Community Dental Health Certificate.About 10 years ago, a technical college in Wisconsin developed a public health certificate program. The Community Dental Health Certificate (CDHC CDHC Consumer Driven Health Care CDHC Community Dental Health Certificate ) offered through Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, also called NWTC, is one of the 16 technical and community colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System. The College serves nine Wisconsin counties with three campuses in Green Bay, Marinette, and Sturgeon Bay and five regional (NWTC NWTC Northeast Wisconsin Technical College NWTC National Wind Technology Center NWTC Northern Warfare Training Center NWTC Nuclear Weapons Training Center ) in Green Bay, Wisc., is designed for the dental health care professional, licensed or unlicensed, who desires to work in a dental public health program. This program is entirely online, allowing flexibility for the learner to log on anytime during day or night to complete assignments. NWTC uses BlackBoard (1) See Blackboard Learning System. (2) The traditional classroom presentation board that is written on with chalk and erased with a felt pad. Although originally black, "white" boards and colored chalks are also used. software to facilitate the online courses. The CDHC program consists of four three-credit courses that are created in an asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. format that allows the learner to complete class-work at their convenience throughout a 17-week semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . The courses are offered during the fall and spring semesters and are arranged in a semi-sequential order allowing the learner to build upon previously learned principles. Completion of the program is at the convenience of the learner. A few examples of learning objectives achieved upon completion of the program include a) differentiate public health from private practice, b) conduct a community oral health needs assessment, c) identify potential funding sources for public health programming, and d) plan a community oral health program. For more information regarding the CDHC program, please contact the Health Sciences Division at (800) 422-NWTC, ext. 5543 or contact Donna Meves, flexible learning manager, (800) 422-NWTC, ext. 6872. |
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