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Minnesota ASDA
Minneapolis, MN
Taken by Beau Hoium, MN ASDA Member, Class of 2017
2016 Gold Crown Awards
Cookbook for a Great ASDA
Chapter
MN ASDA
2016 Cold Crown
Awards
Chapter Achievement
Awards Application Minneapolis, MN
Taken by Beau Hoium, MN ASDA Member, Class of 2017
Introduction
Foreword from the Chefs
! A good meal, like a great ASDA chapter, encompasses multiple facets and components. Here at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry ASDA Chapter, our ‘chefs’ work tirelessly all
year to welcome dental students into a lifelong involvement to organized dentistry. Not only does our chapter embody ASDA’s core values of passion, engagement, integrity and community, but
we constantly strive to improve our chapter and everything we offer our
members. As our involvement within organized dentistry grows, we
slowly progress from sous-chefs to head chefs, constructing our own
masterful creations.
! As you follow our chapter’s journey through 2015, we’d like to
share with you our ‘recipe cards’ for a successful, happy and active
ASDA Chapter. Similar to appetizers being the first dish, our chapter
begins with a focus on our membership and how we communicate with
them. The next course, ‘salads’, the fiber and garnish to a meal. Like a
salad adds to a meal, advocacy is the core of organized dentistry, adding
substance to our profession. Next comes ‘entrees’ - a variety of flavors
and combinations that fill you up. Here at MN ASDA, our variety of
activities throughout the year help to fill our members with opportuni-
ties and involvement in organized dentistry. Since every good entree
needs protein to bulk it up, MN ASDA’s ‘meat’ is in our fundraising ini-
tiatives. Finally, what better way to end a great meal than with some-
thing fun and sweet for ‘dessert’? So too, the creme brûlée of ASDA is in
helping teach pre-dental students about our profession and organized
dentistry. However, like every good ASDA leader knows, organized den-
tistry doesn’t just stop at those few items- there are a variety of ‘snacks’
that compliment a successful ASDA chapter and a great meal.
! In addition to our chapter embodying the key ASDA core val-
ues, each of our chefs have made their individual contribution to our
amazing “menu”. Allison Forbes, MN ASDA President Elect says that
her “favorite part of Dentistry and ASDA is the people! In MN ASDA I
get to be a part of a fun motivated group of people from all levels in
school. I also get to meet amazing dentists from around the state and the MDA who are just as passionate as the students.” Lucy Corrin MN ASDA Communication Chair “hopes [that] our recipes
for a great ASDA chapter inspire you to whip up something new. Social media can be a great tool to engage members, and that is something that our ASDA chapter has tried to excel at this year.”
Brian Song MN ASDA Treasurer says that “the heart of what keeps an institution whole, honest, and true is it’s upholding of character and integrity. With Minnesota being one of the states at the
forefront of licensure, our chapter has been vocal about educating the student body on the controversy and ethical implications of various licensing examinations and what alternatives are on the land-
scape. MN ASDA honors the profession of dentistry and more importantly, we honor our patients by upholding integrity: what is right, moral, and true”. Finally, Robbie Huot MN ASDA Vice-
President has greatly enjoyed being apart of the ASDA community as it has “allowed me the opportunity to tap into my passion for leadership and networking with other professionals. Get on board
with ASDA and tap into your inner leader!” With all these great opportunities available, why would one not want to “cook with ASDA”.
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General Cooking Notes
Membership & Communication
New Recipes Tried and True Recipes
Added member incentives during ASDA Fever Week/Membership Drive Encouraged member involvement and obtained significant participation from members
• Established a strong and overwhelming ASDA presence at the D1 orientation by presenting all D1s who visited • 81% total dental student membership and 74% ADPAC membership
with free coffee mugs branded with MN ASDA logo Continued to sponsor happy hour during Rush Week focusing on educating old and new members about ASDA
• Hosted an additional Lunch & Learn during Rush Week on Advocacy and Licensure • Sponsored appetizers and drinks at Sally’s Saloon and facilitated mingling of ASDA members and the opportu-
MN ASDA participated in the #NLC15 Photo-A-Day Instagram Challenge nity to sign up for ASDA
• Held a contest for our members to use the tag #ASDAbenefits with their pictures on social media showing how Organized successful membership drive to introduce new students to ASDA
they benefitted from ASDA membership • The first week back to school for Fall Semester was ASDA Fever Week. This week included a membership table
• Awarded prizes to two participants that shared the most posts about ASDA benefits each day, 3 lunch & learns, an ASDA social with free food and drinks, and an ASDA party with free drinks for
Increased American Dental Political Action Committee Membership members. MN ASDA also appeared at the D1’s orientation fair.
• Membership increased from 70% (2014) to 74% (2015) Organized events to help 4th year students transition to membership in the ADA
Increased membership of advanced standing/PASS students at our school • Conversion Drive held at Buffalo Wild Wings to motivate D4s to turn in their transition documents.
• Pass student enrollment increased from 60% (2014) to 100% (2015) • D4s who were unable to attend were given a $10 Buffalo Wild Wings gift card
Completely redesigned our publication, the Central Groove. • As this book goes to publication, 60% of graduating D4s converted their membership in 2015
• Our publications committee worked overtime to turn our publication, the Central Groove, into a modern, excit- Continued to use effective communication vessels:
ing newsletter • Website: has Google Calendar to document past and upcoming events as well as links to all our other forms of
• Updated to include high quality pictures, with even higher quality content written by our own members. Topics communication.
covered include everything from at home beer-making and gardening to faculty interviews and the latest updates • Facebook: our Facebook page “Minnesota ASDA” is more popular than ever before and updated with new posts
on advocacy and licensure. on average once a day. We use Facebook to remind students of events occurring each day, link to articles on our
Updated ASDA bulletin boards in school lockers rooms (visible to all students) blog, and remind students of National ASDA events and initiatives.
• Completely revamped our licensure bulletin board, which is found in our locker room, to include the latest infor- • Twitter: #MinnesotaASDA is used to retweet important info from National ASDA, and keep students up to
mation regarding the status of licensure, how to get licensed in your state, etc. date with ASDA happenings.
• Made the bulletin board more appealing and easier to read. • Instagram: #MinnesotaASDA is used as a place for ASDA members to share photos from ASDA events. We
Created a chapter Snapchat (MinnesotaASDA) average at least one post a week.
