Courses

Are you and your team ready for a medical emergency in the dental office? New advances in emergency care are happening every day and this dynamic, one-day ACLS recertification program will keep your response skills on the cutting edge. Designed especially for dental offices and those seeking to renew their ACLS card. Top industry professionals share important new research and clinical practices to help you maintain the skills and protocols taught in ACLS.

Earn 6.5 hours CE and renew your AHA ACLS card with a passing grade.

Dental practitioners in need of IV sedation recertification or permit maintenance can efficiently update their IV sedation skills and increase the number of protocols in their arsenal. This course is ideal for general dentists and specialists who administer IV medication, with or without oral sedatives. Increase your IV sedation knowledge with new science and real-life applications in one day, either online or in person.

Total CE hours: 16

Earn your American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support card in this educational and timesaving ACLS training program for dentists. It’s designed to accelerate your learning by using relevant pre-course video modules and a one-day hands-on session.

Earn AHA ACLS card and 12 hours CE with a passing score.

This online course qualifies for 1.5 hour of CE credit that is automatically issued with a digital certificate upon completion.

“The minutes matter.”

In the case of a medical emergency in the dental office, dentists and their teams need to think fast and undertake lifesaving actions in order to improve a patient’s chances for a successful outcome. This incredibly important and informative course, presented by Dr. Steve Yun, MD, anesthesiologist, and medical consultant for DOCS Education, will address the most common medical events that may occur in the dental office, as well as the recommended emergency responses for each.

Dr. Yun will also outline the appropriate delegation of roles for the doctor and team members that will make the minutes count in emergency scenarios, such as administering epinephrin, using an AED, or reviving a pediatric patient.

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Do you and your team know how to respond to a patient experiencing a medical crisis? Bring DOCS Education's certified ACLS trainers to your office to train you and your team with your equipment. DALS trainers will customize a training plan specific to your office layout, personnel and resources in this 2-day in-office course. Instruction includes practical training to confidently use state-of-the-art AED equipment, managing a megacode emergency, hands-on experience using advanced airway management equipment and team drills. DALS In-office training is the best way to ensure every team member knows the drill when it comes to handling a medical emergency.

Refresh your IV sedation training in your own office. DOCS Education's in-office training provides you with tailored instruction specific to your practice and your office. IV sedation is an effective, predictable and flexible mode of sedation that expands the number of medications you can use to make your patients more comfortable. You and your team will learn about novel agents, key drugs, equipment, emergency measures and other methods to assure patient safety and satisfaction. The course is offered in 1- or 2-day formats.

Meharry Medical College in joint providership with the Washington AGD through its affiliation with DOCS Education has created a new 8-hour course* that fulfills the new one-time opioid course requirement for DEA registration. The course will cover a range of topics related to opioid prescribing and pain management required by the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, including the risks and benefits of opioids, safe pharmacological management of dental pain and screening, treating and management of patients with substance abuse disorders, patient counseling and education, and more. It is worth 8 CE.