Healthcare providers in all disciplines are becoming increasingly attuned to their roles in helping patients maximize their sleep health. In a recent article Glidewell introduced a new way for dentists to incorporate sleep medicine into their practices.
Dental sleep medicine is a new area for many dentists. Some don’t pursue it because of the training and education necessary to feel comfortable with all aspects of the discipline.
Dental sleep medicine is a new area for many dentists. Some don’t pursue it because of the training and education necessary to feel comfortable with all aspects of the discipline.
DSM EDU Mobile App
Randy Clare from Glidewell provides an overview of the DSM EDU mobile app, specifically designed to provide dental sleep medicine education. The app is free and user-friendly. DSM EDU offers education from the ground up, starting with an anatomy and physiology overview of the temporomandibular joint. This refresher allows the dental team to have a good foundation for learning more about dental sleep medicine.
The flash card section is the educational core of the app. This is where dental teams learn about terminology, disease function, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep apnea and snoring.
Quizzes and practice exams provide feedback for dentists learning new material.
The article provides a full outline of the offerings contained within the app, including access to resources from Glidewell regarding device fabrication and consent forms. Users also receive access to Glidewell’s online study club, magazine, and blog posts.
Free CE’s using the DSM EDU app
The DSM EDU app also allows provides access to Glidewell Clinical Education. This collection of free, online continuing education courses covers not only dental sleep medicine but all areas of continuing dental education.
Glidewell put particular emphasis on the availability of free continuing education credits throughout the article. DSM EDU provides dental teams with the core information they need to learn about dental sleep medicine. The developers recognize that the time and effort required to learn about this evolving discipline is part of dental continuing education.
The app offers abundant opportunities to receive ADA CERP and AGD PACE CEUs. The Glidewell Clinical Education online courses apply, as do the Glidewell Online Study Club weekly webinars.
Glidewell and Arrow Mobile recognized the desire of dentists to enter the growing field of dental sleep medicine. They also realized that the education needed was holding providers back.
The DSM EDU mobile app aims to bridge the gap in a convenient, user-friendly format packed with educational functions and resources.
Source:
https://glidewelldental.com/company/blog/dsm-edu-the-new-dental-sleep-medicine-education-app