MasterTrack Protocol Reporting-How to
To earn Mastership, you must complete the following requirements:
- Be an AGD Fellow
- Maintain current AGD membership for three continuous years by Dec. 31 of the year in which the application is received. (Did your membership recently lapse? Learn how you can buy back missed years of membership.)
- Have a dental license that has not been suspended or revoked within the past five years and is not currently under probation, suspension or revocation.
- Complete at least 1,100 hours of approved CE as an AGD member. This includes the first 500 hours applied towards the Fellowship Award.
- Of the 1,100 CE hours at least 400 hours of CE must be from participation courses in specific disciplines.
- Of the 1,100 CE hours at least 600 hours must meet minimum hour requirements in specific disciplines.
- Apply for the Mastership Award.
- Upon approval to receive the award, attend the AGD Convocation Ceremony, held during the AGD Scientific Session, where you will receive the award; successful candidates are allowed three years following approval to complete this requirement. Awardees can register to receive complimentary general meeting registration and a complimentary ticket to the Convocation Celebration the year they receive their award.
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As an aspiring Master in the AGD, it is both an honor and an obligation to be able to share your knowledge and experiences with others. There is no better format to improve those presentation skills than with the protocol reporting sessions available to those who have taken a PACE/ CERP approved participation course.
The objective of taking a participation course and then doing a protocol session is to (1) instruct the participant in the practical application of a skill(s), (2) for the participant to do that procedure(s) in his/her office, and (3) to then show the protocol facilitator (and others presenting that day) how this procedure was done by you. In short: See it done, Do it in your office, and Teach others by showing what you have done. You will learn the most from the “teach” part of this triad!
So, what is the best way to “teach”? Tell the “story” about the case! Yes, from “once upon a time” to “happily ever after” with all that went on between the two. The method is the same. Deliver this story so that each member of the audience can share the experience simultaneously.
Do a PowerPoint presentation, with good photos to support the “story”: handouts, models (or photos of the models), and a literature search to support the case. Remember that the story is first, the photos support it. Not the other way around! **Sit in on a protocol session and see how others present. Emulate a style you like; others will like it, too.
This might be an outline to follow:
Pre-operative:
• Title to describe what the presentation is about
• Patient chief complaint; Patient consent and release form
• Pre-operative medical/ dental/social history
• Pre-operative dental charting & mounted diagnostic casts(if applicable)
• Pre-operative unedited photographs
• Pre-operative unedited radiographs, if indicated
• Pre-operative diagnosis & or problem list and prognosis
• Treatment plan with objectives & rationale for treatment provided
• Photographs, radiographs, and models as the case progresses
During treatment, records will be kept to demonstrate:
• Treatment rendered materials, methods, etc.
• Mounted casts, if applicable
• Photographs of treatment progress, if appropriate
• Radiographs taken during treatment, if indicated
Upon completion of treatment
• Unedited photographs of completed treatment
• Post-operative unedited radiographs, if indicated
• What went right and what went wrong; what would you do differently next time? What did you learn from this case?
Think about this as if you are a member of the audience and would like to know everything about the case. You want to know about the patient, the problems, the treatment plan and how it was carried out, the problems encountered and how they were solved (or not), the materials used, the final result and how you would do the case differently if given another chance.
You have information others need! Develop the skill to share it! For additional questions please contact Dr. Jessica Gibbs at [email protected].