ASDA District 11 Newsletter - Volume 2 Issue 1
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Welcome to District 11!
Welcome to the Committee on
rofessionalism and Community Outreach!
ur mission is to unite District 11 by
roviding structural and social support
hrough regional philanthropic events,
thics awareness, leadership development
workshops, and quarterly newsletters. Our
ommittee has three main components:
ommunity Outreach:
Northern California:
rmin Vahidnia Pacific 12
outhern California:
aniel Johnson UCLA 13
ur two district coordinators have been
working hard to plan quarterly events that
nvolve bringing all the schools together to
ive back to our community. This past
ummer, there was a successful park
eautification project in San Francisco and
will be followed by an Adopt-a-Park event
n Southern California on November 6th.
Ethics:
Chair - Matthew Sandretti UCLA 13
Ethics is a large component of dentistry,
and the Ethics Chair strives to not only help
keep the district abreast of all the current
state of ethics at the state and national
levels but also relay this information to the
district ASDA membership. Some of ourgoals this year are to:
1. Start SPEC chapters at every California
school
2. CA Ethics Day have a day of
awareness where each school will
bring in speakers to discuss new
topics and have workshops on how to
handle the hurdles we face in
dentistry
3. Making the ASDA White Paper on
Ethics and Professionalism in Dental
Education more accessible thru
Ethics Corner in our quarterlynewsletter.
District Communication:
The Bonding Agent Newsletter:
Editor - Teresa Tran UCLA 13
The quarterly district newsletter is an
essential communication tool that helps to
keep chapters aware of all the activities
going on as well as prep them for what is
to come next. All chapter members arestrongly encouraged to submit articles for
this publication. Look out for the first
distribution on October 16, 2010!
Most importantly, we are your resource for
anything District 11-related so dont
hesitate to contact us!
Jessica Hsieh
District 11 Secretary
or those of you unfamiliar with ASDA, let me quickly explain.
he American Student Dental Association (ASDA) was created in
971 to unify the voice of the American Dental Student and
ncrease student advocacy. Since then, ASDA has grown to a
early 18,000 member global organization with the mission to
dvocate for dental students as well as their patients. Within
SDA, there are 11 districts. The six dental schools in California
ogether form District 11.
ur district has made tremendous changes over the past year to
etter represent our members. We have opened many new
eadership positions at the district level. In addition, we havereated a district cabinet that facilitates increased collaboration
etween the six dental schools. The main role of the district
abinet is to serve as a resource to the local ASDA chapters of
alifornia. All of the chapters in our district are well respected
ationally and receive numerous accolades at our regional and
ational meetings.
peaking of meetings, I would like to invite all of you to
ur District 11 Meeting in San Francisco that will
ake place between October 15-17th.
We will have numerous speakers and workshops to introduce you
to organized dentistry and the hot topics facing California
Dentistry. If you have any questions, please contact myself or
your local chapter president. No matter what level of
involvement you choose to undertake with ASDA, please be
involved in some aspect. Attend a lunch and learn, volunteer for
a community outreach event, or participate in the voter
registration drive. Our organization is strong because of our
active membership and I am sure this academic year will be no
different. Once again, welcome to District 11 and please let me
know if you need anything.
Dan Hammer
ASDA District 11 Trustee
Volume 2, Issue 1 September 2010
Committee on Professionalism and Community Outreacha resource for all district chapters to provide ethics awareness & community outreach opportunities
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We have recently experienced an exciting period of growth for
our district. Last year, we welcomed Western University as the
sixth member chapter in California. We held our first ever district
meeting, and published the first edition of this newsletter. I am
extremely excited to see that since Dan Hammer has taken over
the position of District 11 trustee that he has done so much more
to advance the collaboration among our chapters, creating
ASDAs first district cabinet, organizing frequent conference calls,
and planning new and exciting district events.
These collaborative endeavors are important for our organization
and its membersthey allow us to network and learn from each
other, create valuable leadership opportunities and expose a
greater number of students to ASDA and the ADA. All of these
benefits are central to ASDAs mission statement of introducing
students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry.
Perhaps the most significant and encouraging benefit of ASDA
leadership in my view is the enormous representation that
students are given in other areas of organized dentistry. Students
are represented in each of the ADAs councils, commissions, and
committees including full voting privileges in CODAwhich is
charged with accrediting dental schools and postgraduate
programsand the JCNDE, which administers the national board
exams. This October, I will be serving as one of 11 delegates to
the ADA House of Delegates; ASDA is given five votes in the ADA
House, which has 460 total members. It is remarkable that as
students we have more than 1% of the total vote in the ADA,
especially when one considers that it often takes dentists many
years of commitment to organized dentistry before they are
elected ADA delegates.
As students, we must take advantage of the incredible power wehave to shape our profession. I encourage all ASDA members to
take part in leadership or at the very least attend a national or
district meeting. For those of you who have already committed
yourselves to ASDA leadership, I hope you will continue to serve
organized dentistry throughout your careers. Only through your
hard work and dedication can we expect dentistry to remain such
a strong profession for years to come.
Andrew Read-Fuller
UCLA 13
A Message from our Past District 11 Trustee
Registering for the District 11 Meeting
WHAT?District 11 Meeting
WHEN?October 15-17th
WHERE?University of the Pacific
in San Francisco
Loma Linda- UCLA-
[email protected] [email protected]
UCSF- UOP-
[email protected] [email protected]
USC- Western-
[email protected] [email protected]
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How to register:Contact your local ASDA
chapter president
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