SPEA Chapter - Roseman University College of Dental Medicine

Chapter of the Year Application

Officers: Roseman University President: Colin Young Vice President: Andrea Baeder Social Media: Dalton Pigman Secretary: Golden Foster Fundraising/Treasurer: WJ Behlke Historian: Marie Peterson D2 Representative: Tanner Higham D1 Representative: Zachary Diamond

Events and Meeting 1. Ethics Debate: the Mock Trial

Description of the event: Students were given an actual

court case concerning an ethical dilemma in a dental setting.

A mock court case was held with a Judge, Plaintiff,

Defendant, Lawyers, Expert Witnesses and Jurors. The case

was tried and the jury rendered a verdict. The audience was

also broken into groups to discuss whether the defendant

was guilty.

Attendance: easily over 100 students attended this event

2. Dental Jeopardy – collaboration with ASDA

Description of event: This event was hosted by ASDA and

teams competed against each other in a

game of Jeopardy. SPEA was one of the

primary collaborations and ethics was

one of six categories. SPEA provided 30

answers and questions for inclusion in

the game.

Attendance: 50 people

3. Ethical Dilemmas in Licensure: 2 part series collaboration with ASDA

Description of event: The first session was

hosted by ASDA and Colin Young (president of

SPEA), reviewed various types of dental

licensure exams and the pros and cons of each.

The second session, hosted by SPEA, was a

panel discussion on the ethics surrounding

state licensure exams. Panelists included CDCA

and WREB examiners as well as a

representative from the Utah State Dental

Board. Students were given a chance to ask

questions of panelists in regards to the

different board exams and the ethical issues

surrounding them.

Attendance: Approximately 60 students

4. Lunch n Learn with Mike Meru, Executive Director of SPEA

Description of event: Mike Meru, Executive Director of SPEA, came to Roseman to speak

about the importance of organized dentistry, including SPEA and ASDA. Students gained

valuable insight into what a world without organized dentistry would look like.

Attendance: approximately 80 students attended

5. Lunch n Learn with Dr. Blaisdell from the American College of Dentists

Description of event: Dr. Blaisdell who is a past UDA president

and current representative of ACD in Utah came to Roseman

about current ethical issues in dentistry.

Attendance: over 60 students

6. NBDE Part 1 Boards Ethics Review

Description: This interactive session was designed to assist

first year students in their preparations for ethics portion of

the NBDE Part 1 Boards exam. This session was designed to

review the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional

Conduct and the five fundamental ADA principles which

include patient autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence,

justice and veracity. This review session was designed to be

interactive with sample questions designed to encourage

discussion on each of the principles.

Attendance: approximately 20 first year students

7. Using Social Media Responsibility and Ethically

Description of event: SPEA invited the founder of Banyan, a company designed to assist

dentists in marketing and promoting their practices in effective and ethical ways, to speak to

the student body. This event was designed to discuss how to effectively market a dental

practice and foster relationships between dental staff and patients while also meeting

HIPPA requirements. This session was hugely successful and many students have requested

a follow up session to dive more in depth into this topic.

Attendance: approximately 50 students

8. SPEA D1 Representative Elections

Description of event: This was a collaboration between all of the major dental clubs at

Roseman University to elect D1 representatives for each of the clubs. For the first time,

SPEA had three people run for this position. Each candidate gave a two minute speech on

why they were interested in being the D1 SPEA representative. Voting amongst the D1 class

was completed online.

Attendance: Approximately 40 students

9. Rush Week

Description of the event: This was a collaborative effort amongst all the dental clubs at

Roseman to introduce the organizations to the new D1 class. During this week, SPEA was

allotted one day during lunch to give an in-depth presentation about what SPEA is and how

people could get involved.

Attendance: 60 people attended

10. 2016 Ethics Fight Night

Description of event: This is the second annual Ethics Fight Night. Three faculty dentists

were asked to participate and compete against each other for a title of “Ultimate Ethics

Champion” and the Champions

Belt. Three ethics scenarios were

chosen from the SPEA website and

the dentists had to answer them in

their own words. They were given

roughly 3 to 5 minutes to answer

the questions and after they were

done, they were given a chance to

ask each other questions. Also the

students were given a time to ask

questions to the dentists.

Attendance: 50 people attended

Social Media 1. New Social Media Officer Position

One of the goals for this year was to raise awareness of SPEA and ACD. To support this goal Roseman SPEA created a new social media chair position to build the Roseman SPEA social media presence.

2. Roseman SPEA Facebook Page

Roseman SPEA has an active Facebook account. We use Facebook to promote upcoming events and encourage dialogue on ethics and professionalism issues. To view the Roseman SPEA page, go to, https://www.facebook.com/rosemanspea/

3. Instagram

Roseman SPEA has recently set up an Instagram account to better promote our events and ethics at Roseman. The first post was to promote the Ethics Fight Night held on October 11, 2016. After only one day, our Instagram page as 14 followers. To follow Roseman SPEA, our user name is rosemanspea.

4. SPEA National Facebook Page

Colin Young, President of the Roseman Chapter, and also National SPEA Chief Information Officer manages the National SPEA Facebook Page. Colin has posted articles since Dec 6 on the following topics.

1. SPEA Annual Session 2. Ethical Dentists – an article about the promises

dentists make to their patients. 3. ADA Principles of Ethics 4. SPEA National Newsletter 5. Half-Annual Session 6. Ethical Dilemma Cases

Publications Colin Young, President of the Roseman SPEA, is also the SPEA National Chief Information Officer. As Chief Information Officer, Colin is responsible for the writing and editing the SPEA National Newsletter and the SPEA National Blog.

