Professional Development

Certification

  • Accounting Certification: CSUSB (01/2022)

Classes

  • AI in Higher Education: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (06/2025 - Present)
  • Building a Sustainable Future in Dental Education and Beyond (06/2025 - Present)
  • Effective Faculty Calibration for Implementation of Evidence-Based Cariology (06/2025 - Present)
  • Empowering Independence: A Journey to Professional Autonomy (06/2025 - Present)
  • The Dental Hygienist and Oral Cancer Diagnosis: What's My Role? (06/2025 - Present)
  • Using Brief Motivational Interviewing for Tobacco Cessation in Oral Cancer Prevention (06/2025 - Present)
  • Faculty Advance Seminar Research Mentorship Strategies (06/2025 - Present)
  • Mind and Mouth: Bridging the Gap Between Mental Health and Oral Care (06/2025 - Present)
  • 2025 Spring Scientific Session: What in the Wrold is That? A Review of Common, Important, and Suspicious Oral Soft Tissue Lesions (05/2025 - Present)
  • 2025 Spring Scientific Session Fentanyl: What you Need to Know (05/2025)
  • 2025 Spring Scientific Session: Student Poster Viewing: Innovations Unveiled (05/2025 - Present)
  • 2025 Spring Scientific Session: The Cutting Edge of Care: Innovations in Oral Cancer Screening, Periodontal Instruments, and More (05/2025 - Present)
  • Educator’s Platform Teaching Local Anesthesia (08/2024 - Present)
  • A Modern Approach to the Iconic Gracey Curette (08/2023 - Present)
  • Medical Emergencies: Essentials for the Dental Professional  (08/2023 - Present)
  • Navigating the Intersection  of Generative AI and Dental Education (07/2023 - Present)
  • Ethics in Dentsitry: Part 2-Code of Ethics (07/2023 - Present)
  • Ethics in Dentistry: Part 1-Principles and Values, Challenges, and Perspectives (07/2023 - Present)
  • Building Towards an Agile Curriculum (07/2023 - Present)
  • Clever Activities to Promote Active Learning (07/2023 - Present)
  • Periodontal Disease and Systemic Illness: Diabetes, Cardiac Concerns, and the Brain (07/2023 - Present)
  • AI Wave: Embrace the Future of Classroom Learning Now (07/2023 - Present)
  • Virtual OSCEs During and After a Pandemic (07/2023 - Present)
  • USing Graded Blog-facilitated Discussion to Enhance Student-directed Learning (07/2023 - Present)
  • Becoming an Effective Facilitator: Initial Training and Beyond (07/2023 - Present)
  • California Dental Practice Act and Ethics (01/2023 - Present)
  • Clinical Instructor Training (07/2022 - Present)
  • COVID-19 and the Dental Hygienist (02/2022 - Present)
  • Dental Education 2765: ADHD in Children, Adolescents and Adults (09/2021 - Present)
  • Infection Control with Covid-19 Interim Recommendations and California Dental Practice Act (09/2021 - Present)
  • A New Look at Scaling and Root Planing: Important Considerations for the Dental Hygienist (06/2021 - Present)
  • Meditation & The Brain: Physiologic Effects, Mindfulness & Mental Health   (06/2021 - Present)
  • Writing High-Quality Multiple Choice Questions to Assess Clinical Relevance (03/2021 - Present)
  • Pathway to Promotion for Early Career Faculty: Pearls of Wisdom (03/2021 - Present)
  • Supporting Students: An Integrated Approach (03/2021 - Present)
  • ADEA Chair of the Board Symposium—A Two-way Street: Primary Care             and Oral Health Integration Training  (03/2021 - Present)
  • Peer-supported Online Teaching and Learning: New Mechanisms for Best Practice (03/2021 - Present)
  • Incorporating Competency in Laser Utilization Into Core Curriculum (03/2021 - Present)
  • Advancing Distance Learning Through an Innovative, Online Dental Education             Platform          (03/2021 - Present)
  • Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Science in Dental Education—Short Talks           (03/2021 - Present)
  • The Role of a Premortem in Teaching Dental Treatment Planning (03/2021 - Present)
  • Infection Control with COVID-19 Interim Recommendations and California Dental Practice Act (11/2020 - Present)
  • The Benefits of an Anesthetic Portfolio: Risk Assessment to Results (05/2015)
  • Strategies for Developing a Quality Course: Teaching Methodologies/Faculty DevelopmentProvider: Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, MSDH, EdD Integrated course design, curriculum mapping and program competencies, backward design, learning theory, writing course objectives, learner-centered instruction, assessment strategies: formative and summative. (03/2015)

Seminars and Conferences

  • Faculty Advance Seminar (06/2021)
  • LLUSD Research Facilities (06/2021)
  • Student Research and Faculty (06/2021)
  • ADEA 2021 (03/2021)
  • Sunday Plenary (03/2021)
  • ADEA Tapestry Table (03/2021)

Special Projects

  • WREB Educator’s Workshop  (06/2021 - Present)