CDHC Learning Opportunity
Zufall Health is offering Community Dental Health Coordinator Certification through a remote learning program. Zufall Health Center is an ADA CERP CE recognized provider. The program is designed using the curriculum developed by the American Dental Association (ADA), ensuring alignment with national standards for CDHC competencies.” instead of developed by the ADA
What is a Community Dental Health Coordinator?
CDHCs are community health workers with dental skills, and they are members of the dental team. They focus on case management, navigation, oral health education and promotion, motivational interviewing, and community mapping. Their expertise links patients into available, but underutilized, dental care.
CDHC Education and Training
CDHCs are trained to interact, with cultural competence, in the dentally underserved communities in which they work. They understand the people, language, and barriers to oral health in those communities; in many cases they already know the people with whom they will work. The CDHC training focuses on community outreach, coordination of care, educational and social interventions in the community, and prevention.
CDHCs are trained to:
CDHC Curriculum Outline
The CDHC curriculum was developed by experts in education, public health, and dentistry to meet the core competencies.
The educational components of the curriculum are designed for online delivery over an 8-month period, followed by the design and performance of a demonstration project for student skill development and evaluation.
Elements of the CDHC program include:
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