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FALL 2014
Reflecting on ASDA’s National Leadership Conference !OU ASDA GetFIT !Student Spotlight !Fall Event Recap !
Newsletter at a Glance !Stay Informed……………………………………………….2 !ASDA GetFIT by Alison Seamans…………………..3 !Student Spotlight by Christopher Ray….……….6 !Fall 2014 Timeline ………………………………………..7 !Reflecting on National Leadership Conference by Parul Ajmani & Brent Haynes……………..….17 !!
FALL 2014!
Students enjoyed the Photo Booth at OU ASDA’s first ever Casino Royale event.
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OAWD
The Oklahoma Association of Women Dentists strengthens women’s role in professional education, provides a source for continuing education, improves oral health of the community, and establishes a network for mentoring and professional opportunities. !
SPEA
Student Professionalism and Ethics Association
Rural Interest Group
The group provides information for those interested in practicing dentistry outside the metro areas.
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Staples promotes interaction of faculty, staff, students, and residents while providing service to the community and OUCOD family. !
AGD
The Academy of General Dentistry represents the interests of general dentists in the US by fostering their continued prof iciency through dental education.
STUCO
Student Council represents the student body of the College of Dentistry and serves as agents for the maintenance of cordial and cooperative relationships among students, faculty, administration, and alumni.
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ASDA GetFIT Learn about OU ASDA’s new initiative which aims to keep our student
body happy and healthy.
Faculty members compete in the ASDA GetFIT category during this year’s Fall Dental Olympics. Here they are seeing who can hold
Eagle Pose the longest.
fall asleep. It is sad that we, as health care providers, can hardly find the time to keep ourselves healthy while we are preaching to our patients the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. !With this realization in mind, OU-‐ASDA launched the ASDA GetFIT Initiative this fall to promote an active and healthy lifestyle while in dental school. The goal of this project is to make healthy living easier for dental students, while also showing that there is always enough time to take care of yourself in between caring for your patients. !As part of this initiative, ASDA’s Activities Committee put on a Welcome Week for all ASDA members. This week included a Smoothie Bar, Yoga for Dentists, a !
Salad Bar, a Yogurt Parfait Bar, and an interclass Ultimate Frisbee Competition. In addition, throughout the semester, there were ASDA GetFIT events to promote healthy living while in dental school. These included an ASDA team in the Susan G. Komen 5K, an ASDA GetFIT category in our Annual Fall Dental Olympics, and multiple Yoga For Dentists sessions. !Although these events are only a small step toward overall health and wellness, it is our hope that they motivate each dental student to take their health into their own hands. Good grades and refined hand skills will make you a great dentist; however, they will do you no good if you aren’t healthy enough to get into work everyday! !ASDA plans on continuing this GetFIT initiative throughout the year, and are working on another Welcome Week for the spring semester to remind everyone to stay active even in the colder weather. Also, we’re planning on expanding the initiative to take on a mental wellness approach in addition to the physical component. Until then, we challenge everyone to stay healthy throughout the holiday season and come back ready to stay fit with GetFIT! !
Alison Seamans OU ASDA Vice President
Class of 2016
As dental students, we spend our days sitting. Whether we are hunched over a patient (let’s face it—ergonomics is not any dental student’s strong suit), or seated for hours of lecture, we are immobile from at least 8:00am-‐5:00pm Monday through Friday. This doesn’t even take into consideration the hours of studying spent after we return home. Forget the gym; forget making a healthy meal—when I get home, I sit at my desk, make a bowl of Ramen noodles with a side of Oreos and study until I
Students pick up their free smoothies during the launch of the ASDA GetFIT initiative 3!
Student Spotlight!
Christopher Ray, Class of 2017
My name is Chris Ray, an
d I am a second-year s
tudent at the OU
College of De
ntistry. I am
originally fr
om Tulsa, Oklahom
a, and I grew
up in the Jen
ks school syst
em. During my time at Je
nks, I played
defensive end and tight
end for two state
championship-winning
football
teams and was a part of
a state championsh
ip swimming team. I
graduated in 2009 from
Jenks with an interes
t in either en
gineering or
something in the
dental/medical fi
eld.
Fo
llowing high scho
ol, I attended the Un
iversity of O
klahoma for
undergraduate e
ducation. At t
his institutio
n, I became invo
lved in
various stud
ent ministries, joi
ned the Lambda Chi Alph
a fraternity,
and
majored in microbio
logy as a pre
-dental/pre-medical st
udent. During m
y
freshman yea
r, I attended the OU
COD pre-dental s
imulation cours
e and
volunteered at OK
MOM in Tulsa, and
through par
ticipation in
these events
,
I became solel
y focused on pu
rsuing a care
er in dentistr
y. During my
sophomore ye
ar, I met and
began dating a
n amazing, beautif
ul girl
named Allison Holl
and. We worked at Kan
akuk Kamps in Missouri
during
the summers an
d went to school
during the fal
l and spring semesters,
ultimately graduating
in May of 2013, g
etting married
, and moving to
Oklahoma City in
order to begin w
ork (for Allison)
and school (for
me)
in June.