• We utilized the latest social media, including our new snapchat account, in order to better communicate with • Class Announcements: we have 2 class representatives from each year that are responsible for giving announce-
members and highlight our latest activities. ments to their class of upcoming events and activities. On occasion, Committee Chairs and other ASDA leaders
• Increased our social media presence to an all-time high will also stop in to give announcements to specific classes.
• Reached an all-time high of MN ASDA Facebook Likes! From 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2015, we have gone from 327 to • E-mail: e-mail is our primary source of communication with the DDS classes. We try to keep e-mails to a mini-
474 FaceBook page likes. mum by sending out just one e-mail per event and using our other social media sources as reminders.
• Reached an all time high of people with one Facebook post. Since 1/1/2015, we have increased our Facebook • Blog: our blog is updated with new articles about every other week. Topics include local and national ASDA
reach to an average of 54 people per post with our maximum number of people reached in one day to just under news, recaps from members that attended ASDA events, and lifestyle posts.
4,000. Publishes a chapter newsletter at least 2 times/year:
First time ever - MN ASDA hosted a “Traveling with ASDA” Lunch and Learn • Published two editions of MN ASDA’s newsletter the “Central Groove” during 2015, the latest one being in our
• Brought back topics that were covered at NLC and shared them with MN ASDA members that weren’t able to brand new and updated format.
attend Contributed to National ASDA publications, blog, and Facebook page:
• Had individual ASDA members pick topics they were passionate about • MN ASDA members had one article in ASDA News.
• Gave a full 45 minute presentation on ASDA and the take-aways from attending NLC. • MN ASDA members had four articles in District 8 Articul8or.
MN ASDA introduced committee contracts for each Committee Chair position • MN ASDA linked or re-posted National ASDA information or Facebook posts several times in 2015.
• Outlined committee chair’s main responsibilities and expectations for the year Utilizes green and sustainable practices at ASDA events and in communications.
• Outlined what previous committee chairs had planned and contacts they had made • Although we have more than 350 members, our primary means of newsletter distribution is via email and online.
• Had each executive committee verbally go over the contract with each committee chair and sign the contract We only print out about 50 copies of our newsletter, relying on everyone else to access it electronically.
agreeing to perform up to expectations for the year • For the 2nd year, our Merchandise sale is online, reducing waste from paper order forms.
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General Cooking Notes
Advocacy
New Recipes Tried and True Recipes
MN ASDA had a resolution passed at the Minnesota Dental Association House of Delegates Holding legislative Lunch and Learn and other legislative events to inform members of ASDA’s
• The resolution passed to support continued efforts to eliminate live patient based licensure policies on issues such as:
examination in neighboring states • Licensure Lunch and learn presented by MN ASDA Licensure Representative and District
Hosted first Red, White and Brew Event with the Minnesota Dental Association 8 Trustee Aaron Henderson
• MDA Legislative affairs director presented and gave an introduction to advocacy and why it • Licensure panel with key players from the MN School of Dentistry that played pivotal roles
is important for the future of dentistry in changing the administration of licensure examinations at the school
• Had over 35 students attend the event • Advocacy 101 presentation given by ADPAC Committee Chairs Janna Holmgren and Nick
• Provided opportunity for MN ASDA members to learn more about advocacy initiatives Shulte during ASDA rush week. The focus of this L&L was to introduce new ASDA mem-
that the MDA, ASDA and the ADA represent bers to advocacy and what we do here at the University of Minnesota
Rebranded LGN as ASDAdvocacy Academy Attended State and National Lobby days
• Feedback from MN ASDA to decrease confusion of what Legislative Grassroots Network Involved with State and Local Dental Societies
means • MN ASDA exists as the Student District of the Minnesota Dental Association
• Created new logo that incorporated National Lobby Day theme • MN ASDA has student representatives in the St Paul District and Minneapolis District at
MN ASDA Represented at ADA House of Delegates the MDA
• Aaron Henderson, District 8 Trustee, represented MN ASDA and District 8 at the ADA • MN ASDA collaborates with local districts of the MDA for events such as Vendor Fair
House of Delegates • MDA leaders attended at least 3 MN ASDA leader meetings per year and the MN ASDA
Added more MN ASDA members to the MDA committees monthly leadership meetings are held at the MDA headquarters at least 3 times a year
• Lucy Corrin to the Dentistry Task Force, Nick Shulte to Dental Marketplace, Allison • MN ASDA has 3 members on the planning committee for Minnesota Mission of Mercy and
Forbes to Environment and Safety, Janna Holmgren to Legislative Affairs, Christopher Viall Give Kids a Smile
and Jane Yang to the New Dentist Committee, Brent Miller and Amelia Leuer to the Peer • MN ADA members receive free registration to MDA’s Annual Meeting: Star of the North,
Review Committee. in addition to free CE classes, food, drink, and the opportunity to volunteer at the event.
Added more opportunities for students to be Room and Speaker Hosts at MDA’s Annual Conducts successful ADPAC membership drive
Meeting: The Star of the North • As this book goes to print, our current ADPAC membership is at 74%
• This allowed more students to attend more CE courses at the meeting while also getting to • MN ASDA also has 6 Capitol Club Members and 7 Minnesota Dental PAC Members
volunteer, hold responsibility, and get more involved with organized dentistry Chapter is represented in district cabinet and district activities
Increased ADPAC Membership • MN ASDA has 5 members on the District 8 Cabinet (more than any other chapter in Dis-
• Last year out total ADPAC membership was 71%, at this time our current ADPAC trict 8) including the District 8 trustee, Aaron Henderson, treasurer Jane Yang, publications
membership is 74% editor Robbie Huot, and outreach coordinators Nick Schulte and Hannah Rutten
Attended the first OneSmile Gala hosted by the Minnesota Dental Foundation • Aaron Henderson was District 8’s Delegate to the ADA at the 2015 Annual Session in Wash-
• Brought 12 ASDA members to event that helped raise more than $10,000 for the ington, DC
Foundation
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General Cooking Notes
Activities
New Recipes MN ASDA continues to host and provide social activities at a discounted rate to all MN ASDA members
• As part of our ASDA Fever Week, we had two social events. Wednesday evening was a social at the local Sally’s
The Elementary Outreach Committee added a new location at Our Lady of Peace Grade School
bar, complete with free food and drinks. Friday night was an ASDA party at the Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity
• They had over 75 children attend from grades K-4 and did oral hygiene education with lots of fun games!
House, complete with free drinks and a ton of fun!
