As Director of a Post-Graduate Advanced Dental Education Program I always encourage my residents to seek external education opportunities in addition to the lectures within the curriculum. Every week I email them direct links to upcoming lectures within the wonderful world of dental CE. One of the country’s major dental education events is upcoming later this month in the Big Apple: the Greater New York Dental Meeting http://gnydm.com . This is the largest dental meeting in the United States with over 53,000 attendees annually. If you have not gone before YOU MUST GO. The meeting starts on November 27th and the exhibit hall opens November 29. Visit the website above for more details and registration. Be sure to make time for events like this because this type of experience is invaluable. The energy is electric. The exhibit hall gi-normous. The social events are exciting. And the networking is vital.
Whether you are a New Dentist (recent graduate to 5 years out) or a seasoned oral health practitioner remember to always make time for these types of continuing education opportunities and events. Remember, often you do not know what you do not know until you realize you don’t know it. We are in profession that imbues the notion that lifelong learning is fundamental. As quoted from G.V. Black, the father of modern dentistry, ” the professional person has no other right except be a continuous student.” Become a “student”again at the Greater New York Meeting!!! Smiles
