Penn Dental Medicine Online Continuing Education Program Enabling Dentists to Better Serve Persons with Disabilities
To help address the oral health needs of this vulnerable population with more clinicians skilled in treating them, Penn Dental Medicine has developed the Persons with Disabilities Presentation Series -- a free online continuing education program aimed at building competency among practicing clinicians in providing oral healthcare to persons with disabilities.
- In addition, those with disabilities are more likely to be obese, smoke, and have heart disease and diabetes, further complicating their healthcare.
- To help address the oral health needs of this vulnerable population with more clinicians skilled in treating them, Penn Dental Medicine has developed the Persons with Disabilities Presentation Series -- a free online continuing education program aimed at building competency among practicing clinicians in providing oral healthcare to persons with disabilities.
- Since its launch, the lecture topics have ranged from defining disabilities across a lifetime and caring for older adults with cognitive impairments to how the payer system can be strengthened to improve care for persons with disabilities.
- Developed and offered through Penn Dental Medicine's Office of Continuing Education , the series is open to oral health professionals at no charge.