Embracing a New Era
What an outstanding weekend we had presenting our 2 courses in Tulsa, the fourth session of the Robert Gerety Comprehensive Orthodontic Education Program and also Kay Gerety's Basic Ortho Training for Assistants. It was such a pleasure to welcome back to the Comprehensive course so many of our friends from past courses who attended this weekend as monitors. How nice it was to get caught up with each other's news, and to see them sharing their cases and sharing their experience with our new students was very rewarding. Perhaps the brightest part of the weekend was Big Bob's attendance on Saturday morning. Big Bob came by and visited with the monitors and also spent some time talking with our new students as well. It was great to have him join us for the classroom sessions as well as staying for the lunch and learn.
Kay had a very enthusiastic group in her Basic Assistant course and we sincerely appreciate all who attended and hope that they enjoyed the experience as much as we did. The class focused on the basics, cephalometric drawings and bracketing, and featured several hands-on projects to reinforce these new skills. Because we believe in providing a complete program for the General Dentist to learn ortho plus provide training for the staff, Kay Gerety also offers an Advanced Ortho Course for Assistants which is structured to be a next step for assistants who have participated in the Basic Assistant course or for those who have extensive experience in orthodontic assisting. The Advanced Ortho Course for Assistants is also a 2 day course with the same format of lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises and will be presented May 18-19 along with session 5 of the Comprehensive course. We hope to see you there!
We would like to thank Fred from Clinipix who presented a Lunch & Learn on both Friday and Saturday on Orthodontic Photography. Fred gave us useful tips and graciously shared his knowledge and experience with both the doctor's class and the assistant's class. We had lots of great feedback on both of the Lunch & Learns and would like to hear from you if there is a topic that you would like to learn more about for future Lunch & Learns.
Our next session of the Comprehensive course will be May 18-20 at the Hilton Southern Hills Tulsa and we welcome all of Big Bob's past students to attend and participate as a Monitor. There will be lots of action during session 5, in addition to the course we will have the Graduation ceremony and Kay will be presenting her Advanced Orthodontic Training for Assistants. Kay's course is the perfect opportunity for you to build on the process of providing your staff with the knowledge and confidence they need to successfully perform the duties you choose to delegate. To register your staff for Kay's course or to register as a monitor in our comprehensive orthodontic course please phone Straight Wire Seminars at 877-448-8606 or visit their website at www.StraightWireSeminars.com.