MN ASDA added additional learning opportunities for our members
• Annual summer barbecue: a fun event to kick off the summer season. This year it was held at the Delta Sigma
• In addition to the Sonicare Presentation, we were able to add another educational presentation about the Zoom
Delta Fraternity House
whitening system
• MN ASDA President and newly elected President-Elect were in charge of cooking the meat and veggie burgers!
This year the Minnesota Dental Foundation had its first ever One Smile Gala
More than 150 members attended
• The event raised over $10,000 for the foundation and was attended by many of our MN ASDA Leaders!
• Annual GV Black Tie Formal: attended by more than 400 dental students and their guests. Held at FIVE Event
• MN ASDA was able to send 12 members to attend the event, with the help of funding from local districts in the
Center in Minneapolis. All expenses covered by ticket sales and sponsorship
Minnesota Dental Association and University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Continue to interact with other ASDA chapters in district:
MN ASDA Ethics committee had the first ever Inter-professional lunch and learn
• This year we are very proud of our D2 District 8 trustee Aaron Henderson, as well as our four members that
• MN ASDA, in collaboration with the Minnesota Medical Association-Medical Student Section, hosted an inter-
serve on the district 8 board
professional event entitled, "Ethical Implications for Inter-professional Collaboration.”
• 10 MN ASDA members attended the District 8 Meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Panelists from both dental and medical professions spoke about experiences while collaborating inter-
Continue to Participates in community service and other outreach activities:
professionally, treating patients as part of an inter-professional team, and current ethical issues both professions
• MN ASDA’s Give Kids a Smile Committee organizes Give Kids a Smile at the University of Minnesota Dental
face
School, the largest GKAS location in the state. Students were involved in planning, assisting, operating, educat-
MN ASDA Wellness Committee is our newest committee and made additions to our wellness initiatives
ing patients, set-up, take-down, and more! More than 400 total volunteers provided more than $75,000 in care,
• They have placed a free little library in the student lounge and added numerous new reading materials to pro-
compared to $45,000 in 2014
mote wellness
• Minnesota Mission of Mercy: 3 MN ASDA members were on the planning committee for this event and more
• They have also placed new foam rollers, back massager, exercise ball, and crash mats in the student lounge
than 100 MN ASDA members volunteered in planning, assisting, radiology, operating, set-up and take down in
• The Wellness Committee have brought back learning opportunities from National Leadership Conference. As
this event that provided about 1 million dollars worth of treatment!
this book goes into publication, there is a talk planned for January 11 to have Dr.Kyle Smith speak to MN ASDA
• Phillips Neighborhood Clinic: 12 members (from 1st to 4th year) perform head and neck exams, oral inspections,
members on substance abuse and dentistry
and provide dental education every Monday and Wednesday at this free medical clinic in Minneapolis. Students
work closely with Medical, Pharmacy, Nursing, and OT students to gain valuable interdisciplinary experience.
Tried and True Recipes • Philanthropy and Community Outreach Committee provides several volunteer events each year at Second Har-
Offers professional or educational programs that encourage interactions between students, faculty, staff, and state/ vest Heartland, Feed My Starving Children, Open Arms, Special Olympics Special Smiles, and more organiza-
local dental societies: tions each year
• Clinical Explorations committee: organized Lunch & Learns given by faculty and/or dentists from the commu- • Elementary Outreach Committee goes to elementary schools to teach kids about oral health. This committee is
nity about topics such as: Lasers, Non-surgical facial esthetics, Oral cancer and more! required to complete at least 4 events per year
• MN ASDA brings in a Sonicare Representative each year to speak to the new D1s. In return for their time listen- • High School Outreach Committee goes to high schools in the Minneapolis metro area to teach kids about den-
ing to the short presentation, the students receive a Sonicare toothbrush worth more than $200! tistry as a profession. This committee is also required to complete 4 events per year.
Continued to offer tutoring and mentoring services to MN ASDA members and pre-dental members Continued to organize activities that are unique and original:
• MN ASDA’s Pre-dental Outreach Committee organizes a mentorship program between dental students and pre- • 8th Annual Mouths in Motion 5k Run/Walk for Oral Cancer Research. Over 70 runners ran and $1,840 was do-
dental students nated to the Oral Cancer Diagnosis Fund.
• They also provide hands on Preclinical sessions, admission sessions, tours of the school and more! • Our annual Merchandise Sale this year sold 166 items for $6,690 and spread lots of UMN School of Dentistry
Continued to organize our Annual Vendor Fair and weekly Lunch & Learns: spirit
• Our 20th Annual vendor fair attracted over 70 vendors and was held for the second time at the TCF Bank Sta- • 3rd Annual Riverboat Cruise on the Mississippi. Our fall semi-formal which was attended by more than 300
dium DQ Club Room dental students and their guests. A three-hour tour on the Mississippi river between Minneapolis and St. Paul
• More than $12,000 was profited and more than 300 students attended. complete with drinks, dance floor, and phenomenal DJ!
• MN ASDA’s Lunch & Learn Committee holds a Lunch & Learn for all members EVERY Wednesday. These • MN ASDA’s International Outreach Committee carried out its second outreach opportunity to Antigua, Guate-
presentations are given by dental companies and are one of our main sources of fundraising mala over spring break to provide dental care to underserved populations. 12 students and additional faculty
• On average, 150 dental students attend these weekly talks volunteers. Applied for the Dr. Thomas J. Zwerner award to help pay for the trip.
• Other MN ASDA Committees give regular Lunch & Learns as well: Clinical Explorations, Ethics, LGN, and
Licensure. These are typically funded by grants, MN ASDA, and the Office of Student Affairs.
