FREE CDHA Webinars

Maintaining a fulfilling career in dentistry goes well beyond a paycheck. Learn to balance the stressful demands of practising dental hygiene hour to hour and get back to enjoying a quality career that meets our needs in and out of the operatory. This presentation offers a variety of techniques to establish home-self-work balance, reduce physical pain, and enjoy a rewarding career.

This engaging webinar dives into the changes that occur in middle age for both men and women to learn about the physiological changes, sex-specific symptomatology, and changes in immunity that influence oral health. It also provides concrete steps and treatment pathways that you can apply immediately into clinical practice.

This presentation, originally released during CDHA’s 2021 Virtual Conference, raises awareness of the issues of workplace bullying and examines psychological safety through three lenses (performance, mental health, and legal). Learn how to effectively address and eliminate psychological harm in the workplace using prevention strategies, knowledge, and courage.

This presentation, originally released during CDHA’s 2021 Virtual Conference and delivered in collaboration with the Canadian Dental Association, Canadian Dental Hygienists Association, and Canadian Dental Assistants Association, provides details on the experiences of dental team members, our role in creating a healthy workplace, and the resources that can be found on the Healthy Workplace Matters microsite.

This webinar, in collaboration with the Healthy Professional Worker Partnership, examines the mental health, leaves of absence, and return to work experiences of dental hygienists compared to other healthcare professionals in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and midwifery. Learn how personal, familial, work, organizational, and pandemic factors influence the mental health, distress, burnout, and intention to quit the dental hygiene profession.

Converting one’s research into a scientific paper is not a simple task and requires a succinct writing style and inclusion of several critical components. This presentation, originally presented on February 26, will assist new researchers and aspiring writers in successfully preparing manuscripts for publication.

Routine oral care can be challenging for both caregivers and dental professionals. This presentation, originally released during CDHA’s 2021 Virtual Conference, will provide an overview of how to help individuals with disabilities learn to tolerate dental treatment and set them up for a lifetime of good oral health.

Did you know that 4 out of 5 dental hygienists report work-related pain? Untreated chronic pain can result in physical and financial disaster. This presentation will offer evidence-based strategies to promote pain-free dental hygiene practice.

This webinar provides key principles related to the development, administration, and scoring of reliable, valid, and fair Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and includes the presentation of three distinct OSCE activities by dental hygiene educator colleagues that should help you integrate OSCEs within your dental hygiene curriculum.

Recreational cannabis became legal in Canada in October 2018. Most recently, edibles were introduced, adding to the market of oils and combustibles. This comprehensive presentation will focus on the associations of cannabis use with poor oral health, risk of oral changes, addiction, mental health complications, and more!

This engaging presentation will provide dental hygienists with best practices and tools to create their own digital footprint using various social media platforms. Learn the dos and don’ts of social media for healthcare professionals, including code of conduct, privacy considerations, and professional responsibilities.

Learn about CDHA’s professional liability insurance and clinic business insurance programs. This offering will provide an overview of the college complaint process and the civil or legal processes involved when a member faces an allegation of professional negligence or misconduct.

Learn to communicate with confidence to elected officials about the priorities of Canadian dental hygienists. This presentation will emphasize ways to effectively deliver messages in the public policy sphere.

This webinar summarizes Canada's new food guide and provides updated, evidence-based guidance about how to promote good healthy food choices and eating behaviours in your practice. Dietary guidelines and considerations, and a suite of tools and resources will be examined to better educate your clients on the updated recommendations.

How do you determine if students are learning what they’re supposed to be learning? Assessing this can be a very meaningful activity for educators and students and it can also improve the quality of learning in the classroom. This webinar will review the fundamentals of assessment: the what, when, why, and how.