Northern Spring CE 2023
Join the CODHA Northern Colorado component for our spring CE!
March 4, 2023
9-11 am
Virtual on Zoom
2 hours of LIVE CE
CODHA Member - FREE
Dental Hygienist (non-member) - $10
Other Dental Professional - $15
Speaker: Catrice Opichka RDH MS
"Help Me I’m Drowning! Tackling Professional Burnout"
Dentistry is a unique, fast paced, and often stressful profession that can lead to both physical and emotional exhaustion. It is estimated that 84% of dental professionals have reported feeling dental burnout. It is also suggested that these burnout rates will continue to increase for several reasons, including staff shortages and the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. This has resulted in an increase in chronic stress and has led to a large number of dental professionals choosing to step away from the profession they once loved.
In this course, we discuss how to re-charge our professional batteries and provide suggestions on self-care tools that will improve our mental health during times of professional stress. We will uncover ways we can help combat dental workforce shortages and work better as a team during these staffing challenges. Finally, we will uncover my top ten recommendations on how to reignite our passion for dentistry and the patient care we provide.
At the conclusion of this course, attendees will be able to1. Recognize common work stressors and apply the skills needed to prevent burnout.2. Evaluate effective self-care tools and decide which tools work best for our individual needs.3. Identify ten different ways to step out of the operatory to reignite our excitement and passion for patient care.
Catrice Opichka’s energetic and captivating approach to dental programming blends her clinical experience and evidence-based research, with a spunky delivery. The result: an entertaining learning experience that provides relevant examples that can instantly be applied to our dental practice.
Catrice’s 32-year career in dentistry has given her a diverse background, with experience as a patient care coordinator, dental assistant, dental hygiene board examiner, dental educator, and 28 years practicing as a Registered Dental Hygienist in private practice, periodontal practice, and a direct access mobile care.
Catrice holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a concentration in addiction, and a Master of Science degree in Management and Leadership. She is a member of the American Dental Education Association, American Dental Hygienists Association, National Speakers Association, American Mobile and Teledentistry Alliance, and is an examiner for the Central Regional Dental Testing Services. She has also been published in RDH magazine and Dentistry IQ and spent several years teaching clinical dental hygiene in Seattle, WA.
Catrice’s love of dental education is only matched by her love of patient care. She continues to practice dental hygiene in her direct access mobile practice, Island View Dental Care. She cares for underserved populations, such as individuals in long-term care facilities like nursing homes and memory care, and individuals in emergency shelters including homeless camps and domestic violence shelters. Catrice’s programs address challenging topics with honesty, compassion, and humor.
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