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General Cooking Notes
Fundraising
New Recipes
Monthly Profit & Loss statements allowing up-to-date tracking against budget and prior year
• Monthly summaries provided to Executive Committee and Committee Chairs to make sure
everyone up to date on finances of MN ASDA chapter
• Allowed for better transparency and accountability of financials with each of the committee
chairs
Biggest MN ASDA Vendor Fair to date
• Increased net income above prior year by 60% (increase of $4.5K)
• Had over 70 individual vendors attend this year’s vendor fair
• 285 MN ASDA members attended this year’s event
Improved our Lunch and Learn Series
• Achieved significant reduction in expenses for pizza by generating better relationship with
pizza providers. Obtained greater discounts for each order
• Increased variety of food options for L&L presenters to choose from
• Increased variety of foods also allowed for increased revenues from Lunch and Learns
• Depending on type of food ordered, increased revenues for the chapter. Over 150% for
some lunch and learns
Tried and True Recipes
• GKAS continues to be our most successful philanthropic outreach event – this year’s dona-
tions of supplies and resources totaled $7.2K
• Proceeds of $1.8K, raised by the eventful Mouths in Motion 5K, were donated to the Oral
Cancer Diagnosis Foundation
• Committees received generous grants from Professional Student Government (PSG), Coca-
Cola, Council of Students, and the UMN School of Dentistry
• White Coat Sales: 1st year class size increase led to 20% in additional income over prior
year
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General Cooking Notes
Pre-dental
New Recipes • Pre-dental advisors or pre-dental club leaders at all Minnesota colleges and universi-
Distributed MN ASDA publications to pre-dental ties were contacted. Through these connections, ASDA membership and MN
• Distributed our new ASDA newsletter and all publications to pre-dental students ASDA pre-dental events were advertised
New Facebook page linked from school’s pre-dent FaceBook pages Continued to host MN ASDA pre-dental events
Hosted dinner lecture with UMN Pre-Dent Club about admissions with the Assistant • Continued our popular events from years past, exclusively for ASDA pre-dental
Dean of Admissions at the UMN School of dentistry members. Current MN dental students volunteer at these events and are paired
with pre-dental students throughout each session. In addition, each event includes
Tried and True Recipes food and fun!
Continued to maintain relationships with Pre-Dental clubs in the Minneapolis area • At the Impression Session, pre-dental students are educated on the importance of
• Pre-dental committee chairs spoke to the University of Minnesota Pre-Dent Club models in the practice of dentistry. They then practiced taking alginate impressions
on Monday, September 21st about joining ASDA as pre-dental members and poured them up in lab stone
• We contacted other pre-dental clubs around the state and have members from all • At the Drill and Fill, pre-dental students are taught basic principles in operative den-
across the state from the University of St. Thomas, University of St. John's & St. tistry such as resistance, retention, and ideal preparation design. They then had the
Benedict’s, Mankato, and the University of Minnesota opportunity to practice cavity preparations on dentoform teeth in manikins
Hosted a joint admissions session with the University of Minnesota Pre-Dental Club. • At the Wax and Relax, pre-dental students learned about proper tooth morphology
• Over 50 students (combination of University of Minnesota Pre-Dent Club and Pre- and techniques used in waxing and were given the opportunity to wax up a central
Dent ASDA) attended Dr. Lopez's talk incisor
• Dr. Lopez is the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the UMN SOD. Notes were typed • At the Sealant Session, using extracted molars, pre-dental students were taught how
and sent to all pre-dental members as a resource for them to use to place sealants and their importance in caries prevention
Pre-dental Members at Give Kids a Smile Continued to offer mentoring services to Pre-Dental members
• MN pre-dental members were able to volunteer at the University of Minnesota • MN ASDA pre-dental students are matched with current dental students who serve
Give Kids a Smile as mentors. Mentees have the opportunity to learn about life as a dental student and
• Pre-dental members volunteered by assisting in radiology, dirty dispensing, food, shadow in pre-clinic or clinic
volunteer hospitality, patient ambassadors and more!
Dedicated a page of our new MN ASDA website just for our pre-dental members
• Includes an introduction to the Pre-dental Recruitment Committee as well as access
to the video series and other helpful information
Lunch & Learns Open to all Pre-dental Members
• Invited pre-dental members to all weekly Lunch & Learns with dental students and
faculty
Continued Recruitment efforts to increase Pre-Dental membership
• Pre-dental Committee presented at the University of Minnesota Pre-dental Club
meeting about organized dentistry and the benefits of ASDA and ADA membership
• This information was also sent to numerous other pre-dental clubs around Minne-
sota to present at their meetings
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Recipes for a Great Chapter
The Menu
“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” - Julia Child
Appetizers - Membership and Communication
Salads - Advocacy Initiatives
Entrees - Activities
Meats - Fundraising
Dessert - Pre-Dental
Snacks - Other ASDA Initiatives
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Membership & Communication
The Executive Committee
One key ingredient for a Great ASDA Chapter is an executive committee you can work with, you get along with, and most importantly, can have fun with! Each year, Minnesota ASDA members elect their
executive committee in a school-wide vote that occurs in April. This group then works closely throughout the year to develop the year’s strategic plan, meets with school officials, organize MN ASDA leader-
ship meetings and National Involvement, and oversees all MN ASDA Committees and Representatives. Each of their roles comes with additional responsibilities, including:
• President: Jane Yang, D3
• Serves as President of the Student District to the Minnesota Dental Association • Vice President: Robert Huot, D2
• Serves as associate editor for the MDA’s NorthWest Dentistry Magazine • Oversees 5 MN ASDA Committees: Clinical Explorations, Elementary Outreach,
• Oversees 5 MN ASDA Committees: Activities, Lunch and Learn, High school Outreach, Wellness Committee
International Outreach, ASDAvocacy Commitee, Give Kids a Smile • Chair of MN ASDA Fundraising: oversees Merchandise Sale and Dental Deck Sales
• Chair on MN ASDA Constitution and Bylaws Committee • ASDA liaison to UMN SOD Student Council
• Host of MN ASDA Summer Leadership Training • Membership Chair: Amelia Leuer, D3
• Gives “ASDA 101” and “ASDA 201” Lunch and Learns during ASDA Fever Week • Oversees MN ASDA Class Representative (2 Representatives per year)
• Immediate Past President: Christine Lucachick, D4 • Chair of MN ASDA’s Membership Drive and Conversion Drive
• Serves as Student District Trustee to the Minnesota Dental Association • Organizes yearly membership satisfaction survey
• Acts as the liaison between the MDA and MN ASDA • Communication Chair: Lucy Corrin, D2
• President Elect: Allison Forbes, D2 • Oversees 2 MN ASDA Committees: Website and Newsletter
Oversees 5 MN ASDA Committees: Pre-Dental, Ethics, Philanthropy and Commu-
• nity • Manages MN ASDA’s Social Media Presence - Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook,
Outreach, Ethics, Licensure Instagram, MN ASDA blog - Flossiphiszing,
• Treasurer: Brian Song, D2 • Assumes the duties of both MN ASDA Secretary and Historian
• Sets MN ASDA’s yearly budget and keeps the EC up to date on spending
• Works closely with MDA’s Student Affairs Office
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The Committee Chairs and Class Representatives
• Activities: Maggie Craven and Kiley Dohm • International Outreach: Dane Nelson, John Smith,
• Lunch and Learn: Tucker Schieck and Jonas Dale Paul Rofles, Nadine Yacoub
• LGN: Janna Holmgren, Nick Schulte • Licensure: Aaron Henderson
• Ethics: Hannah Rutten, Anny Yoo • Clinical Explorations: Daniel Ditch, Jessica Skelton
• Wellness: Nate Caple, Hadeel Alniemi
• Elementary Outreach: Madeline Lieske, Ryan Nahan
• Class of 2016: Jessica Seubert, Marianna Goetz
• Give Kids a Smile: Katie Thieu, Brent Miller, Kim Rostvold
• Class of 2017: Amelia Leuer, Kim Rostvold
• Pre-dental Outreach: Trent Neisen, Brian Spencer
• Class of 2018: Allison Forbes, Daniel Ditch
• High School Outreach: Eric Christensen, Tyler Tarman
• Class of 2019: Quentin Knutson, Robert Springer
• Philanthropy and Community Outreach: Karly Whitsitt,
Merideth Meador
• Website: Caleb Christel
• Publications: Katie Anderson
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Chair of the Month and Rep of the
Ingredients Month
• 1 Brand new hand made “Rep of the Month” Chain
• “Chair of the Month” gift cards to local coffee shops
• 2 ASDA representatives from each class
• Representatives from local St. Paul and Minneapolis
districts
• Representatives from each MDA committee
Directions
1. Use fun awards to inspire and motivate leaders
monthly
2. Executive Council presents “Chair of the Month” to
committee chairs the show exemplary dedication and
hard work in the past month
3. Present Chair of the Month and Rep of the Month
awards at each month’s leadership meeting
4. Celebrate those that have repped the best in the past
month!
