, pharmacology of sedation drugs, review
pre treatment patient evaluation, record keeping and patient
monitoring.
Dr. Getter, Dr. Ferguson.
Objectives: Review the anatomy of IV, record keeping, patient
selection, history taking and monitoring equipment, sedation
protocol, sedation drugs and technique for conscious sedation.
8:00
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Observe and participate in patient sedation,
monitoring and recovery. Describe the advantages and
disadvantages of the intravenous route of drug administration
and review the set-up and application of monitors.
12:00
Lunch and Learn
Objectives: Determine doses used in total number of cases;
discuss patient responses; and communicate participant's
evaluations of patients.
1:00
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
5:00
Review of cases
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Determine doses used in total number of cases;
discuss patient responses; and communicate participant's
evaluations of patients
6:00
The role of oral
pre-medication in conscious sedation in dentistry. The use of
oral techniques with other techniques in conscious
sedation
Dr. Getter
Objectives: What oral drugs are effective? What is the goal of
oral pre-medication? Can oral pre-medication combined with
Nitrous Oxide play a role in Conscious sedation? Complications
of oral sedation. Contraindications of oral pre-medication. What
are the
Limitations of oral pre-medication. IV drugs and oral
medications.
7:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review:
Airway Management, AED, Monitoring, Case Reviews
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Review use monitoring EKG, pulse oxcimetry, airway
emergencies, where to place IV access.
7:30
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
12:00
Lunch and learn. Questions
and answers with course director.
Case Reviews
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Determine doses used in total number of cases;
discuss patient responses; and communicate participant's
evaluations of patients.
1:00
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
5:00
Simulated Emergencies and
Emergency Management Part Three Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Recognize problems and complications that arise in
patient treatment; understand techniques of prevention and
history taking; and identify preparation for emergency
management. The role of AED and Drugs. (Lecture and Clinic)
7:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review:
AED, Monitoring Review, CV disease and patient selection, Case
reviews
Dr. Getter
7:30
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
12:00
Lunch and learn. Questions
and answers with course director.
Case Reviews
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Determine doses used in total number of cases;
discuss patient responses; and communicate participant's
evaluations of patients.
1:00
Clinical Treatment Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
5:00
Cardiac Assessment,
Cardiovascular Disease and Patient Selection for Conscious
Sedation
Dr. Ferguson
Objectives: Discuss the role of hypertension and coronary artery
disease in patient selection; identify indications for
prophylaxis, the role of cardiac medications and CHF and patient
selection; address the need for consultation and sedation;
identify the role of diabetes and CV disease and patient
selection; and recognize common CV emergencies.
7:00
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review:
Respiratory Disease and Patient selection, Case reviews
Dr. Getter
7:30
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
12:00
Lunch and
learn. Questions and answers with course director.
Case Reviews
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Determine doses used in total number of cases;
discuss patient responses; and communicate participant's
evaluations of patients.
1:00
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
5:00
Respiratory Emergencies
Their Management, Drug Interaction Part Two
Dr. Osborn
Objectives: Recognize the emergency and be aware of the
patient's history; medications identify signs of respiratory
distress; and plan, implement and communicate appropriate
preventive strategies for emergency treatments; and address the
role of the AED, oxygen and training. The role of drug
interaction in sedation.
6:00
Simulated Emergencies and
Emergency Management
Part Three – Dr. Kao, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Recognize problems and complications that arise in
patient treatment; understand techniques of prevention and
history taking; and identify preparation for emergency
management. The role of the AED and Drugs. (Hospital and
Clinic.)
7:00
Post Test
7:30
Adjourn
7:00
Breakfast Lecture Review:
Respiratory Disease and Patient selection, Case reviews
Dr. Getter
7:30
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
12:00
Lunch and learn. Questions
and answers with course director.
Case Reviews
Dr. Getter
Objectives: Determine doses used in total number of cases;
discuss patient responses; and communicate participant's
evaluations of patients.
