Oral Health Care for People with Disabilities. What Will it Take to Get You to Change How You See?
Olaf Plotzke, DDS, D.Ped
As a dedicated health care professional, take a moment to hear the voices and see the faces of people. Realize their daily unending challenges and learn to recognize the barriers they face to accessing quality oral health care. Learn how to expand your and your team’s professional skills and personal awareness in your practice, and at the end of your busy day caring for others, all of you may have just discovered a new way to increase your (personal and professional) rewards. Learning Objectives: • Become aware of the scope of the current conditions and incidence of people with disabilities/special needs in Canada • Become aware of the barriers to access to care for people with special needs • See people with disabilities through a new lens, become familiar with techniques to allow you to see and treat them with comfort, competence and confidence, and discover the joy you feel at the end of the day
Course Code:
T026PL
Room: Time:
714A – South Building 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Lecture Ticketed Paid
Type:
Audience: Dentist; Dental Hygienist; Dental Assistant; Office RCDSO QA Program: Category 1 (Core) (3 CE Credits) Fee + HST: $22.60 ($20 + $2.60) Dr. Olaf Plotzke graduated from Western University with a B.Sc. in 1973 and a DDS in 1977. He received his specialty certificate in pediatric dentistry in 1984 from the Indiana University. Dr. Plotzke has been the Dental Director of the Cleft Lip and Palate team in London, Ont., since 1992. He retired from full-time practice in 2014 and is President of the Canadian Society for Disability and Oral Health.
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