Online Continuing Education Calendar

The Department of Dentistry & The Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

Pamela O. Hunt, RDH, BS
Director, Continuing Dental Education
phunt@wfubmc.edu
Phone: 336-716-2162
Fax 336-716-9045

Mary C. Brogdon, RDH, BS
Program Coordinator, Continuing Dental Education
mbrogdon@wfubmc.edu
Phone: 336-716-4243
Fax: 336-716-9045

The Continuing Dental Education Program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine/Department of Dentistry provides a variety of post-graduate continuing education for dentists and other dental professionals on a local and national level.

The Continuing Education Program is designated as a “Recognized Provider” by the Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP) of the American Dental Association. The Department of Dentistry/Northwest AHEC provides:

• Rotations and training for dental students
• Clinical training of dental residents
• 40+ continuing dental education programs for all dental professionals (250 to 300 hours annually)
• Clinical/hands-on training programs
• In-service training for clinical staff/faculty

A variety of Library/Internet Access Services is also available. The Department of Dentistry sponsors and coordinates 3 large programs yearly. The Charles R. Jerge Dental Seminar is held each year in August at the Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This program is named in memory of the founding chairmen of the Department of Dentistry, Dr. Charles R. Jerge.

The Dental Mountain Meeting is held each year in October at the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Asheville, North Carolina.

The third meeting, Focusing Your Dental Practice, is held in various resort locations.