Welcome

The purpose of this website is to introduce the patient education website project for this project. Your home or welcome page will be an introduction of yourself (who you are, why you chose dental assisting as a profession, what you hope to accomplish with creating this website, i.e. an explanation of what you think you or your patient can gain from completing this assignment). Include a Professional (head shot only) photo of yourself. In this technology driven world we are all on our phones, so as healthcare professionals we must change and connect with our patients in various ways to provide patient education.

About Wendy Herndon

Ms. Herndon has been a dental professional since 1983 in a variety of settings including seven years as a dental assistant (general dentistry, orthodontics, and radiology), eight years in private practice as a Registered Dental Hygienist, sixteen years in dental public health serving as a dental policy analyst with the Medicaid program and in the field in multiple counties in NC. In due course, she moved into a leadership position as a dental hygiene coordinator over the school health program. She served as adjunct faculty at Central Carolina Community College (NC) and University of NC at Chapel Hill, as well as, full time faculty at Central Carolina Community College teaching in the dental assisting and dental hygiene programs. