Seminars & eLearning

This course focuses upon essential risk management strategies, empowering dentists with the skills and resources to address key factors that optimize patient outcomes and mitigate potential liabilities. Through evaluation of actual TDIC cases, Shaping a Safe Future: Optimizing Care with Patient Education and Team Training explores the importance of establishing protocols to enhance patient safety. It also provides best practices for obtaining current health histories, insights on essential staff roles and training, and steps for responding to office emergencies.  

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand the significance of establishing and adhering to protocols and the importance of staff training in medical emergencies.
• Recognize your role in providing patient education to achieve optimal levels of care and patient compliance.
• Incorporate controls and procedures to reduce the potential for errors in documentation and increase patient safety.

Speakers: 

Ruchi Sahota, DDS

Dr. Sahota attended UOP for dental school and completed a GPR at the VA Palo Alto Medical Center in 2005. She is a general dentist in Fremont, California and is on staff at Washington Hospital. Her organized dentistry's leadership roles include being a consumer advisor for the American Dental Association and an Associate Editor of the California Dental Association.

John Versnel, Esq.

John received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and graduated from the Seattle University School of Law. He has practiced for 35 years and focuses on the representation of professionals, including healthcare providers, clinics and pharmacies in malpractice actions, licensing/disciplinary matters, employment liability, and related disputes. John has successfully tried and arbitrated dozens of dental malpractice lawsuits and has defended hundreds of dentists in various practice related matters. He is a frequent speaker at risk management seminars and continuing education courses.