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ProBusiness Online announces partnership with The American Dental Association.
Salt Lake City, February 6, 2006, ProBusiness Online, LLC announces their partnership with the American Dental Association in the development of the ADA CE Online. The ADA CE Online will introduce 50 courses in May and more than 120 by the ADA annual session in October. These courses will be reviewed by an editorial board of 30 volunteer ADA members, and will highlight the most current topics and showcase superior technology in online academics.
The ADA CE Online library is designed for superior performance. Whether the user has an older computer with a slow internet connection, or the most current CPU and high-speed connectivity, the ADA CE Online will provide an excellent academic experience. For any further questions or comments you may contact the following:
Excerpt from ADA News Posted 07/26/2006
| Quality, peer review define new ADA online CE offering |
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By Karen Fox
The ADA this month officially launched ADA CE Online, the continuing education program for dental professionals.
General dentists, specialists, dental hygienists, assistants and team members can now earn CE credits on ADA CE Online 
. All are encouraged to check out the new program, take the free CE course and view a demo of the program and the 58 peer-reviewed courses currently available.
The quality of the courses and the peer-review distinction set ADA CE Online apart from other CE programs, said ADA President Bob Brandjord.
"All of our courses are reviewed by an editorial board and address the current topics faced by dental professionals," he stated.
"The ADA is dedicated to providing high quality learning experiences that advance the practice of dentistry and make for a more positive patient experience," added Dr. James Bramson, ADA executive director.
An editorial board reviews the ADA CE Online course content to ensure that all courses meet ADA CERP standards for distance learning and educational value. A separate advisory committee provides guidance to the editor-in-chief, editors and editorial board concerning the AD CE Online mission, relevance and quality.
"Typically, dental CE is one-dimensional," said Roger Adams, director of information technology at ProBusiness Online, the company with which the ADA partnered on ADA CE Online. "However, this program highlights several e-learning dimensions."
Included among its unique functions are a content-driven virtual textbook; the ability to listen to audio text; PowerPoint presentations with voice overlay; links to other sites without losing your place in the CE course; downloadable documents; a customer service team; and access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Course information such as abstracts and outlines can be previewed before paying for a course, and the system gives dental professionals the ability to work on a course, stop, return later and resume the course at the place where he or she had stopped.
Users can also take a course until a passing score is achieved with assistance from the program. For example, when a question is answered incorrectly, a reference pops up with relevant course information.
ADA CE Online provides access to courses using the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser for enrollees with a 56k dial-up Internet connection or high-speed connectivity.
ADA CE Online is priced at $28 per CE hour for members and $42 per hour for nonmembers. Enrollees have access to courses all day, every day of the year and have one year from the date of purchase to complete the courses.
Upon successful completion, enrollees receive an electronic certificate showing the hour(s) of CE earned. Potential enrollees should check with their state dental licensing board to determine those courses acceptable for licensure purposes.
For more information visit ADA CE Online at www.ada.org/goto/ceonline or call 1-877-423-2231.