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education Ortho Tribune U.S. Edition | AAO PREVIEW 201620 AD for personal self-reflection. Last year, all five residents succeeded in achieving this distinction thanks to board certified full-time and part-time faculty members. “They are ‘in-house’ promoters of the certification process and do an excellent job of helping residents prepare their cases,” said John Grubb, DDS, an ABO past president, who is a part of the program’s adjunct faculty and is an invaluable re- source for preparing residents for the clinical exam. “Residency is the time for exposure to numerous materials, methods and phi- losophies, but there must be a filtering process to ensure that the techniques we teach are sound, evidence-based and not subject to individual bias,” said Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics, profes- “We started a unique program at Seton Hill to enhance the ability of our resi- dents to become ABO certified,” said Dan Rinchuse, DMD, MS, MDS, PhD, professor and program director of the graduate program in orthodontics. “Our program is 30 months, but we developed an ‘ABO Case Completion Course’ which is free for our new graduates that allows them to return as needed for eight more months to complete their resident board cases. So this gives them 38 months to work on board cases. This has been embraced by our residents.” University of Iowa (www.dentistry. uiowa.edu/orthodontics) Tom Southard, MS, DDS, professor and head of the department of orthodontics says all orthodontic programs need a chairman who is passionate about the val- ue of the board, and dedicated faculty to accompany and instruct residents on how to master the exams. “I look upon the board as an ed- ucational experience,” he said. Theprogrammakescertificationoptional, although close to 90 percent of residents opt in. Southard names two faculty, Steve Marshall, DDS, MS, and Clay Parks, DDS, MS, as instrumental in taking the lead to oversee the program’s residents through the certification process, including indi- vidual instruction in the identification of potential ABO-qualifying cases, pre- paratory exercises for the clinical and written exams and a mock board exam. “I’ve read that 70 percent of what you’re ever going to learn as an orthodontist you will learn during your residency. I think another 10 percent of what you will ever learn you will learn while preparing for the board.” About the ABO Founded in 1929 as the first special- ty board in dentistry, the American Board of Orthodontics is the only orthodontic specialty board recog- nized by the American Dental As- sociation and in affiliation with the American Association of Orthodontists. The ABO sets the standard for the highest level of patient care and promotes excel- lence in orthodontics for all of its certi- fied orthodontists. ABO serves to protect the orthodontic specialty and encourage orthodontists to achieve certification, demonstrating their commitment to lifelong learning and excellent care. “ EXAM, Page 18 sor and chair, postgraduate orthodontic program at the Arizona School of Dentist- ry & Oral Health. “Many programs require that the writ- ten ABO exam be taken during residency, with some requiring a passing grade,” Park said. “The process of preparing board cases allows for self-reflection and a dis- cussion of alternative treatment plans. This self-analysis helps residents to be- come better clinicians, which will likely be evidenced in the cases presented at recertification.” Jacksonville University Jacksonville University, Brooks Rehabilita- tion College of Healthcare Sciences, School of Orthodontics, stresses the educational value of taking the board exam, and bol- sters that value with financial help to give all residents the opportunity to take the exam. Toward the end of the JU Orthodontics residency, the program offers financial and logistical support for all residents so they may finish at least six cases that meet the criteria of the ABO Initial Certification Examination. The program also absorbs the written exam registration fee for all 15 residents each year. All new JU ABO certified gradu- ates are celebrated through a campus- wide press release and recognition on the school’s alumni social media outlets. “From early on, ABO certification is em- phasized to our residents,” said Mark Alar- bi, DDS, MS, CAGS, diplomate of ABO, asso- ciate dean and program director. “Thanks to the meticulous and dedicated effort of faculty and graduating residents to prese- lect the cases, the consistent support and validation of quality of records, weekly treatment progress seminars, and end of year audits and oral exams, the residents at JU have enjoyed a tremendous success in the past five years in acquiring the sta- tus of ABO Diplomate through the initial certification process (ICE).” Saint Louis University (www.slu.edu/cade) Like many orthodontic graduate pro- grams, Saint Louis University (SLU) offers a series of review sessions to go over the many topics on the ABO-provided reading list as well as special courses for additional support for students. SLU encourages stu- dents to take the board exam by reimburs- ing the cost of the written exam for those students who pass. When asked about the value of taking the board, Rolf G. Behrents, DDS, MS, PhD, orthodontic program director of the Cen- ter for Advanced Dental Education keeps it simple: “It monitors quality,” he said. “Like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, it shows doctors have engaged in a person- al quest to demonstrate the quality of the work they do.” Seton Hill University for Orthodontics (www.setonhill.edu/ shusmiles/index.php)

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