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AAOMS Annual Meeting

The Professional and Allied Staff Courses held during the AAOMS Annual Meeting offer oral and maxillofacial surgery clinical staff the opportunity to earn continuing education credits as well as the opportunity to improve their professional knowledge and skills. Courses differ from year to year, but typically include a symposia, mini-lectures and skills labs. Topics could include, but are not limited to OSHA and infection control, ACLS protocol, medical emergencies, technology, Implant Assisting, Anesthesia, IV safety, and radiographic imaging.

2009 Annual Meeting Professional Allied Staff Sessions

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Anesthesia Assistants Review Course (AARC)

The AAOMS Anesthesia Assistants Review Course is a continuing education course for clinical staff to improve their anesthesia knowledge and skills. Participants will benefit from this intensive review course which focuses on principles of anesthesia learned through structured training, as well as discussion of the latest innovations and methods of anesthesia administration, monitoring, and emergency management.

Taught by oral and maxillofacial surgeons, this comprehensive review course will include the following topics:

  • Basic sciences
  • Patient evaluation and preparation
  • Anesthetic drugs and techniques
  • Monitoring
  • Emergency procedures

The Anesthesia Assistants Review Course is open to all members of dental anesthesia assisting teams. After completing the course, participants will be better prepared to assist in the administration of sedation and/or general anesthesia and patient monitoring in the office.

Upcoming Courses

Anesthesia Assistants Review Course
December 6 - December 7, 2008
Chicago, IL
in conjunction with Dental Implant Conference
Register Online
Course Brochure

Advanced Protocols for Medical Emergencies in the OMS Office

Emergencies are something that oral and maxillofacial surgeons want to prevent while providing office based anesthesia, but is something that the entire staff needs to be prepared for at any given time. This course has been designed for assistants that have previously taken part in either the Anesthesia Assistants Review Course (AARC) or Oral and Maxillofacial Anesthesia Assistants Program (OMAAP) and successfully completed the program. This course will cover emergencies in the office setting that OMS assistants may encounter and should be prepared to handle.

Required Text

The AAOMS SASS III Manual — Advanced Protocols for Medical Emergencies in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Office is a required publication for this course.

Additional Resource

Medical Emergencies Form Examples

Upcoming Courses

There are currently no Advanced Protocols for Medical Emergencies in the OMS Office courses scheduled. Please check back later.

Dental Implant Assisting Skills Lab

Held in conjunction with the Dental Implant Conference, the Dental Implant Assisting Skills Lab is a 4-hour training session incorporating didactic and hands-on training for oral and maxillofacial surgery assistants. The skills lab will begin with a short presentation on implants, including placement and use of various bone grafting techniques and grafting material for the preparation and placement of implants and/or as augmentation materials in existing dental implants. This will be followed by a lecture and demonstration of aseptic technique for implant surgery, then all participants will take part in placing an actual implant in a bone model. All levels of skill are welcome to attend this course.

Dental Implant Assisting Skills Lab
December 5, 2008

Chicago, IL
in conjunction with Dental Implant Conference
Registration available mid-2008

Oral and Maxillofacial Anesthesia Assistants Program (OMAAP)

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Anesthesia Assistants Program is a 2-part continuing education program sponsored by AAOMS. All course registrants receive a syllabus, study guide, a required and suggested reading list, and practice quizzes. Registrants work through the material at their own pace, reviewing materials and quizzes with their sponsoring surgeons. After completing the self-study materials, participants take a 2-hour, computerized exam at designated testing centers. There are over 100 testing sites located across the U.S. This self study course is available year round.

The self-study materials and the final exam cover 5 major areas:

  • Basic sciences
  • Evaluation and preparation of patients with systemic diseases
  • Anesthetic drugs and techniques
  • Anesthesia equipment and monitoring
  • Office anesthesia emergencies

To be eligible to participate in OMAAP, an assistant must be:

  • Employed either by an AAOMS fellow/member, or by a dental professional who holds a valid anesthesia permit
  • CPR or BCLS certified

OMAAP Registration Form
OMAAP Testing Information
OMAAP Substitution/Cancellation Form
OMAPP Replacement Certificate and/or Pin Request Form
OMAAP Frequently Asked Questions

Additional Required Readings

Tuition includes the OMAAP Study Materials and Examination fee only. The following additional required readings must be ordered separately through AAOMS Publications by phone at 800/366-6725 or online at aaomsstore.com.

  • AAOMS Office Anesthesia Evaluation Manual, 7th edition (Order Code: OAE-007)
  • SASS III Manual: Advanced Protocols for Medical Emergencies (Order Code: SASIII)