At the OU
COD, I have ha
d the privilege
of working with exception
al
peers and facult
y to pursue a
D.D.S. degree.
School here h
as opened up
great opportu
nities, like se
rving with OUH
SC Crimson Club and
participating
in various lo
cal and regio
nal dental volunte
er activities
like OKMOM, Kids’ Day,
and oral health f
airs. The bes
t part of this
first
year and a half
has been working with ano
ther classmate to
co-start and
co-lead a Bibl
e study for t
he guys in ou
r 2017 dental c
lass. Through
our
meetings, we stud
ied Jesus Christ a
nd what it means t
o have true,
Biblical
faith in Jesu
s alone as th
e one and only
hope for salv
ation from our s
in,
apart from our w
orks and exclusively
on the merit of
the perfect l
ife of
Jesus imputed to tho
se who would believe in Hi
m.
Academically,
I have worked
diligently thro
ugh our class
room, pre-
clinical, and
clinical cha
llenges to ac
hieve a cumulative
G.P.A. of 4.0,
recognition a
s a J. Dean Robertso
n Scholar, an
d receipt of th
e Omicron
Kappa Upsilon
Dental Hono
r Society Certific
ate of Achiev
ement. I also
participated in the
National Boa
rd of Medical Examiners C
omprehensive
Basic Science
Exam—an ex
am designed to ga
uge second-year m
edical
students’ nationa
l board part o
ne (“Step One
”) preparation
—in which I
scored among th
e top 2% of dental s
tudent participa
nts and ahead
of
over half of
participating
second year m
edical students. I
took this
exam in pursuit o
f a career g
oal of mine, which is
to continue
training after
dental school
as an oral su
rgeon. More im
portant to
me than this g
oal and any a
spect of my dental e
ducation is m
y life
goal of pursu
ing faith in
Jesus Christ a
nd loving my family.
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ODA
Student
Fall
Festival
On August 19, OU dental students and their families joined the Oklahoma Dental
Association at the annual ODA Student Fall Festival. All present enjoyed delicious barbecue, the children enjoyed a bounce house, and a lucky few even won prizes. A huge
thanks to the Oklahoma Dental Association for a great event that kicked off the school year in style.
Fall 2014 Timeline
August 2014
OU ASDA Get Fit
Week
August 18th through the 22nd marked the start of OU ASDA’s new Get Fit initiative to promote healthy and happy students.
August 2014
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!ASD
A
Leader
ship
Summit
OU ASDA officers and general members meet on saturday August 23 for a Leadership workshop with main speakers from the national ASDA executive council, past national president Dr Greene, and our very own Dr. Cohlmia.
July 2014
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On September 5th, students, faculty and our ASDA sponsors dressed up and headed to the Skirvin Hotel for our first ever, Casino Royale.
This was a social and interactive event featuring casino games like blackjack, roulette, and Texas hold ‘em. Prizes were given at the end of the night to several lucky raffle winners. Thank you to our sponsors for helping make this event possible!
September 2014
Casino Royale
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October 2014
Dent Fest
OUCOD students attended ASDA’s Fall Dent Fest where our sponsors showcase the newest technological, financial, and job opportunities for after graduation. Students and vendors socialized over food and drink and prizes were raffled at the end of the night.
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Pre-
Dental
Simulation
Course
OU ASDA hosted potential dental students on Oct 18, 2014 and allowed them to experience some of the many exciting techniques they will learn in dental school. We hope we have been insightful and helpful with their application process. Thank you to all the volunteers and participants for making this possible! Good luck to all the applicants! !
October 2014
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Fall
Dental
Olympics
This year OU ASDA hosted our second annual Dental Olympics! It was an exciting evening filled with Jeopardy-style questions ranging from humorous, like "Which professor has a twenty pound cat?" to more technical dental anatomy questions. We also included an ASDA GetFIT category, which required team members to push themselves to their physical limits with sit-ups, planks, seated wall squats, and even a difficult yoga pose! Although the team in the lead fluctuated
throughout the game, the DS4 class pulled through in the end to win the game. Congratulations, DS4s!! November 2015
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November 2015
Loupes Fair
On November 14 of this year, ASDA hosted the annual Loupes Fair featuring five companies: Lumadent, Q-Optics, Designs for Vision, SurgiTel, and Orascoptic. This event provided a great opportunity for students to personally speak with multiple company representatives and ask questions about specific loupes, try on different frame shapes and sizes, as well as a variety of magnifications and lights. Many students took this opportunity to purchase loupes for the upcoming semester. ADSA sincerely thanks all the representatives for taking their time to help make this hands-on event possible.
