Update from the American Society for Dental Ethics Frederick More, DDS, MS, FACD ASDE Executive Director
ASDE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ASDE held the annual membership meeting on March 16, 2022. Forty members signed on to the virtual meeting. The meeting opened with a participation program. The title was: “COVID, COVID COVID: What innovations changed your professional life?” The open discussion explored changes members made to mitigate the impact of the pandemic that have become part of their professional life. The discussion reflected the ASDE membership that represents educators and practitioners. Educators shared how virtual testing has been challenging and how objective-scaled competency examinations have taken on a new form. Practitioners shared how they use online visits to screening and how they have developed new methods for patient education.
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Facilitator Guide: ASDE is developing facilitator guides to supplement the ACD-Indiana University ethics video series. Four guides are submitted or at the point of submission and the project will continue until there is a guide for each video.
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Members of ASDE are encouraged to support the work of our organization through the prompt payment of dues. We always welcome new members and members of ASDE do not need to be Fellows in ACD.
NEW OFFICERS: ASDE Officers for 2022-2024 • President: Kathryn Ragalis (Massachusetts) •
President-elect: Carlos Smith (Virginia)
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ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING ASDE President Odette Aguirre led the annual business meeting.
Past-president: Odette Aguirre (Indiana)
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Secretary-Treasurer: Phyllis Beemsterboer (Oregon) [annual appointment]
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Members-at-Large:
ASDE has supported ACD in developing a four-year modular curriculum for use in teaching ethics. ACD Executive Director Theresa Gonzales has previously described the vision for this project. The curriculum project is designed to provide a resource for educators who may be new to teaching ethics and others looking for ways to meet accreditation requirement. Educators may choose to use the modules as they are designed as well as having flexibility to add content.
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Terry Hoffeld (Maryland) Regina Messer (Georgia) Robert Stevenson (California) Catherine Frankl Sarkis (Massachusetts)
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ACD Liaison: Pamela Zarkowski (Michigan)
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Executive Director: Frederick More (Connecticut) [annual appointment]
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LEADERSHIP Thanks was given to the members of the special committee for the contribution to the work of ASDE. The Board is expected to renew the committee and any member of ASDE is encouraged to apply if interested. MAYNARD K. HINE SCHOLARSHIP LECTURE AND DANIEL M. LASKIN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS LECTURE ASDE members Theresa Gonzales and Carlos Smith were featured speakers at the April 22 ACD Indiana Section meeting. Dr. Gonzales’ presentation was titled: Emerging trends in the diagnosis and management of orofacial pain,” and Dr. Smith’s presentation was titled: “Narrative ethics approach: inclusion and wellbeing for individual, interpersonal, and institutional professional practice.” MIDWEST DENTAL CONFERENCE Toni Roucka and Frederick More presented a program “Ethics of Excellence” at the Midwest Dental Conference in Kansas City, Missouri on April 23. This was the first in-person conference hosted by the University of Missouri at Kansas City Dental School. ASDE SUMMER BOARD MEETING The annual summer Board meeting will be held in July or August and continue as a virtual meeting for 2022.
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