This week’s episode of “Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliott”, continues the focus on dental assistant education through a discussion with Katrina Borgen, an instructor at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC), about the program in which she teaches and how it compares with the program in which Megen teaches at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC).
Episode Highlights:
- The program that Katrina teaches in at CVTC and the courses she teaches
- The program that Megen teaches in at WITC
- The differences between the two programs and their value to students
- Some of the challenges students had in Katrina’s dental materials course
Quotes:
“What’s kind of nice about the one semester option is that the students learn kind of in a…condensed fashion.”
“We have returning dental clinics wanting to work with our students, and in turn then, a lot of them get hired at that clinical site as well.”
“I would love to keep sharing graduates with you. I think it’s a great lead way into your program.”
“A lot of offices are starting to look for those certified dental assistants.”
“It was amazing to see the growth that we could see in one semester.”
“It’s just a great way to get a good baseline to enter into the dental assistant field successfully.”
“Beautiful program, both CVTV and WITC…I love that we can work hand in hand.”
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/