National Newsletters written and edited by Colin Young, Roseman SPEA President o SPEA Annual Session 2015 Newsletter, January 2016 http://www.speadental.org/wp-

content/uploads/2016/01/SPEA-Newsletter.pdf o Student Professionalism and Ethics Association National Newsletter, April 2016,

http://www.speadental.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/National-SPEA-newsletter.pdf

National Blogs written by Colin Young Roseman SPEA President; All of these blog posts can be viewed on the SPEA National website at http://www.speadental.org/blog/

o New Year, New Beginnings. Newsletter from SPEA Annual Session. January 2016 o SPEA National Newsletter April 2016 o Chapter Award Submissions Now Open 2016 July 2016

Fundraising Objective and Results Our fundraising efforts have been focused on promoting two primary

goals: 1) to promote professionalism within dentistry and incorporate it

into all SPEA events and activities and 2) to raise awareness of SPEA and

the American College of Dentistry at Roseman. In September 2016, our

chapter presented a $500 funding proposal to the Roseman Dental

Student Association, which oversees all dental clubs at Roseman

University, to fund activities supporting these two goals. The proposal

was unanimously approved and will be used to support the 2016 Ethics

Fight Night Event and three additional Lunch n Learns.

Relationship with American College of Dentists In the Spring 2016, the Roseman Chapter of SPEA was honored to have Dr. Blaisdell, past Utah Dental

Association president and current representative of ACD in Utah come talk to us about the ACD and host

a discussion on various ethical issues surrounding dentistry. This event was very well received and we

are currently engaging with Roseman dental faculty who are members of the ACD on future events.

The Effect/Impact the Chapter has had on the Roseman University This year has been one of great effort on the part of the SPEA chapter at Roseman University. We have

strived to make SPEA an organization that has a real impact here at the school. This year, literally

everyone on campus knows about SPEA and what it stands for, which is a major difference from years

previous. We have definitely had an uphill battle to make SPEA more relevant on campus, however this

year we feel that we have done just that. Beginning with our Rush Week at the start of school, we made

a huge push to involve D1 students and create a culture of the engagement and involvement. For the

first time ever we had three people run for the D1 representative for SPEA; instead of having to beg

someone to be involved. The presence and culture of Roseman SPEA is beginning to shift. We are seeing

new growth, new excitement, and

more involvement than ever before.

Students are engaged and excited

about events. After events we ask

students what they liked about the

event and why they came. We have

received responses such as, “I was

intrigued by the description of the

event, I really wanted to come hear

“SPEA has raised the ethical standards high at Roseman and has challenged the students to think more about ethics in dentistry.” Former Roseman SPEA President Andy Suh

about the doctors’ experiences in practice and how they handled ethical situations they found

themselves in.” Responses like these have been both humbling and ignited a sense great pride in what

we as a SPEA board are striving to accomplish at the school. Roseman SPEA has also made a big push to

encourage opportunities for students to dialogue with dental faculty as well as, national and state

leaders in ethics and professionalism. Over the past year, we have organized events with members of

the American College of Dentists, the Executive Director of SPEA, Utah State Dental Board

Representatives and Dental Licensure examiners. We have gone from having events on campus with no

more than a handful of people, to now averaging more than seventy people at our events. While we are

very happy about the results we are consistently seeing, there still remains a great deal to do. We hope

to continue to build upon this past years activities to leave a legacy that affects and impacts students for

many years to come.

Accomplishments and Goals Achieved Throughout the Year The culture of Roseman University College of Dental Medicine is centered around the lifelong colleague

philosophy, that every interaction reflects a sincere desire to develop each other as lifelong colleagues.

The mission of Roseman’s Chapter of the Student Professionalism and Ethics Association (SPEA) is to be

a leader in educating dental students on the importance of ethics and professionalism. The Roseman

Chapter of SPEA combines the Lifelong Colleague philosophy with the mission of SPEA to promote ethics

and professionalism. As a chapter, we identified four goals to further the SPEA mission and focus our

events and activities. These goals are to

1. Emphasize professionalism and integrate it into all Roseman SPEA events 2. Take new approaches to promote ethics within the school 3. Raise awareness of SPEA and ACD and what these organizations entail 5. Promote lifelong colleague within SPEA

Over the past year, SPEA has been successful in building its presence on

campus and increasing student participation in SPEA activities. Roseman

SPEA has gone from having only a handful of students attending our

events to having more than 50 students routinely attending events. Our

kick-off event for the 2016 Academic Year was a lunch n learn to discuss

how to use social media ethically and professionally to promote your

dental practice. The interactive event was attended by approximately 70

students and was very positively received. We received feedback from a

lot of students that they would really like a follow up event to dive more

in-depth into this topic.

This past year, our chapter has had a very successful collaboration with

the Roseman ASDA chapter which has allowed us to expand our reach in

raising awareness of ethics and professionalism issues. For example, ASDA

hosted a Dental Jeopardy night, and Ethics was one of the six broad topics

included in the event. We also held a two-part series discussing dental

“Working with SPEA over

the last year has been an

incredible experience for us

in ASDA. Their willingness to

collaborate has helped us

raise awareness not only

about ethical issues facing

dental professionals, but

more importantly the

importance of getting

involved and giving back to

the profession.”

Trevor Paskett, current president of

Roseman ASDA,

licensure exams. The first session was led by ASDA and reviewed the different types of licensure exams

and the pros and cons of each. The second session was hosted by SPEA and was a panel discussion with

CDCA and WREB board examiners and a member of the Utah State Dental Board. During this panel

discussion, students were exposed to the perspectives of board examiners and state dental board

representatives and ask questions of the panelists.

The Roseman Chapter of SPEA continues to work to raise awareness and discussion of ethical and

professionalism issues within the dental student body. We strive do this within the lifelong colleague

philosophy and are very proud of our collaborations with the Roseman ASDA Chapter and other dental

clubs.