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November 19, 2006
Crystal's SADHA Day!
First of all I am going to go ahead and say that SADHA day was not what I really expected but turned out to be pretty fun. I went up the night before and stayed with a majority of the girls at the hotel. We got to bond on levels outside of the classroom and I got to know some of the girls alot better! It was really a fun time and I am glad I made the choice to go up there a night early.
The actual SADHA day started off a little bumpy. I woke up starving and excited for a "continental" breakfast but then only got some muffins and other pasteries served to us, I was a little disappointed (I am a huge breakfast person). Although, I did get alot of stuff before the actual presentations started and that was fun getting to talk to the different vendors and seeing what they had to say about their products. I definately think that the marketing aspect of dental hygiene is something I am going to strongly consider when I finish up the program at U of M.
Once the presentations started I was really excited to hear what others had to say about the program and dental hygiene as a whole and then Sandra Burns started with her presentation. I am going to say right now that I was completely taken back by what she was saying while TRYING to talk on the topic of diversity I think? I am still not quite sure but I know me and alot of others were very offended and almost embarassed by the presentation.
On a better note, my first round table was Listerine which was really cool. The same man and woman were at our school a few weeks back so it was kind of a review about their products but it was nice to recap and maybe hear a little more about stuff they didn't touch on during the Lunch and Learn. My second round table was with Sue Matteson from LCC and she talked about the Do's and Dont's of subbing. I thought it was really interesting and something I am going to look into in the future because it works with a variety of schedules and family situations.
I did enjoy SADHA day come lunch and then at the end because I thought the powerpoint and video presentations from the other schools were really creative and interesting. I liked seeing what the other schools had and how they used their equipment. I am going to give SADHA day another try next year and see if the outcome is as enjoyable as it was this year.
Posted by cryslynn at November 19, 2006 06:25 PM