Speakers & Protocols

SPEAKERS AND PROTOCOLS

SPEAKER SELECTION PROTOCOL:

� Presentation is appropriate for multidisciplinary audience.

� Presenter does not directly sell a product.

� Speaker is articulate, with clarity of speech and interesting.

� Educator�s visuals are precise and uncluttered with good composition and exposure, using state-of-the-art audiovisual technology.

� Program teaches something�not just �show and tell.�

FREQUENCY OF PROGRAM SUBJECTS:

AT LEAST ONCE EVERY YEAR:

Restorative/Fixed Prosthodontics

Periodontics

Implants

Esthetics/Ceramics

December Cultural Celebration

ALTERNATE YEARS:

Practice Management

Occlusion

Orthodontics

Endodontics

TMD/Orofacial Pain

OCCASIONALLY:

Radiology

Pedodontics

Pathology

Maxillofacial Surgery

Removable Prosthodontics

Medical Topics

Anesthesia/Dental Emergencies

INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS:

Most of our early dental training has come from a limited geographic input�from the usually provincial outlook of most dental schools wherein only a few points of view are expressed, to county dental societies which employ local speakers due to limited financial resources and time restraints imposed by the business-meeting portion of the program. Fortunately for the Academy, many of our members attend and participate in international meetings, which has given us an awareness of the existence of outstanding worldwide clinicians who are not commonly available to local study groups.

The Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry has made a special effort to enlist these renown international speakers. Thus, we have been privileged to hear the presentations of more than 75 international speakers from Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and Canada. The Academy firmly believes that the knowledge gained from such a global perspective can greatly improve the alternatives available to patients and the quality of their treatment.

Bob Winter, Liaison for International Speakers

AUDIOVISUAL OBJECTIVES:

Ideal audiovisual capabilities complement the speaker�s material and enhance the learning experience. NHAD suggests that all presenters use a wide-screen format. The primary reason for 3:1 projection is that some of our current meeting venues are limited by the height of the ceiling�some as low as 12 to 14 feet. Soffits and chandeliers further compound this restriction. With the level flooring of hotel ballrooms (as opposed to stadium seating in auditoriums), a clear view of the bottom of a standard screen is compromised. From the rear of the room, the visible screen may be limited to six feet vertically, thereby greatly reducing the size of the image.

Advantages of wide-screen 3:1 projection are:

� Far better visibility by the audience, especially in venues with restricted ceiling height;

� Larger magnification of images;

� Greater visibility when multiple images with side-by-side comparisons are being shown;

� Expanded text size to permit easy reading from the rear of the room;

� Viewing of simultaneous data, graphs or radiographic material, along with clinical photos and/or video.

Max Swancutt, Audiovisual Coordinator

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS:

There is no doubt that change is constant in our profession; technology is moving forward at a blistering pace. At the same time, patients deserve the personalized care, skill and judgment required to master complex restorative problems. It is with that in mind that we seek advice from those who will challenge our thinking and performance behaviorally and managerially.

The Academy�s aim is to expose its members to ideas that will improve their individualized practices and thereby bring more joy, satisfaction, pride and profitability to their enterprise. There may exist a conflict between business and professional ethics. Without a concrete philosophy of practice, taking into account our individual skills, temperament and objectives, one may be diverted from his/her path to excellence. In an age where our profession is all too eager to feed its financial greed, it is important to examine timeless principles underscored by specific ideas to ensure growth, success and excellence.

The practitioner may be thinking of what his/her legacy will be in terms of perpetuating excellence in the profession or, for those younger members, considering associations or partnerships. This year Paul Sletten will be returning to address the Academy on practice transitions, a subject that is most timely inasmuch as these transactions are already taking place among our membership.

Tom Risbrudt, Practice Management Coordinator