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Webinar to Provide Parents Key Information on Opioids

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Monday, February 20, 2023
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The webinar, “ What Parents Need to Know About Opioids ,” will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 23, and will feature opening comments from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.

Key Points: 
  • The webinar, “ What Parents Need to Know About Opioids ,” will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 23, and will feature opening comments from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.
  • The webinar will be the second in the 2023 Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Learning Series.
  • The vast majority of these overdose deaths involved some form of opioid, including prescription painkillers, heroin and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.
  • Since its inception the Partnership has garnered 217 advertising and public relations awards from national, regional and statewide media organizations.

JDE Study Finds Positive Impact From Climate Studies at U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools

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Friday, October 15, 2021
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Overall, the majority of dental schools reported that the results of their dental school climate studies had positively affected the humanistic environment, curriculum and recruitment efforts of students and faculty members in their school, wrote the authors of the article titled The status of climate studies in the United States and Canadian dental schools: Deans perspectives .

Key Points: 
  • Overall, the majority of dental schools reported that the results of their dental school climate studies had positively affected the humanistic environment, curriculum and recruitment efforts of students and faculty members in their school, wrote the authors of the article titled The status of climate studies in the United States and Canadian dental schools: Deans perspectives .
  • Most parent institutions and dental schools used surveys to collect data from faculty, staff, administrators and students.
  • Climate studies are a widely accepted practice at dental schools and their parent institutions, wrote the authors.
  • ADEA is urging each U.S. and Canadian dental school dean and allied dental program director to register to participate in the upcoming ADEA Climate Study.