Helpful Hints
Mix up the chair of the month prizes - different gift cards of
different denominations - and have the “Chair of the Month”
pick
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Summer Leadership Retreat and
Ingredients
Monthly Leadership Meetings
• 40+ MN ASDA Leaders
• One meeting of the Executive Committee with School of
Dentistry Dean and administration to communicate goals
• Monthly leadership meetings with committee chairs and
class representatives
• Three monthly meetings held at the Minnesota Dental
Association with MDA leaders
• Summer Leadership Retreat for new Leaders led by new
MN ASDA President
Directions
1. Meet with ASDA Leaders on a monthly basis for a fun
and informative meeting
2. Ensure that MN ASDA Chapter is on track to success-
fully completing our strategic plan
3. Continue to work closely with MDA for collaborative
efforts
4. Feature guest speakers at Summer Leadership Retreat,
in addition to great food!
I. Topics included: MN ASDA goals for the year, continuing involve-
ment in organized dentistry after graduation, how organized
dentistry impacts their practice and much more!
II. Dr Samuel Lachance - 2015 MDA New Dentist Leadership Award
Winner
III. Dr. Venetia Laganis - Pediatric Dentist, President of Minneapolis
District
IV. Dr Paul Vollmer - OMFS, Immediate Past President of St-Paul
District
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ASDA Fever Week: Membership Drive 2015
Ingredients Directions
• Run the Membership Drive first week of new school year • Provide additional incentives to pay/renew their mem-
bership dues
I. Began with D1 orientation - participate in their orientation
day to introduce them to ASDA!
I. All D1s receive new MN ASDA campfire themed coffee
II. Monday, August 31: ASDA 101- a Lunch and Learn just for mugs at orientation
the new D1 class to learn about ASDA
II. MN ASDA mugs for first 200 D2-D4s who paid their dues
III. Tuesday, September 1: ASDA 201 - a Lunch and Learn for
all DDS students to get a refresher on ASDA membership III. Class with highest total membership percentage at the
and benefits of joining end of September awarded money to their class fund
IV. Wednesday, September 2: ASDA sponsored social at Sally’s. IV. Free attendance to ASDA party on Friday at Delta Sigma
ASDA provided free drinks and food. Great opportunity to Delta
network with ASDA leaders and fellow classmates
V. Beaker themed posters to track each class’s progress un-
V. Thursday, September 3: Advocacy Lunch and Learn to til the end of Membership month. Creates a little friendly
introduce our new ASDAdvocacy Committee and what competition between classes.
advocacy is
• Attend D1 Orientation Day
VI. Friday, September 4: ASDA Party at MN Delta Sigma Delta.
Free for those who paid their ASDA dues. I. Make sure ASDA Table most popular
II. ASDA Activities Chair Maggie Cra-
ven, Membership Chair Amelia
Leuer and Communication Chair
Lucy Corrin promoted MN ASDA
with their “ASDA fever” t-shirts
III. Promote ASDA with posters, banners
and always...candy!
IV. Updated MN ASDA poster board with
new information about benefits and
reasons to join ASDA
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Membership Initiatives MN ASDA Summer BBQ
National Sign-up Day held at Buffalo Wild Wings on April 4.
• 37 filled out the application form
• After the Buffalo Wild Wings we offered the $10 gift card to
Target. 15 gift cards were sent out.
• By the time the 4th years graduated, we had a total of 52 ap-
plications completed. A total
of over 110 DDS students
graduated from University
of Minnesota in April of
2015
• As this book goes into publi-
cation, only 36 members
have not converted their
As a summer celebration, ASDA members gathered at Delta Sigma Delta for our
ASDA membership to ADA
annual summer barbecue! New President Jane Yang and new President-elect
membership Allison Forbes grilled the burgers and brats for all our beautiful members. For
new and old ASDA members in a fun, friendly environment to socialize and en-
joy some of the much needed sunshine!
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Membership Initiatives
MN ASDA Membership Drive Winners!
MN ASDA Social @ Sally’s As part of our Membership Drive Initiative, the class
with the highest membership at the end of the month
of September wins money that is contributed to their
class funds. This year’s winners was the D2 class,
who had the highest membership at the end of Sep-
tember!
The money contributed to their class fund help to
finance their class’ Ugly Sweater Party!
As a part of this year’s MN ASDA Member-
ship Week, MN ASDA sponsored a social
after clinic at the local favorite hangout of
University of Minnesota School of Den-
tistry students, Sally’s!
