Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Q: Are your courses approved for CE by the Board?

CE Dojo is certified as a national provider of continuing education (CE) through the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) Program Approval For Continuing Education (PACE). Most state regulatory agencies recognize AGD PACE programs as legitimate sources for continuing education. We suggest you contact your specific state regulatory agency for further clarification if necessary.

A drug in a can: the pharmaceutics of the THC seltzer, and why it matters chairside

Leave a Comment / Addiction & Recovery, Drug Safety & Efficacy, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Opiate Crisis, Pharmacology / Prescribing, Regulatory Compliance, Substance Abuse / By David Lambert

By David M. Haas Lambert Pick up one of the hemp THC seltzers now sitting in grocery coolers and you’re holding a pharmaceutical drug-delivery system in consumer packaging. I mean that as a formulation claim, not a rhetorical one. And once you see how it’s built, the chairside implications for a dental practice follow directly. […]

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The THC seltzer on the grocery shelf: what a clinician should know before it sunsets

Leave a Comment / Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Pharmacology / Prescribing, Regulatory Compliance, Substance Abuse / By David Lambert

By David M. Haas Lambert There’s a drug on the grocery shelf right now, sold as a beverage, and it’s worth three minutes of a clinician’s attention before the rules change this November. Not because it’s exotic. Because the gap between how it’s marketed and what it actually is tells you something about how a

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Hard Pass: ADA – Mayo Clinic’s “Well-Being Index” Assessment Tools Is A “No Go”

Leave a Comment / Mental Health & Substance Abuse, PHP Programs / By David Lambert

Organized dentistry continues to promote the idea of “wellness” so much so the American Dental Association has partnered – along with it’s state components – with the Mayo Clinic to make available to members it’s “Well Being Index” mental health awareness self assessment tool. The elective assessment is offered freely – and ostensibly “anonymously” –

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Leaning Out: Moral Injury III

Leave a Comment / Mental Health & Substance Abuse / By David Lambert

For our 3rd installment on moral injury, Dr Jenny Byrne MD PhD describes an encounter with a female medical student who weighed her vocational path against perceived work-life balances. The concept of “leaning out,” where individuals reduce professional engagement to balance personal priorities, is increasingly observed in healthcare worldwide. This trend aligns with millennial values

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Early Checkout – Moral Injury II

Leave a Comment / Mental Health & Substance Abuse / By David Lambert

For the next in our series of literary installments on moral injury, Jenny Byrne MD PhD highlights it’s ever expanding nature in healthcare, which is driving many providers to retire early, often in their 50s. Providers face mounting student debt, lower-than-expected salaries, and systemic issues that strip them of autonomy, respect, and pride in their

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Is It Really Burnout?

Leave a Comment / Mental Health & Substance Abuse / By David Lambert

For as much as we in dentistry are told “burnout” is THE underlying mental health problem within our ranks – is it possible that’s really an oversimplification? Our medical colleagues have developed a deeper understanding into the drivers of dissatisfaction in the healthcare industry – is it really burnout or is it moral injury? In

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The Disrupted Physician

Leave a Comment / Mental Health & Substance Abuse, PHP Programs / By David Lambert

In November 2015, a personal tragedy shattered Dr Ann Phelan-Adams, leading to months of grief, trauma, and a toxic mix of alcohol, antidepressants, and sedatives. With the support of family, friends, and therapists, she slowly recovered, but her medical board accused her of being impaired due to substance abuse and mental illness, threatening her license

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On PHP Programs & A Follow-Up On SB 382…

Leave a Comment / FFD Exams, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, PHP Programs / By David Lambert

NC Senate Bill 382 (SB 382) had several provisions but perhaps the one which drew the most attention was that which might empower the NC State Board of Dental Examiners (NCBDE) to compel licensees to undergo physical examination and/or testing without a court order. Ostensibly this bill might relate to mental health and substance abuse

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Thoughts About The New NC Dental Board Requirement On Mental Health & Substance Abuse Effective January, 2023

Leave a Comment / Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Regulatory Compliance / By David Lambert

Here are a few of our ideas for continuing education requirements related to mental health and substance abuse:

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Administrative

Are your courses approved for CE by the Board?

Category: Administrative

CE Dojo is certified as a national provider of continuing education (CE) through the Academy of General Dentistry’s (AGD) Program Approval For Continuing Education (PACE). Most state regulatory agencies recognize AGD PACE programs as legitimate sources for continuing education. We suggest you contact your specific state regulatory agency for further clarification if necessary.

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Getting Started

Ok, I paid my registration fee. What do I do now?

Category: Getting Started

Once you have paid your course registration fee, you will be able to access your course after you sign-in to your user account…which you just created. But you need a password!

Did you receive these emails?

A transaction receipt
A course confirmation
General User Instructions
Log-in details
And possibly others…

Are those emails in your “Inbox”? If not, check your spam folder. If they are in your spam folder, your email provider (or domain) is filtering messages from ce-dojo.com. If your registration emails from CE Dojo are being sent to spam, see our FAQ “I can’t find any emails from CE Dojo!!”.

One email provides you with log-in details you specified during registration. But, it will also prompt you with a link to set your password. When complete, these two credentials – user name and password – will provide access to your “account”. Write these down. If you forget your password, you can reset it yourself – see our FAQ “I forgot the password to my CE Dojo user account!”

Now that you have your password in hand, you can log into your account to access your course(s).

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I can’t find any emails from CE Dojo!!

Category: Getting Started

Often times email services (Google, etc) will filter email away from your inbox. Did you check your spam folder? But, simply moving our email out of spam to your inbox will NOT prevent future emails from meeting the same demise. The solution is to add email addresses from CE Dojo to your contact list.

If you do not find any email communications from CE Dojo in any of your email folders – including spam – there is a very real possibility your internet service provider (ISP) may have a firewall that is blocking our email. We have found that even adding our email addresses to your contact list does not resolve this problem. We have identified a couple of problem ISPs:

RoadRunner (nc.rr.com)
Apple (iCloud.com)
Embarq
Frontier
HughesNet
And others…

In this case, there is no resolution to this problem other than to create a “free email” account with Gmail, YahooMail, Hotmail, etc. Provide CE Dojo with your new email address and we’ll update our records. Again, don’t forget to add us to your contact list!

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