Courses

Learn to care for anxious and fearful patients using oral conscious sedation. This gateway course is one of our most popular; it provides the necessary training to administer sedation to healthy adults. Sessions are taught by renowned faculty who are also practicing doctors — a Harvard Medical School professor and distinguished practicing dentists — and cover everything you need to know to integrate adult oral sedation into your practice. Class format consists of informative and engaging lectures and discussions. 25 CE hours.

Advances in both dentistry and medicine are constantly occurring and it’s vital for the dental professional to stay apprised and understand developments that may impact patient care. This year there are substantial changes, including the recent fanfare surrounding Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound. It’s clear that dentists will be seeing a lot of these medications, either in treatment for diabetes or as designer drugs for weight loss. Dr. Leslie Fang, MD, PhD, and DOCS Medical Director, presents a comprehensive review of the latest in medicine in Pay to Starve: You Are What You Eat. Discussion includes the newest medication options for diabetes mellitus and weight loss management, their impact on cardiovascular conditions, and the oral complications for patients on chemotherapy or immunotherapy – plus more up-to-date information from the 14th Edition of The Ultimate Cheat Sheets. 2 CE

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.

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.

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.

Learning how to identify whether a patient is a good candidate for oral sedation dentistry is one of the most basic and important steps in practicing safe and effective oral sedation. This course 2-hour CE course will help you build confidence in your patient assessment abilities.

2 CE hours

This is a 13-module video course. It contains 13.5 hours of lectures delivered by Dr. Leslie Fang in front of a live audience. Each module features a one-page summary for quick reference. The modules in the course can be purchased together in a bundle, or individually. This course supports both The Ultimate Cheat Sheets and the 3-CE online course The New ADA Policy on Opioid Prescriptions.

13.5 CE hours