AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Turn Up The Heat On Your Educational Opportunities Summer is in full roar in Southeast Alaska, my little patch of this planet. It feels as if someone has turned up the heat; our temps are inching all the way up into the mid 60s. It’s the time of year when I’m reminded of why I live in the great state of Alaska. Congratulations if you were one of the 70+ atten-dees at our spring refresher in Plano, Texas. You were treated to a great review, by Dr. Ron Austin, involving our unique and effective Tip Edge technique. And it was not just a review of the Tip Edge Guide, but a practical exploration of what to do when your case is not tracking ideally. I suspect many of you are like I am; I need contin-uing reinforcement of our technique in order to do my best for my patients. We are all general practi-tioners providing orthodontic services, but we are held to the normal standard of care for those services. Therefore, it behooves us as an academy to train our members to the highest level of expertise. Fortu-nately, our CE opportunities abound: the spring refresher, the summer assistants’ course, the fall annual meeting in Atlanta and Ron Austin’s mini resi-Tom Jacobsen, DDS AGpO President dency in Tishomingo. Take advantage of them and watch your expertise and confidence grow. Your board of directors had a productive meeting in Plano. We voted to create a private social network for our members, complete with a member’s forum. And the Cynthia Bordelon Scholarship Fund has awarded its first scholarship to a worthy recipient in Dr. Robert Allen’s Rockwall class. This award will pay the full cost for the patient’s orthodontic treatment. By all accounts, it was greatly appreciated and warmly received by a deserving individual. Mother Nature has turned up the heat on us this summer; turn up the heat on your own personal continuing education program. I hope to see all of you at our annual meeting in Atlanta this September. Take care, Tom Jacobsen, DDS Comprehensive Two Year Hands-On Orthodontic Course in Austin, TX Graduates Congratulations to the following students: Gloria Giraldo D.D.S., Amy Hoang D.D.S., Kenneth Kassabian D.D.S., James Lee D.D.S., Dan Nguyen D.M.D., Phuong Nguyen D.D.S., Huyen Nguyen D.D.S., Enas Nimri D.D.S., Jacqueline Park D.D.S., Duc Pham D.D.S., Justina Reel D.M.D., Ana Reyes Retana D.D.S., Andrea Rodriguez D.D.S., Rolando Salazar D.D.S., Celso Seretti D.D.S., Bill So D.D.S., Martin Stocker D.D.S., Haikhanh Tran D.D.S., Leslie Trinh D.D.S., and Wendy Winarick D.D.S. The Austin, Texas Comprehensive two-year Hands-On Orthodontic Course for 2009–2011 gradu-ated with 20 doctors on May 13, 2011. All doctors completed the Academy’s 12-session course and earned a minimum 155 CDE hours in orthodontics and related topics. To achieve the Associate Fellowship level of the Academy of GP Orthodontics’ Tier Advancement Program, doctors would need to complete a minimum of three cases during the hands-on course followed by passing a written and oral examination administered by the course instructor Dr. Jeffery Gerhardt. www.orthodontics.com July/August 2011 45
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