2025/02/04: Cannabis Awareness
Presented by: Stacy Bobak, RDH, Certified Cannabis Educator
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Product Description
Cannabis Awareness for the Dental Healthcare Professional: The Patient’s Perspective
CE Hours: 4 (online)
Dates:
Part 1: Tuesday, February 4th - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Part 2: Tuesday, February 11th - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Course Description:
Stacy Bobak, RDH and Certified Cannabis Educator presents “Cannabis Awareness for the
Dental Healthcare Professional”. This course offers a unique perspective from the medical
cannabis patient’s point of view and includes everything you need to know to help you continue
the conversation with your clients.
Cannabis was stigmatized for many years. This course will dismantle the misinformation and
help you understand the facts about why some people consume cannabis for health and
wellness, how cannabis works in the body, and how to implement safety considerations and
harm-reduction principles in your dental practice. Whether you’re familiar with cannabis or not,
you’ll walk away with new terminology to help you incorporate cannabis education into your
daily practice.
Course Learning Objectives:
1. History of the plant and cannabis legalization in Canada.
Learn how this plant evolved and why it is considered a medicinal plant (among other
uses). Get a high-level overview of the current legal framework in Canada.
2. Identify and describe the Cannabis Sativa plant’s medicinal properties.
Learn the basics of drug-type cannabis plant botany. Explore the plant parts including
seed, stalk, leaf, flower, trichomes, and cannabinoids in order to understand where the
medicinal properties of this plant come from.
3. Describe the function of the endocannabinoid system
Learn the basics of this body system which explains how and why cannabis has an effect
on the human body.
4. Oral Management Implications
Learn to identify the treatment implications of recreational and medicinal cannabis.
Consider the difference between recreational and medicinal when it comes to client
knowledge and learn to assess the client for signs of intoxication.
5. Utilize a cannabis-specific questionnaire to help differentiate between a medical
cannabis patient and a recreational consumer and determine the associated risk level
for dental treatment.
Review the Cannabis Consumption Survey (questionnaire) and breakdown the rationale
behind each question in order to best identify the potential risk for dental treatment
and to help create learning goals for your client. Identify cannabis as an evidence-based
option for medication for certain symptoms and conditions.
What Your Colleagues Are Saying About This Course:
- Very organized and informative course that covered a very important topic as more of our patients are consuming cannabis medically and recreationally. I highly recommend this course. ~ Megan
- Stacy Bobak is very informative and interesting to listen to and I am now able to apply this information into my day to day practice. ~ Karen
- Very informative and interesting! I feel more prepared and comfortable to discuss my client’s cannabis use with my increased knowledge. ~ Susan G.
- The presentation was informative, well presented and I would recommend it to anyone. ~ Susan H.
- Very informative since this is an area where few people are certified. It is a bonus that the presenter is also a dental hygienist. ~ Leta
- This course was very detailed and informative. Will definitely be taking more courses with rdhu. ~ Nicole
- Stacy Bobak was very informative and sweet. Sharing her own health journey with cannabis use added a personal touch to her seminar. There was much I did not know about cannabis and I hope to apply my new knowledge into my dental practice when assessing my client’s medical history. I now feel a little less intimidated by this subject and willing to try and promote more open dialogue with my clients. ~ Mary
- The webinar was very well presented and full of information to help facilitate dental care to those who choose to use cannabis recreationally or medically. ~ Mahon
- Great speaker, very informative, she altered my perspective in a positive way. I realized the importance of patient screening, and I am now aware of services in the community for alternate treatment that I was not aware of before. ~ Lynne
- This was one of the most informative sessions I have attended . Thank you for sharing . I am no longer ashamed to say that I don't know much about cannabis because there is an enormous amount of educational information about it that I didn't even know it existed. Thank you for opening my eyes. ~ Sladjana
- Very good course. Now I feel more confident to talk with my patients about cannabis. ~ Claudia
- It was very informative and interesting. I would participate to another webinar on cannabis. ~ Suzanne
- This course was amazing!! I had no idea all of the science behind Cannabis. ~ Alison
- Enjoyed listening to Stacy's personal experience. Learning about Cannabis is a new and changing topic. Look forward to learning more. ~ Birgit
- Stacy Bobak is very informative and interesting to listen to and I am now able to apply this information into my day to day practice. ~ Karen
- Stacy was very knowledgeable about this topic. Her lecture/presentation was very professional. This info will be useful for me when treating my clients. ~ Teresa