HAPPY NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE WEEK MY FRIENDS!! 

Today we were to launch this week with Gift from the Heart but instead we are launching safe and sound at home! 

Doing just that is the best way we can treat our patients right now - stopping the spread of this aggressive and contagious flu virus is our focus. If you want to do more I remind you of this initiative.

There has been an urgent request for Volunteers to Assist with COVID-19 from Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer

CDHA received a letter from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) asking us to reach out to our members with this call for assistance.  There is an urgent need for people to help augment capacity at provincial and territorial levels for surveillance and monitoring of COVID-19 cases. More specifically, they need assistance in detailed case reporting/analysis and contact tracing to help to quickly identify cases and break chains of transmission by isolating and monitoring close contacts.

Anyone interested in contributing to the COVID-19 response should complete the following online application form at https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html

If you have questions, please contact hc.covidvolunteer-benevolecovid.sa@canada.ca

IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL POST A NDHW PROJECTS DAILY

April 4, 2020 National Dental Hygiene Week Project:

We are all at home and have our phones or tablets or laptops close by. And our loved ones too (pets included). Lets flood our FACEBOOK page with pics of us showing our purple pride. 

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Hi PEI Hygienists!

 

We as a committee are so grateful to everyone of you for signing up to volunteer for this wonderful event. Unfortunately with all that is going on with the COVID-19 virus and the shutting down of  Holland College we feel that it is unwise and unsafe to run this event this year.  We look forward to hopefully being able to run another successful event in 2021 and hope to see each of you at that time. 

Thanks

Gift from the Heart Committee and PEIDHA

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*NOTE:  This event is for all practicing dental hygienists in PEI - FREE for both members and non-members.

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PEIDHA is pleased to present our Semi-annual Meeting and Continuing Dental Education  

MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE – COPING AND SELF CARE

When: Saturday November 23, 2019 from 8:30am to 12:00 pm (3 CE credits)

Where: Sherbrooke Community Centre, 27004 Sherbrooke Road, Summerside, PE  (across the road from Maritime Electric)

8:30 am- 9:00 am: Check in, coffee and refreshments

Please notify us if you have any dietary restrictions

9:00 am to 11:00 am: Continuing Education Session (open to all dental team members) presented by:

Les Wagner, Regional Director for CMHA Prince County, with Canadian Mental

Health Association for 26 years. He has a B.A. from UPEI in Sociology.

Les oversees all programs and supports offered by CMHA in Prince County and

does many presentations on an assortment of mental health-related topics such

as Stress and Mental Wellness and Maintaining Mental Health. Les also conducts

various workshops such as Mental Health First Aid, Applied Suicide Intervention

Skills Training, SafeTALK, Mental Health Works and Living Life to the Full. Les lives

in Summerside PEI and has 3 sons.

11:00 to Noon: PEIDHA semi-annual meeting 

PEIDHA Member Early bird rate of $30.00. Non-member early bird registration $40.00. To guarantee this rate, payment must be received in full on or before midnight Nov 9, 2019.

All registrations received after Nov 9, 2019 will cost $50.00

 

Payment can made by cheque payable to PEIDHA or with e-transfer to peidentalhygienists@hotmail.com Please use “dental” as the answer to the security question “What is my profession”.

**Members only - please add your CDHA/PEIDHA membership number in the memo section. It helps with identification. Thank you**

As usual this is a scent-reduced event so please refrain from wearing heavily scented products

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A chance for everyone on the dental team to learn about a new product! PEIDHA is not affiliated with this event so please contact Michel Leger as listed below. 

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Here is another great event being offered to Health Care Professionals like ourselves. Note: This event is not being organized by the PEIDHA. Any questions are to be directed to PEI's Chief Public Health Office.

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PEIDHA is pleased to pass on this CE opportunity to our members. Contact Monica directly for any questions and to register. The PEIDHA is not organizing this event.

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PEIDHA is pleased to present our Annual General Meeting and a Continuing Dental Education Course

Cultural Inclusion Training

When: Saturday May 25, 2019 from 8:30am to 12:00 pm (3 CE credits)

Where: Brackley Community Centre, 14 Union Road, Charlottetown, PE  

8:30 am- 9:00 am: Check in, coffee and refreshments

Please notify us if you have any dietary restrictions

9:00 am to 9:45 am: Annual General Meeting *see agenda below

9:45 am to 10:00am: Break

10:00 to Noon: Continuing Education Session

PEIDHA Member Early bird rate of $30.00. Non-member early bird registration $40.00. To guarantee this rate, payment must be received in full on or before midnight May 11, 2019.

All registrations received after May 11, 2019 will cost $50.00.

 

Payment can made by cheque payable to PEIDHA or with       e-transfer to peidentalhygienists@hotmail.com Please use “dental” as the answer to the security question

“What is my profession”.

This is a scent-reduced event so please refrain from wearing heavily scented products

Cultural Inclusion Training's goal is to ease the cultural transition for newcomers by fostering a welcoming and understanding community. We provide public education on a variety of topics, including:

• Recognizing and eliminating prejudice and discrimination
• Cultural sensitivity and competency
• Cultural diversity

 

Annual General Meeting

All PEIDHA members are invited to attend. There is no fee to attend the Annual General Meeting.

AGENDA

·             Call to order

·             Introduction of Officers

·             Approval of May 2018 Annual General Meeting minutes

·             Approval of the 2018-2019 PEIDHA Annual Report

·             Approval of the 2018-2019 Financial Statement

-               Election of New Council members

·             New Business

·             Adjournment

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On Saturday April 6th, 2019, The Prince Edward Island Dental Hygienists’ Association will be once again be participating in Gift from the Heart. 

The Gift from the Heart is a day set aside for registered dental hygienists from all across Canada to open their heart and share their skills and knowledge with those who need it the most. This national one-day event allows registered dental hygienists to give back to the community by providing no cost dental hygiene care to those who experience financial barriers to accessing preventive oral care. 

Holland College has granted us use of their dental clinic facility to host this event. 

To enable this event to be a success dental hygiene volunteers are needed. Last year, thanks to dental hygienists volunteering Gift From the Heart provided care to approximately 70 individuals. Volunteer shifts are broken down into 2 hour time slots. 

We are using an online volunteer registration website which can be accessed by clicking on the following link https://volunteersignup.org/7YXTA

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this worthwhile community project, and for your continued support of our local dental hygiene Association.

If you have any questions, please contact us at: giftfromtheheartdh@gmail.com 

CE Points - 2 per shift - up to 3