Annual Page Assignment #2
Annual
Paragraphs
Assignment: Write paragraphs for annual.
Purpose: To learn how to write annual paragraphs and how to edit these paragraphs.
Due Date: Monday Saturday January 16, 2010.
Instructions:
1) Last semester preventive directors and apprentices wrote paragraphs explaining their positions and how it correlates with preventive dentistry. I have attached the paragraphs below and would like you to read these paragraphs.
2) Create a template for you paragraphs and then begin writing. Construct your paragraphs with correct grammar and punctuation. Remember our audience and write according to the audience. Keep the paragraphs short and simple, but intelligent and informative. You may even look at past annuals for help. If you do not have an annual please e-mail me at dinkha89@hotmail.com and I will send you a pdf of our past annual.
3) The length of the paragraphs should be appropriate. Some of the director paragraphs are too long, so use your judgment and write a paragraph that is not too short or too long.
4) Finally, edit your paragraphs and send your completed paragraphs via e-mail to SDSUannual@hotmail.com. Each e-mail should have only one paragraph.
Title the e-mail with: ParagraphTitle – Yourname.
Thank you for completing this assignment. This will help you learn what you should look for when you are editing your own paragraphs next year!
If you have any concerns or questions please e-mail: dinkha89@hotmail.com or swong15@cox.net.
Below are the annual paragraphs that the past directors and apprentices have written. Your name will appear next to the paragraphs that you will need to write.
Home of Guiding Hands
(Kelsey)
The Home of Guiding Hands
facilities are residential homes where adults with developmental disabilities
live under the care and supervision of nurses.
As the director, it is my responsibility to schedule visitations to
these homes and present an oral hygiene presentation to the residents. The presentation covers preventive dentistry
techniques and the proper way to brush and floss your teeth. Not only do students gain experience in
teaching the importance of proper oral hygiene, but also how to communicate and
help those in our community with special needs. My goal for this semester is to get as many
of the new pre-dental students to participate in these trips as possible. Not only do you gain a great deal of
gratification for helping those in our community, but I believe these trips can
improve our communication and personable attributes. For those preparing for a career in
healthcare, I find the Home of Guiding Hands trips to be both enlightening and
educational.
Oral Hygiene (Marichris)
As aspiring
dental professionals, it is important to educate our community on the topics of
oral hygiene, dental anatomy, dental disease and treatment. My position as Oral Health and Hygiene
Director entails that I train the students in preventive dentistry to become
investigative thinkers and dental hygiene experts, so that they may take this
knowledge and extend it to others. During our lesson, my apprentice and I
present various dental diseases and their causes. We pose hypothetical
situations to our peers, and mimic patient doctor interactions. We present
scenarios that include patients with a given set of symptoms, and with the
information given, students are taught to be able to identify the problem, and
propose treatment. The students are then
tested on how well they mastered the oral hygiene and health training. Only if
the students have proven their aptitude are they allowed the privilege of
joining in community outreach events such as home of guiding hands, pre-school
trips, free dental screening clinics, and preach their newly found
knowledge.
Oral Health and Hygiene Directors
are also responsible at making sure that the free dental screenings runs
smoothly and timely. We make aware the
time that students are allotted to shadow volunteer dentists as they conduct
their dental exams so that prospective dental students can have some hands on
experience in the field. Another responsibility of the dental hygiene director
and apprentice is to organize free dental screening sign up. Courtesy of the
SDSU dental clinic, preventative dentistry students are able to sign up
My goal for the semester is to
surmount my duties as oral hygiene director and to enhance the position with
new and improved ideas. I have put
together a text messaging service for the SDSU preventative dentistry class
that allows students to be up to date with upcoming events and the free dental
screening hours. By doing so, I have
established excellent quick and efficient communication between I and the rest
of the students. I also wish to expand oral hygiene training to a grand level.
Last year I spoke to over 300 immigrant children about health and hygiene
during a presentation given at a local church. It was a rewarding experience
for I and the rest of my peers who were involved. I
hope to educate more children on the bases of good oral care and nutrition. I
feel that as a future healthcare professional it is my duty to reach out to
those children who are less fortunate. Who come from war torn countries, or
extreme poverty. There are many individuals within this country, who are
unaware of the existence of floss, let alone a toothbrush, and it is a
difficult thing to fathom however, it is reality. Immigrants especially, those
who come from third world countries, whose health comes secondary to survival,
have never been taught the importance of a healthy diet or maintaining oral
care, simply because they were cheated out of this privilege. I feel that as
Oral Hygiene director, I have an obligation to teach the denied, and provide
them with the necessary tools to regain or maintain their health as best I
could. For that reason, my goal for this semester is to do just that, and I
will do this by continuing g to hold health presentations for large groups of
underprivileged children as well as adults.
Preschool Trips (Kelsey)
As the director of preschool trips comes responsibilities and in order to have a successful
trip, necessary duties must be fulfilled. It is important to establish contact
information with local elementary schools or preschools so trips can be planned
to visit schools. After contacts have been made, a presentation date must be
set and a sign up sheet is passed around for students to confirm their
attendance on the trip. Through activities, the students demonstrate oral
health care and proper oral hygiene for the children. These trips allow us
to reach out to the youth and help our community at the same time.
Marketing (Marichris)
As
the Marketing Director, the main objective is to generate monetary donations
through fundraisers, sponsors, local and alumni dentists, and any conventions
such as CEA and CDA. The marketing component of the class is an essential key
as it provides the students with materials and supplies necessary for class
activities. Aside from monetary donations, simple donations
such as toothbrushes and toothpastes allows us to put together
goody-bags for the children we visit during our oral hygiene presentations at
local pre-schools. If surplus material becomes available, we will sell these
items on eBay and use its cash value for other purposes. Marketing the class
and club is a crucial driving force for the overall success of the class.
Without the necessary funds, dental related activities and school trips would
either not occur or would cost the students themselves extra money.
Community Outreach (Kelsey)
Preventative
Dentistry's community outreach division is a
dedicated effort by pre-dents to connect our passion with the public. Oral hygiene concepts and practices are made
accessible to
Preventive Dentistry (Marichris)
As coordinators of the
preventive dentistry class we have a variety of responsibilities. First and foremost our main job is to plan
the syllabus for the class each semester. This involves calling individuals
(dentists, representatives from companies (Kaplan, Vinmar
Solutions), community leaders, etc.) to conduct a presentation or hands on
workshop for our preventive dentistry students. Each of these workshops is in
conjunction to obtaining a better understanding about the dentistry field.
Secondly, we run the class under the supervision and aid of Barbara Huntington.
Tasks that are involved with running the class are: posting tentative grades
(Barb does the final grades), keeping blackboard updated, sending announcements
out, reserving the classroom, doing any other extra tasks that are asked of us
from other directors or outside requests, basically, anything that involves the
maintenance , order, and logistics of the preventive class we are involved in.
In accordance with running the class, we advise the directors who are integral
parts of the predental class leadership team and the functioning of the class.
A subprogram in our class is run by one of the coordinators each semester which
is the mentorship program. This program pairs students with a mentor dentist
for the semester and gains one on one personal experience with a practicing
dentist. Lastly, along with all of the directors we serve as positive leaders
that are available to help other predental students and strive to make the
program better each semester.