Continuing Education / Professional Development

Welcome to the best place in BC to meet your continuing education requirements. Active and Associate members receive 12 continuing education credits with membership, redeemed by taking courses in a variety of formats in the CDABC CE library. If you require more than 12 credits, you have the option to purchase more. Get started today!  Non-members can join/renew their membership online and begin taking courses in a matter of minutes. Members simply login and start redeeming right away. The entire process is automated, so you can move from course registration to receiving your certificate of completion without having to wait.

You may choose from the following categories:

  • Live Courses by Telephone (Tele-seminars)
  • PDF Courses (Self Study)
  • Audio Courses (Self Study)
  • Annual in-person event (2011: Richmond, BC, October 1)

To view the entire CDABC catalogue, members click here and non-members click here. If you need some help figuring out how to register for a course or how to take an exam, please visit our How to Take a Course or Exam FAQ. And for other frequently asked questions, please select FAQs on the upper right side of this page, and select the FAQ category you require (ex: Membership FAQs; Continuing Ed FAQs).

We are pleased to announce the launch of segment one and two of the self-study course with Canada Handpiece on handpiece care and maintenance. Sessions three and four will be launch later this year.

MODULES

Note about modules: Any accredited college can offer modules, but it’s an issue of supply and demand.  For that reason, we encourage you to contact a school directly to let them know you are interesting in taking a module at their location. If enough people call, they will recognize the demand and can decide whether to offer the module.

Radiography Module

Vancouver Community College, Vancouver
Contact: Sarah Mokaber
Tel: 604.443.8635

Orthodontic Module

CDI College, Burnaby
Kanav Gupta    Tel:  604-437-8585
Intakes: January, July, September


Okanagan College, Kelowna
Tel: 250.862.5424

University of British Columbia (UBC) Dental Continuing Education, Vancouver
Web: Click here for the annual UBC offering. Please direct all questions to UBC at 604.822.2627 or 1.877.328.7744  or by email to cde@interchange.ubc.ca.

 

Prosthodontic Module


Camosun College, Victoria
Tel: 250.370.4770
Contact Camosun College Continuing Education at the number above to be added to the Interest List

College of New Caledonia, Prince George
Contact: Barbara Old     Tel: 250.561.5846    Email: oldb@cnc.bc.ca
Ongoing Distance Education (theory and clinical)

College of the Rockies, Cranbrook   
Tel: 250.489.2751 local 365

Okanagan College, Kelowna   
Tel: 250-862-5424

University of the Fraser Valley, Chilliwack
Contact: Heather Chapman    Email: heather.chapman@ufv.ca   
Tel:  604.864.4626    Toll Free: 1.888.504.7441 ex. 4626
Date: Ongoing Distance Education Topic: Provisional Prosthodontics


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Self Study

Audio Course: A0003 WorkSafeBC Overview for CDAs This audio course is a recording of a live CDABC continuing education event held by telephone in February 2010. After registering for this c...

Audio Course: A0004 Communication That Works: How to Say What's On Your Mind Without Driving Others Out of Theirs This audio course is a recording of a live CDABC continuing education event held by telephone on October 19, 2011. After registering for thi...

Audio Course: A0005 Doormat, Lowroad, or Highroad: Which Communication Style are You Choosing? This audio course is a recording of a live CDABC continuing education event held by telephone on January 19, 2012. After registering for thi...

Audio Course: AC0001 The CDA’s Role in Implementing Therapeutic Botox Treatment in the Dental Office This audio course is a recording of a live CDABC continuing education event held by telephone on March 31, 2011. After registering for this ...

Audio Course: AC0002 What You Need to Know to Break the Chain of Infection This audio course is a recording of a live CDABC continuing education event held by telephone on May 25, 2011. After registering for this co...

Canada Handpiece: Handpiece Maintenance - Segment 1 of 4: The Preliminary Information on Handpieces, Lubricants, & Classification C0101–1 (2 credits) The objective of this series is to help you become a better managing CDA in the arena of handpieces and their related aspects, making you a ...



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