ABO Certification and Certification Renewal Is It Essential for Your Future Success in Practice?

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1 ABO Certification and Certification Renewal Is It Essential for Your Future Success in Practice? John E. Grubb is an Adjunct Professor in the Orthodontic Department at the A. T. Still Health Sciences University in Tempe, AZ. He is currently an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics for Case Reports.

2 Why Should You Go Through This Process? When a general dentist bills as an orthodontist, is not orthodontist, and the public doesn t know the difference.

3 Knowledge and Competency The Assessment of Clinical Skills, Competence and Performance Miller G. E., Academy of Medicine;(1990); 65:

4 Knowledge The individual has had so much practice with a skill that it has become "second nature" and can be performed easily You know what to do: but you have to work at recognizing you have done it. You know what needs to be done but you don t know how to do it You don t know what you don t know The Assessment of Clinical Skills, Competence and Performance Miller G. E., Academy of Medicine;(1990); 65:

5 Unconscious Incompetence 1. This might be an individual who has practiced dentistry for 20 years but has yet to see anyone who suffers from TMD. 2. Or, the orthodontist who doesn t take final records and proclaims that his/her finished results are just fine

6 Conscious Incompetence 1. With knowledge, one will recognize the solution to the problem but not the skill set to accomplish the task. 2. This might be a first year orthodontic resident who has gained a certain diagnostic recognition and but doesn t possess the clinical skill set to solve the problem 3. Ethical general dentist or pediatric dentist

7 Conscious Competence 3. This is a practitioner who knows how to recognize the problem, can correct it, but has to continuously work on his/her attentiveness to solve the problem

8 Unconscious Competence 4. This could be a Board Certified Orthodontist who: a. Takes initial and final records b. Does self-assessment evaluation and grading for each of his/her cases c. Is doing the best work of which he/she is capable, and in so doing is protecting the public s interest.

9 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of Care To make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable

1. Elevate public protection by awareness. The Essence of the Mission 2. Identify the clinical and didactic levels of education at the Statement various residency programs of American 3.

10 1. Elevate public protection by awareness. The Essence of the Mission 2. Identify the clinical and didactic levels of education at the Statement various residency programs of American 3. Level the academic residency playing field so all programs are Board Orthodontics is to essentially equal when preparing residents for ABO certification 4. Promote ABO Certification as a requisite for successfully Protect completing a residency program the Public

11 To Assess Clinical Competency, the American Board of Orthodontics Uses the Following Tools Training Testing

12 What Skills Are Enhanced By this Process? 1. Diagnostic Abilities 2. Case Management Strategies 3. Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes

13 The ABO Discrepancy Index A Measure of Case Complexity /discrepancy_index_scoring_system.pdf

The ABO Discrepancy Index A Measure of Case Complexity https:// www.

14 The ABO Discrepancy Index A Measure of Case Complexity media/1189/ discrepancy_index_scoring_system.pdf

American Board of Orthodontics Case Finishing Evaluation https://www.

15 American Board of Orthodontics Case Finishing Evaluation grading-system-casts-radiographs.pdf

Why Should You Be Motivated to Assess Your Treatment Outcomes? 1. Your practice environment is pleasant because you, your patients and staff are happy 2.

16 Why Should You Be Motivated to Assess Your Treatment Outcomes? 1. Your practice environment is pleasant because you, your patients and staff are happy 2. Because of this you are a consummate professional because you are holding the well-being of your patients first and foremost. 3. Your practice is more efficient and profitable.

17 Quality Treatment and the Final Records to Assess that Care is Essential Perform a Self-assessment

18 So, I Ask This Question How many here have gone through a self assessment I have described? ABO DI and CR-E Assessment

19 It is Complicated So Let s Get Real! It s a Rough Sport Out There 1. General dentists have their own agenda. 2. State Boards of Dental Examiners are basically controlled by the general dentists 3. ADA has an agenda that doesn't support their minority specialist members 4. Orthodontic companies are only interested in the financial bottom line and use orthodontists as Beta testers 5. Insurance companies are really not interested in monitoring the care received by the insured.

20 It is Complicated So Let s Get Real! It s a Rough Sport Out There! 6. There is no evidence that the corporate over-lords are interested in anything but the bottom line. 7. The academic environs are not our enemies but the cost of education creates a hamstrung and debt ridden graduate who must find work where he or she can in order to support themselves and their families. 8. The AAO accepts that the issues are real and pose a great threat to our Specialty. They are taking the strongest legal stand they can for the orthodontic specialty and they fully support ABO Certification 9. Therefore, you and only you are your best friend in this sullied market place

21 Here Are a Few of the Answers? 1. You must show the public that you care! 2. No one wants to know how much you know until they know how much you care! 3. But first, we need to care enough to want to continuously learn and know.

22 Is Board Certification Necessary for an Orthodontist? Yes, and this is Why! 1. Allows you to experience an external and independent evaluation of your interest in proving to the public and to your patients you care

23 Is Board Certification Necessary for an Orthodontist? Yes, and this is Why! 2. Enhances personal skills to evaluate treatment results daily on every patient.

24 Is Board Certification Necessary for an Orthodontist? Yes, and this is Why! 3. Identifies the areas of treatment shortcomings allowing you improve your quality of care.

25 Is Board Certification Necessary for an Orthodontist? Yes, and this is Why! 4. Certification renewal provides the best quality care a clinician can deliver to his/her patients.

26 Is Board Certification Necessary for an Orthodontist? Yes, and this is Why! 5.Documents your efforts to remain knowledgable with the current orthodontic literature

27 Is Board Certification Necessary for an Orthodontist? Yes, and this is Why! 6. In the final analysis, Board Certification and Certification Renewal are processes that facilitate the protection of the public.

28 Be Hardworking and Diligent Like Our Friend Become ABO Certified and Renewed Certification By Continuous Self Assessment and thereby: Thank You Mastering Unconscious Competence

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