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This year I was one of the two students selected to attend the ASDA National Leadership Conference in Chicago, IL. There were a number of sessions that I was excited about and I was not disappointed! The Conference was set up such that everyone could attend the general sessions in the mornings and then break out into sessions of their choice. On the first day, the keynote speaker, Adam Braun of the Pencils of Promise Organization, one of the most inspiring people I have had the opportunity to listen to, delivered the perfect pitch to kickstart the conference. His story is one of extraordinary proportions. From surviving a disaster on the sea to realizing his life’s purpose, and from fulfilling that purpose to inspiring others finding theirs. Another general session that really stood out to me was on non-‐verbal communication for dentists. Vanessa Van Edwards, a lead investigator at an organization called Science of People, presented this session. If you have heard of the TV show called “Lie to Me”, it is based on the research done by Vanessa and her team. She talked about recognizing body language in patients and also using some techniques in our own body language to build trust in our patients. Since attending this session, I’ve become more cognizant to patient’s non verbal cues, such as a patient sitting with both hands in their pockets and l e g s c r o s s e d , demonstrating anxiety versus someone who is laying in the chair relaxed with their hands on the side and l e g s u n c r o s s e d . Vanessa also talked about recogn iz ing m i c roexp re s s i on s , which of course will take years of practice to master. For those of
One of OU ASDA’s goals this year is to foster greater involvement among members. We planned to do this by sending members-at-large to National ASDA events along with
our OU ASDA leaders and committee members. This fall we sent two members-at-large, Brent Haynes and Parul Ajmani, to
the National Leadership Conference in Chicago. We asked them about their
experience and this is what they had to say.
Reflecting on
National Leadership Conference
you who are interested in learning more about understanding human behavior, her website is scienceofpeople.com. Among the breakout sessions, my favorite one was Marketing Your Practice on a Budget, by Dr. Mike Meru. Dr. Meru gave some very good information to help market a startup practice, including resources to find designers, products and services that are necessary to fresh graduates wanting to set up their own practice on a budget. For example, you can get your logo designed on a website called 99designs.com, which includes the copyright to your logo. Another website is fiverr.com, where you can then get your business cards designed for $5, which can then be printed through vistaprint.com for less than $20. He also discussed developing and managing a website and using tools to increase traffic as well as using social media to market your practice and bring in new patients. Conferences such as these are the perfect melting pot for future generations of dentists and provide a great opportunity to make new contacts and exchange ideas. I know that this is an experience I will not forget and some of the ideas I garnered will be useful as I start out on my career in dentistry. THANKS ASDA!
-‐Parul Ajmani, Class of 2015, ASDA Member
Parul Ajmani (left) and Brent Haynes
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OU ASDA strongly recommends eating pizza whenever you are in Chicago!
self-‐esteem and morale of their personnel. Although leaders are classically thought to only guide, they must also have an altruistic desire to serve their team. !While traditional leaders are seen as charismatic and powerful, there are others who do not fit that typical profile. Many of the people I befriended from Baylor, Colorado, and other schools were all incredibly gifted and humble individuals, with their own unique style towards leadership involvement. This conference demonstrated that people can be developed into a leader that breaks the conventional mold. For example, I do not exhibit much of the requisite characteristics that would qualify me as a natural leader. Yet, my experience in ASDA has shown me that anyone, no matter your talent or skills, can make a difference. I believe that in order to truly lead, you must humbly serve. I feel that C.S. Lewis best summarized it as not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. !I want to thank the ODA and OUASDA for a memorable experience filled with many new friends, novel ideas, and practical skills to refine me into an effective leader and a balanced professional.
-‐Brent Haynes, Class of 2016, ASDA Member !
A week of fatigue and anxiety lingered over me as I waited to hear about our flight to Chicago. Maybe it was a combination of the looming cold weather, busy clinic schedule, or the sour taste of past networking experiences as an engineer that lead to my initial feeling of ambivalence toward the weekend. Despite this uncertainty, I embarked on a trip that would ultimately restore my perspective on what authentic leadership and professional friendship can truly be. !This year the Oklahoma Dental Association gave me the opportunity to attend the ASDA National Leadership Conference with eight other students from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry. The conference assembled some of the nation’s best and brightest in order to refine them into future leaders of the dental profession. The event was remarkable with many engaging speakers and informative breakout sessions, ranging from career planning to leadership. Since I am on the latter half of my education, I focused on business leadership and career planning. !Two of my favorite sessions were led by Dr. Chris Salierno. He created the blog, “The Curious Dentist,” and speaks across the country on topics such as practice leadership and clinical dentistry. His talk “How to Lead a Dental Team” gave enlightening advice on how to effectively manage your staff. He elaborated on techniques such as the compliment sandwich, which is a polite way to critique someone without being abrasive. His other session was “How to Not Fail Miserably in Private Practice” which focused on deciphering the mysterious aspects of business management along with some practical ways to enhance the patient experience. It was extremely helpful for me since I am not business savvy. In that session, he said something that resonated with my view of leadership. He stated that good leaders go out of their way to show a genuine interest in
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