Education and Events

12-week in-office dental assistant training curriculum now available to CDA members

In-office dental assistant training has arrived for the many CDA members who continue to have challenges finding and hiring qualified dental assistants for their practice. The curriculum provides 12 weeks of supportive online learning for use alongside in-office training.

July 14, 2022 |Education and Events, Employment Practices, Hiring, Firing & Performance, News Articles, Online Learning, Staffing & Training

CDA offers a simplified approach to bloodborne pathogen safety compliance

CDA members benefit from a new online training program designed to help California dental practices achieve full compliance with Cal/OSHA’s requirements for bloodborne pathogen safety training and exposure control.

May 25, 2022 |Cal/OSHA Safety Regulations, News Articles, Online Learning, Regulatory Compliance

Website accessibility a must for dental practices; DOJ guidance explains how businesses can make websites accessible to people with disabilities

All businesses that are open to the public, including dental practices, should ensure their websites are accessible to people with disabilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

April 12, 2022 |Education and Events, News Articles, Regulatory Compliance

CDA’s Smile Crew CA dental assistant training programs expand to additional areas around state

CDA’s pilot dental assisting training programs continue to be successful ― placing most of their participants in open dental positions in California. Now, the training programs, which teach participants the basic skills for a dental assisting career, are coming to two additional regions in the state.

February 10, 2022 |Education and Events, News Articles, Online Learning, Practice Management, Staffing & Training

Revised training requirements simplify process for dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccine

The California Department of Public Health on Jan. 21 revised its COVID-19 vaccine training requirements, reducing the number of required courses dentists need to be eligible to administer the vaccine. 

January 27, 2021 |COVID-19/Respiratory Illness, News Articles, Online Learning

Navigating dental board C.E. audits and requirements with ease

Dental board licensees are required to maintain their continuing education certificates for up to three renewal periods. But if you’re a licensee and you receive a C.E. audit in the mail, what happens next? 

March 9, 2020 |Dental Practice & Licensing, Education and Events, News Articles, Regulatory Compliance

New HIPAA training resources from CDA developed specifically for dental practices

Any dental practice that is uncertain if is fully compliant with HIPAA and state privacy laws will benefit from four new HIPAA training resources available in the CDA Practice Support section of cda.org. Each resource is intended to train both the privacy officer and the security officer in a dental practice on their shared responsibilities.

March 2, 2020 |News Articles, Online Learning, Privacy/HIPAA, Regulatory Compliance
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