The webinar will explore efforts to create guidance for oral healthcare providers and other providers practicing during COVID-19.
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About this Event
This webinar will be live-captioned. It will also be recorded and posted to the Roundtable on Health Literacy webpage.
The goals of this webinar are:
- To highlight the efforts to increase provider literacy on the safe practice of clinical dental care in the era of COVID-19 through a collaboration between the California State Department of Public Health and California Dental Association.
- Explore the implications of CDC and other regulatory bodies’ recommendations on oral health care delivery.
- To highlight the use of health literacy principles to develop clear and concise resources for providers, such as toolkits, infographics, and checklists that are end-user tested and easy to navigate on a website, in order to re-open dental practice.
- To highlight the development of customizable communication tools to inform patients on what to expect when going back to the dentist.
Host
Lawrence Smith, MD, chair of the Roundtable on Health Literacy; Vice President and Physician-in-Chief, Northwell Health; and Dean of the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Moderator
Nicole Holland, DDS, MS, member of the Roundtable on Health Literacy; Assistant Professor and Director of Health Communication, Education, and Promotion, at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Department of Public Health and Community Service
Speakers
Jayanth Kumar, DDS, MPH, State Dental Director, Center for Healthy Communities, Office of Oral Health, California Department of Public Health
Lindsey Robinson, DDS, member of the Roundtable on Health Literacy; Diplomate, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry; and Trustee, California Dental Association