• 100% MN ASDA sponsored event
• Over 200 dental students attended
• Students from all 4 years were present
• Chance to meet the committee chairs,
executive committee as well as fellow classmates
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MN ASDA Communication
MN ASDA Website: MNASDA.Net
MN ASDA Publications
MN ASDA’s local newsletter, the Central Groove was given a total recipe- In our third year with our re-designed website, we have continued to learn
redesign this year! We created a modern publication with high quality articles how to modify it, update it, and make it fit the ever changing needs of our mem-
written by our own members on a variety of topics. It was made up of beautiful bers.
pictures, clean lines and lots of color. There was also an emphasis on getting Updates this year included having our newsletter available in “Issuu” for-
more members involved. Our newsletter allowed everyone to see how many mat and moving the links to social media to a more visible location. In the fu-
creative and talented people are a part of MN ASDA. The Central Groove arti- ture, we hope to add more personality to the website: having bios of student lead-
cles included the usual ASDA updates from local and national events, as well as ers, linking our own MN ASDA Twitter feed, and adding a page specific to MN
articles about topics our members are passionate about, such as cooking, garden- ASDAdvocacy Committee.
ing, and at-home beer brewing. It was a truly unique and exceptional publica-
tion, just like our chapter.
In addition, we changed the way we disseminated the newsletter, moving
to a primarily electronic distribution (email and website), and distributing
paper copies throughout the school.
This year, MN ASDA members wrote
several articles for National
ASDA Publications:
• Mouthing Off: 2
• Articul8or: 4
Each year, the current MN ASDA
President serves as an Associate Editor
for the Journal of the Minnesota Dental
Association: Northwest Dentistry. In
each of the 6 issues each year, they give
an update from the Student District and
also have the opportunity to write other
articles. Each MN ASDA member gets
Northwest Dentistry delivered to their
student mailbox.
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MN ASDA Blog: Flossophizing
This year, MN ASDA continued to make great use of the blog that we
established two years ago. We switched our focus from quantity to quality
in terms of posts, and focused on publishing well-written, relevant content
that our members would be excited to read.
In the past, we had ASDA meeting attendees write blog posts after
each trip. While we continued this, we emphasized that our contributors
write posts about topics from the trip that were meaningful to them and
that they believe other students needed to know about. We then could post
them periodically during the semester, keeping interest piqued over a
longer period of time. We’ve also tried to encourage a wider variety of
members to write for our blog. This has been accomplished by publishing
more articles on a variety of topics.
Some of the great “dishes” our blog made this year include:
•Running for a National ASDA Position
•ASDA Engage-make your voice heard!
•The 3 A’s of Awesome
•Current Trends in Dentistry
•Finding Your Ideal Residency
•Leading With Optimism
•Energized, Informed, and Optimistic: A D1’s Experience at National
Lobby Day
•Fun & Free: Weekend Activities in the Twin Cities
•ASDA Structure
•Have you Thought About Public Health Dentistry?
•No Tricks, Just Treats
•Post-Grad Options: Private, Managed, Group or Corporate Practice
•Fun & Free: Holiday Activities in the Twin Cities
•Health & Wellness in the Retromolar Pad
•Boards Study Tips
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2015 Changes in
Methods of
Communication
• Social media is an integral part of our Minne-
sota ASDA “brand”. Our emphasis on a strong
presence on a wide variety of social media plat-
forms has helped us integrate better into our
members’ and followers lives. We can easily let
everyone know what we are doing and where
they can find us. This creates excitement for
our chapter and helps to increase membership
and participation.
• We reached an all-time high of MN ASDA
Facebook Likes! From 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2015, we
have gone from 327 to 474 FB page likes.
• We also had an all time high of people reached
via a single FB post! From last period (1/2015) to
the time of this publication, we have increased
our FB reach by an average of 54 people, with
our maximum amount of people reached in one
day to just under 4,000.
• Participated in national ASDA social media
Mid-Year Membership
campaigns, including the #NLC15 Photo-A-Day
Instagram Challenge
Survey
• Held a contest for our members to use the tag #ASDAbenefits with their pictures on social
media showing how they benefitted from ASDA membership, and two participants won ! A mid-year feedback survey was sent to all students of the UMN SOD this
prizes. This helped get participants more familiar with us on social media and increase our December to improve MN ASDA’s programming, inspire new events, and to ensure
followers. we are meeting our members’ needs.
• Created a Chapter Snapchat: @MinnesotaASDA in an effort to utilize the latest forms of ! At this time, we have had over 30 people respond and have learned a lot
social media.
about what our members’ value in ASDA, what we are doing well, and how we can
• Continued to update and communicate via our Twitter Account: @MinnesotaASDA
improve feedback was given about our publications, advertising for upcoming
• Doubled activity on our Instagram Account: @MinnesotaASDA, with more posts on our
events, and future social outing opportunities. There was also a space to volunteer an
page and more members using our hashtags: #ASDAbenefits and #MNASDA
idea and help to implement it. We hope to use this feedback to inspire our leaders in
• Less email communication, more social media! We responded to what our members told us
they wanted. In this way, when we did send emails, more people actually read them. And the coming calendar year to serve our members more effectively. Those who took the
when people wanted to know about the latest Lunch and Learn location or see pictures survey were entered in a drawing for a gift card.
from our barbecue, we are just a few clicks away on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snap-
chat.
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ASDA Annual Session 2015 , Boston MA
Ingredients
• Take 8 enthusiastic ASDA members (1 additional member paid
their own way)
• Win one Gold Crown Award: Christine Lucachick won District 8
Delegate of the Year
• MN ASDA President-Elect Jane Yang (at the time) running for
Speaker of the House
• Licensure Chair Aaron Henderson ran and won for District 8
Trustee
• ASDAdvocacy Committee Co-Chair Nick Schulte participated in
ASDA Poster Competition
• 5 MN ASDA members ran for District 8 Cabinet positions and won.
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Advocacy Initiatives
ASDA Annual Session 2015 , Boston MA Directions
• Make sure members participated in each breakout
session (MN ASDA was able to attend each one!)
• Then President Elect Jane Yang ran against 6 other
ASDA members for Speaker of the House
• Licensure Chair Aaron Henderson ran against fellow
District 8 Shaun Taylor, Iowa ASDA President, and
won as District 8 Trustee
• Both candidates demonstrated their knowledge
of ASDA, answered some tough questions and
performed their best Boston accents
• Both candidates were unquestionably qualified
for the position. So qualified that we had to re-
vote 5 times and had National ASDA Executive
Committee Chris Mendoza, Daryn Lu and Jason
Watts come in to delegate the final vote to figure
out how to determine a winner
• Nick Shulte presented at the ASDA poster competi-
tion. Here’s a quote from Nick about his experience
“Annual Session was an excellent opportunity for me to
network with other dental student researchers and pre-
sent my work to influential members of the dental field.
