In this week’s episode of “Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliott”, Megen is joined by Tia Meyer, Adjunct Instructor in the Dental Assistant Apprenticeship Program at Southeast Technical Institute, who shares information about what she does in her program and what sets it apart from others.
Episode Highlights:
- The program at Southeast Technical and how it works
- The differences in licensure from state to state
- The advantages of this program for students
Quotes:
“These students are working apprenticeship-style five days a week, 36-40 hours, and then meeting with me one night a week. And again, this if for the course of 9 months.”
“I want to first identify that these students have that motivation and drive and the passion they need to get to where they need to be.”
“Getting right in there and jumping right in…aids well with that learning in the textbook and taking tests.”
“This is a very demanding program…they have to be able to juggle that.”
“This is amazing because we are able to then train them in our own setting – the setting that they could potentially be working in for years and years to come.”
“A lot of the offices will give them an offer based upon a sponsorship.”
“We have a very large and demanding market for dental assistants right now.”
“I couldn’t be more proud of the students coming out of our program.”
Links:
More Dental Assistant Talk Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentalassistanttalk/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
American Dental Assistants Association homepage: https://www.adaausa.org/
