DOCS Education conferences are renowned for their perfect blend of stimulating classes, hands-on training, engaged faculty, and great community-building. It is the rare dentist who attends and doesn’t feel part of a larger, interconnected community of professionals serving at the forefront of our profession.
The recent meeting in Scottsdale, held November 9th through 11th at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Paradise Valley, was no exception.
“Thank you so much. It was a wonderful course and I’m already implementing some of the knowledge I gained,” wrote one attendee, a dentist practicing in Fort Wayne, IN. “GREAT stuff. A wonderfully organized event with fantastic information. A+”
Indeed, a hallmark of DOCS Education conferences is that they empower the dentists and team members who attend to immediately begin applying their newfound knowledge for the benefit of patients.
What follows are some photo highlights of the Scottsdale conference. Our next two conferences will be held in San Diego, February 22-24, and Washington D.C., May 17-19.
If you haven’t been to a DOCS Education conference recently, or have yet to experience the unique combination of education, community, and fun that characterize our meetings, we encourage you to see firsthand what you’ve been missing.
Dr. Anthony S. Feck, known for his world-class lecturing skills – blending humor with contagious passion – not only teaches our Adult Oral Sedation and Master Series: Advanced Sedation courses, he also serves as our Dean of Faculty.
If anyone can make dental physiology and pharmacology easy to understand, it’s our esteemed faculty member, Leslie Shu-Tung Fang, MD, PhD. As an award-winning lecturer, Dr. Fang is unrivaled in his pedagogy – making every class he teaches insightful, memorable, practical, and engaging. Dr. Fang serves as a clinician-teacher at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In addition to his regular courses for DOCS Education, Dr. Fang offered registrants in Scottsdale a bonus one-hour lecture, titled Case Studies: The New ADA Policy on Opioid Prescriptions. Tapes of his live lectures are available as a three-hour study-at-home course that complies with the ADA’s new policy on opioids education. To learn more, click here.
He wasn't a formal instructor, but DOCS Education's regulatory attorney, John P. Bitting, Esq., sure did educate a lot of our Scottsdale attendees who had legal and regulatory questions. That's John's forte.
DOCS Education members enjoy year-round free access to John for all of their questions on advertising standards; licensing and permit requirements; patient complaints; standard-of-care protocols; and equipment requirements. To find out more about becoming part of the DOCS Education community, click here.
Every class that we teach at DOCS Education conferences is interactive, featuring lively give-and-takes with faculty members and fellow registrants. Some classes, such as our Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification, pictured here, are very hands-on.
Our social hours are about much more than casual socializing. They foster friendships and community-building. And they’re lots of fun.
Sponsors and exhibitors bring an added dimension to each DOCS Education conference, allowing registrants to hear from and get to know quality, carefully curated, providers of relevant products and services aimed at today’s state-of-the-art dental practices.
Free professional headshots, a staple at every DOCS Education conference, are a wonderful way for registrants to upgrade the images used on their practice websites and social networking accounts. They also offer the opportunity to generate a few fun smiles.
To view larger versions of any of the photos featured in this article, visit our Flickr account and double-click on the picture you’d like to view. Registrants are also invited to download their own photos, but please note all photos are copyrighted by DOCS Education and may not be used without our written permission.