Feedback that I received from the experience guided the
direction I took my research and this year I will be pre-
senting at the American Association of Dental Research
(AADR) annual meeting.”
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District 8 Annual Meeting, St-Louis MO
Ingredients
• Take 9 dedicated MN ASDA members on the 10-hour
drive to St-Louis for the District 8 Meeting
• First time bringing a D4 on a District 8 Trip!
• MN ASDA member and District 8
Trustee Aaron Henderson organ-
ized this year’s “Outreach”
themed meeting
• District 8 Cabinet had more MN
ASDA members than ever!
• Aaron Henderson, District 8
Trustee Directions
• Jane Yang, Treasurer • Focus of this year’s District 8 Annual Meeting was
reaching out to the community
• Robbie Huot, Publications
Editor • Share ideas amongst chapter
leaders during break-out ses-
• Nick Shulte and Hanna sions
Rutten, Public Health
Coordinators • MN ASDA members Nick
Schulte and Hannah Rutten
• Took a tour of the beautiful, brand worked closely with speakers
spanking new Missouri School of to focus discussion on Public
Dentistry and Oral Health Health and serving the
underserved
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4th Annual National Leadership Conference: Chicago, IL
Ingredients
• Take 10 dedicated MN ASDA members on the road trip to Chi-
cago, IL for our chapter’s 4th annual NLC
• Had the most D2 participation of any year!
• MN ASDA made sure we had a member at each breakout session!
• Great chance to socialize with our fellow Districts 8 & 9
• Confirmed that one MN ASDA member will be applying for ASDA National Leadership Position
• There was such an explosion of ASDA Fever following NLC that we brought NLC back to Minnesota with its own
dedicated Lunch and Learn
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The Benefits of ASDA
Lunch and Learn
Ingredients
• Shared the most motivational topics that MN ASDA
attended at NLC
• Topics included
• Introduction to ASDA and what we do - MN ASDA President
Jane Yang
• How not to fail in private practice - MN ASDA Treasurer,
Brian Song
• Transitioning from classroom to chair-side - MN ASDA Vice-
President Robbie Huot
• Bad Science and Communication with your patients - Well-
ness Co-chair Nate Caple and Philanthropy Co-Chair Merideth
Meador
• Effective Communications Methods - Wellness Co-chair
Hadeel Aleimi
• Membership and Ideal ASDA - D1 Class Rep, Quentin Knutson
• Getting More Done with Delegation - MN ASDA President-
Elect Allison Forbes
• The ADA and National ASDA - District 8 Trustee Aaron
Henderson
• Had a full house attend the Lunch and Learn!
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Minnesota Dental Association House of Delegates, Minneapolis MN
Ingredients
• Minnesota ASDA also serves as the Student District of the Minnesota Dental Association
• 8 members attend annually: 4 delegates, 4 alternate delegates
• Student district has their own caucus where we discuss the resolutions
• Student district interviews and casts their votes as a group for the new Executive Committee
that will help guide the Minnesota Dental Association for the next year
• This year, MN ASDA Past President Christine Lucachick served as Student District Trustee
and current President Jane Yang was nominated at the Student District Trustee
• The Student District was the only district in attendance that had 100% enrollment in
Minnesota Dental PAC
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Minnesota Dental Association House of Delegates, Minneapolis MN
Directions
• This year the Student District submitted the first ever
resolution to be considered and passed at the MDA House of
Delegates
• Not only did we receive unanimous support from other district
leaders but recent graduates from the University of Minnesota
(including MN ASDA Past-President Kirby Johnson) spoke in
favor of the resolution
• More house time was devoted to discussion of the Student
District’s resolution than any other resolution presented!
• The resolution passed with a every delegation voting in favor of
our resolution (except for one delegate)
A4. RESOLUTION FROM THE STUDENT DISTRICT REGARDING
SUPPORTING THE ACCEPTANCE OF NON-PATIENT BASED
LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS AS DENTAL CERTIFICATION OUTSIDE
OF MINNESOTA
The Reference Committee has examined Resolution A4 from the Student District.
RESOLVED, that the Minnesota Dental Association begin to actively engage in discussion with
neighboring state dental associations on the acceptance of non-patient based clinical licensure
examinations as dental certification.
AMEND:
The Reference Committee concurs with the intent of Resolution A4, but feels the resolution 25
should be AMENDED for the following reasons:Advocacy Initiatives
Minnesota Dental Day at the Capitol: St Paul, MN
Ingredients
• 41 MN ASDA members along with 57 Minnesota
Dentists for Dental Day at the Capitol on March 12
Directions
• Participated in speeches from:
• Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith
• Representative Melissa Hortman
• Senate Minority Leader David Hann
• HHS Finance Committee Chair, Representative Matt Dean
• 2015 topics included:
• Critical Access Dental Provider Program- awards certain pro-
viders increased reimbursement if they see a significant num-
ber of public program patients. The bill attempts to refine
the program to be more accessible to various CADP provid-
ers and to create greater access to dental care services out-
side the metro by lowering patient thresholds for critical ac-
cess certification, which allows more private practice practi-
tioners to participate in the program.
• Help MN Smile: increase medicaid reimbursement rate (was
26.7% for pediatric and 27.1% for adults, placing Minnesota
50th place in the nation for the pediatric reimbursement
rate!). The bill requested an $80-100 million budget over the
two year biennium. Currently it did increase the rate a little
so we are not in last place, but still we are looking to get to
average.
• Sunset of the MNCare Tax (providers of Minnesota care pro-
grams are taxed 2%)- want to see this repealed in December
2019.
