The American Society for Dental Ethics

The Mission of the Section is to support professional ethics in dentistry as the foundation of oral health care. The members of the Section are dedicated to the ongoing study of ethical issues, ethics education, and the development of the profession to promote integrity and ethical practice in service of patients, community, and society.

Ethics and Legal Aspects of Dentistry
February 23-26, 2011

The 4th Annual Ethics and Legal Aspects of Dentistry Conference sponsored by the American College of Legal Medicine will be held February 23-26, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans. Seminars will include legal issues in dentistry and understanding the government’s role and the role of dental education, describe ethical, moral and diagnostic issues as they relate to the dental practice, evaluate risk management considerations, identify issues relating to patient care, learn more about mid-level care, issues about access to care and dental health care coverage, electronic record keeping and more. For further information and registration, visit the ACLM website at www.aclm.org.

Ozar-Hasegawa Ethics Award 2011-12

The Ozar-Hasegawa Award is an annual award for two individuals who have contributed to the scholarship, discussion, and application of dental ethics, Professor David Ozar (Loyola University) and Dr. Thomas Hasegawa Jr. (Baylor College of Dentistry, deceased). The award is presented by the American Society for Dental Ethics (ASDE) to a dental or dental hygiene student for an essay or comparable product of careful ethical reflection.

All dental and dental hygiene students who are enrolled in an accredited school of dentistry and/or dental hygiene program in the United States and Canada. Students must be in good academic standing.

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Ethics Scholarship Program American College of Dentists Foundation

Application Process

$1,000 Partial Scholarships for Graduate Course in Dental Ethics Creighton University
The Ethics Scholarship Program of the American College of Dentists Foundation will annually offer up to ten $1,000 partial scholarships for 2012 to 2014 covering approximately half of the tuition of the new online 3-unit graduate-level course in dental ethics through Creighton University, “Oral Health Care at the Intersection of Professional and Business Ethics.” The scholarships are one-time grants and not repetitive. The scholarships are funded from proceeds of the Dr. Cecelia L. Dows Scholarship Fund within the Foundation.

Eligibility
To be eligible for a scholarship, an individual must be a Fellow of the American College of Dentists in good standing (including honorary). This requirement may be waived depending on the responses.

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Intensive Bioethics Course
June 4-8, 2012

Intensive Bioethics Course, June 4-8, 2012. Sponsored by the Kennedy
Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Course
explores the theoretical framework and practical issues of bioethics
over 5 days, and includes lectures and discussions by leaders in the
field, as well as special topics and break-outs into small groups of
approximately 10 persons following each lecture. Plenary lecturers
include Tom Beauchamp, Christine Grady, Henk ten Have, John Keown,
Rebecca Kukla, John Langan, Margaret Little, Edmund Pellegrino, and
Robert Veatch. Small discussion groups follow each lecture. Cost:
$1,700. Scholarships available for applicants from developing countries.
CME/nursing credits. Beginning Day 2, breakfasts and lunches are
included, plus an opening reception and a closing banquet

website: http://kennedyinstitute.georgetown.edu

Price, $1700 after May 1.

Graduate Course

Oral Health Care at the Intersection of
Professional and Business Ethics
A New Graduate Course Offered by the Center for Health Policy and Ethics at Creighton University

This 8-week course is currently slated to be offered annually (2012-2014) in the months of May and June.
The course is offered as part of Creighton University’s Master of Science in Health Care Ethics. However, it can be taken without enrolling in the degree program. Students who next decide to pursue the master’s degree will receive full credit for this 3-credit course towards the degree. When contacting the university’s online education office (see contact info on the back), those interested in taking only this course should request being enrolled as a “Special Student.”

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9th International Congress on Dental Law and Ethics Leuven, August, 22-24, 2012

The main theme of the congress is “INSURANCE”

IDEALS encourages you to send in your Paper Submissions now!

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