1:00
Clinical Treatment
Patients
Clinic Staff, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Witness and participate in live patient sedation and
recovery; describe the advantages and disadvantages of the
intravenous route of drug administration; and review set-up and
application of monitors.
5:00
Group One. IV Simulator,
Interactive Mannequin Airway,
and Drug Administration
Lori Schumacher PHD, RN, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Getter
Objectives: Placement of IV catheters, managing varied vein
difficulty, anatomy of placements. Administer simulated drugs to
interactive mannequin and introduction to airway management,
pulse oximeter, AED, EKG and airway devices. Lecture and
interactive use.
6:00
Complications of Local
Anesthesia, Systemic and Local
Dr. Getter
Objectivess: Recognize the complications of local anesthesia
administration. Local complications, pain, ulcerations, altered
sensation, broken needles, infection. Systemic complications to
include dosages, vasoconstrictors, over dosage, allergy and
other reactions.
7:00
The role of oral
premedication in conscious sedation in dentistry. The use of
oral techniques with other techniques in conscious sedation
Dr. Getter
Objectives: What oral drugs are effective? What is the goal of
oral premedication? Can oral premedication combined with Nitrous
Oxide play a role in Conscious Sedation? Complications of oral
sedation. Contraindications of oral premedication. What are the
Limitations of oral premedication. IV drugs and oral
medications.
8:00
Adjourn
Dr. Henry W. Ferguson received his dental
degree in 1980 from The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine,
Pittsburgh PA. Upon completion of Dental School, Dr. Ferguson entered into
active duty service with the United States Army Dental Corps. After seven
years of service as a general dentist, Dr. Ferguson was selected for
training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS). He completed a residency
program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Eisenhower Army Medical
Center, Fort Gordon GA., in 1991. After years of distinguished service, Dr.
Ferguson retired from active duty at the rank of Colonel in March 2004. His
last assignments in the Army were as a staff OMS and member of the teaching
faculty with the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Eisenhower
Army Medical Center, and prior to that as the Department Chairman and
Director of Residency Training, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, and Director of Hospital Dentistry, Eisenhower Army Medical Center,
Fort Gordon, GA. In April 2004, Dr Ferguson received a joint appointment as
an Associate Professor in the MCG Medical Center Department of Surgery, and
the MCG School of Dentistry as an Associate Professor in the Department of
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Soon thereafter he was appointed as the
Interim Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and currently
serves as the Vice Chair of the Department of OMS, and Director of Post
Graduate training. Dr. Ferguson is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery, member of the ADA, a fellow of the American
Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the National Society of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology,
and the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology.
Solon Kao, DDS, received
his BE in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1994. He then
earned his dental degree, with honors, from the University of Tennessee
School of Dentistry in 1998. Dr. Kao completed his externship in Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center in 1997; his internship
in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Louisiana State University in 1999; and
his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in 2002 and at MCG in
2005.
Thomas P. Osborne, DDS, Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at
the Medical College of Georgia.
Lori Schumacher, PHD, RN, MS, Assistant Professor in Advanced Practice Nursing at
the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing.
The registration fee for this course is $10,500. A $5,000 deposit will hold your place. The
balance of $5,500 will be due the first day the course begins. The textbook, S. Malamed's Sedation, is included in this fee. The fee (or your deposit), less a
$300 administrative charge, is refundable if notice of cancellation is
received two weeks prior to the beginning of the course. Because of limited availability, there will be no refunds if you cancel less
than two weeks before the course begins.
Please call Continuing Education at
706-721-3967 or 800-221-6437 if you are interested in registering for this
course due to the limited availability.
LOCATION
Sessions will be held in the School of Dentistry, Medical College of
Georgia, Augusta, Georgia. We will send a map of the MCG campus upon receipt
of your registration.
Although every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the
meeting rooms and labs, individual comfort levels differ. Please bring a
jacket or sweater in case the room is too cool for your comfort.
The Medical College of Georgia Division of Continuing Education complies
with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please notify the conference
coordinator with any special requirements at 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967.