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ASDA’s National Dental Student Lobby Day: Washington, DC
Ingredients
• 12 MN ASDA members attended ASDA’s National Dental Stu-
dent Lobby Day
• Obtained a generous grant from the office of Dean Leon Assael
at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in the sum of
$5000 to help cover expenses
Directions
• Spent 4 days in Washington, DC visiting the city and taking in
the sights
• MN ASDA members lobbied for:
• Action for Dental Health Act 2015 H.R. 539- allows organiza-
tions to qualify for CDC oral health grants to support im-
proving education and prevention and develop/expand out-
reach programs
• Student Loan refinancing act H.R. 649- allows individuals
to refinance federal loans more than once
• Minnesota dental students attended 9 independent meetings
with Representatives and Senators
• MN ASDA was able to hold over 9 separate appointments with
representatives, Amy Klobuchar , Al Franken, Senators Tim
Walz, John Kline, Eric Paulson, Keith Ellison, Tom Emmer,
Collin Peterson Representatives. and even Minnesota’s own
Representative Rick Nolan
27Advocacy Initiatives
Collaborating with The Minnesota Dental Association
Immediate past President and Board of Trustee member
Christine Lucachick works closely with the Minnesota
Dental Association in discussing all issues that affect
dentists in Minnesota, here is what she has to say about
her role at the MDA:
! Our ASDA chapter is unique in that we are also a full-fledged district of the
The Student District of the MDA is also the only dis-
Minnesota Dental Association. In fact, this year we celebrated 20 years as the MDA trict to have a member on every single MDA
Student District! Just like any of the other, geographical districts of the MDA, we committee:
contribute a student member as our representing Trustee of the Student District.
This is always the Immediate Past President of Minnesota ASDA, which this year, is • Affinity Products - Molly Dillon, D4
me! • Barriers to Care - Christine Lucachick, D4
! In this role, I sit on the 14 member Board of Trustees, comprised of the eight • Board of Dentistry Task Force - Lucy Corrin, D2
District Trustees, four members of the Executive Committee, Speaker of the House, • Constitutions, Bylaws and Ethics - Allison McMillen, D4
and the Executive Director. About 6 times a year, we all come together for a one- to
two-day long meeting where we take care of a lot of MDA business! The Board of • Dental Education -Heather Priese, D4
Trustees tackles or delegates all of the plans put forth by the House of Delegates • Dental Marketplace - Nick Schulte, D2
and responds first to any other issues that come up during the year.
• Environment and Safety - Allison Forbes, D2
! It has been an awesome experience to be the only student (and youngest mem- • Evidence Based Dentistry - Karl Peterson D3, Kathleen Thieu D3
ber) of the Board. I can tell that my input is highly valued. The rest of the group of-
ten looks to me for perspective as a young person, especially as we deal with declin- • Legislative Affairs - Janna Holmgren D3
ing membership and interest from new dentists. It has been great to get to know sev- • New Dentist Committee - Christine Lucachick, D4. Janna
eral passionate dentists from around the state and to not only call them colleagues, Holmgren, D3. Jane Yang D3. Aaron Henderson, D2. Christopher
but friends. Viall, D1
! We are lucky as Minnesota ASDA to have this relationship with our state asso- • Peer Review Committee - Brent Miller D3. Amelia Leuer D3.
ciation and I look forward to continuing my lifelong involvement in organized den-
tistry. • Resolution Review Committee - Jane Yang D3.
! Christine Lucachick
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Ingredients
• Hosted first Red, White, and Brew event at Northgate Brewery in Minneapolis
• More than 35 MN ASDA members attended the event
Directions
• It is a means of gathering dental students and dental professionals involved in advo-
cacy prior to MN Dental Day at the Capital. The MDA legislative affairs director
gave an intro to lobbying and an update on bills being lobbied for at the capital. He
was there to answer any questions students had and learn more about issues affect-
ing dental students
• This year’s event is currently being planned and we are hoping to include more MDA members, including
the 'New Dentist Committee' for more networking opportunities and seeing how advocacy is important
once one is out of school and in practice. Since there will not be an official lobby day for dental students
this year, this event will serve as a great informational and networking session to discuss current
legislative issues in MN and what we can do to help bring attention to certain issues over the next year
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MN ASDA and Licensure Reform
Licensure remains a hot topic here at Minnesota. We began this year with a Licensure Panel
L&L, where we invited the individual parties here at the University of Minnesota that played a role
in making the changes to our licensure examination. The panel discussed the implications of
changes in licensure examination at the school and what students can expect going forward. The
panel consisted of UMN’s own Dean Assael, the Associate Dean of Clinical affairs Dr. Todd Thierer,
Student Affairs Director Sara Johnson, the Director of Graduate Studies Dr Stephen Shuman, Asso-
ciate Dean of Academic Affairs Dr Keith Mays and Associate Professor Paul Jardine. The Licensure
Committee collected questions from the student body before the event and was able to have the
panel directly answer students questions and concerns.
The Licensure committee also hosts their annual Licensure L&L, this year on December 11,
to discuss the new changes happening to licensure at the University of Minnesota School of Den-
tistry.
Here’s what our Licensure Chair and District 8 Trustee has to say about licensure:
! We’re seeing immense change with dental licensure. It may seem that the sentiment is getting a little old, as people have espoused
the same thing for a long time now, but I truly believe it to be the case. As we came into the year, licensure was being heavily discussed
because substantial changes were coming down the turnpike. OSCE was on the tips of everyone’s tongues, uncertainty floating in the air
about the prospects that for some weren’t even a year further down the road.
! Administration and faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry have been in robust discussions with Central Re-
gional Dental Testing Service (CRDTS) to explore other pathways to licensure for current and future students. Much ado has been made
in the last couple years regarding Curriculum Integrated Format (CIF) models of testing. More specifically, the University of New York at
Buffalo’s interpretation of the process has garnered much attention. The Buffalo Model begins to shift focus to longitudinal patient care
while still ensuring competency of the practitioners. It’s almost the antithesis of the “one-shot” type of exam to which dental students and
dentists have grown accustomed. Such a dramatic shift away from the traditional quandaries associated with the current exam structure
has done much to pique the interest of schools and students nationwide.
Our School of Dentistry sees this as an opportunity to help construct change in the system. It’s possible that as soon as this fall there will
be a pilot exam model where students won’t feel much different than any other day in the clinic. As the OSCE is our global competency
exam for graduation, Minnesota has seen some significant shifts in the landscape. On the local level, we’re working to keep our members
as up to date as possible on what their experience will entail. In September we had a brief update on the current state of licensure and a
presentation in December followed, going into more depth about the history of licensure as well as elaborating on the Buffalo Model, the
ADA House of Delegates and licensure resolutions, and the future here at the U of M.
While we continue to strive for ethically sound and valid testing, students, faculty, and administration will be working to construct and
exam that begins to reflect the true spirit of a Curriculum Integrated Format. Change is actually happening in licensure as we speak. Our
students have and will experience new experiences than their predecessors and understand that progress does occur and, at times, with
rapid pace. We are keeping our student members engaged in the topic at MN ASDA and we will be at the table as things move forward!
Aaron Henderson
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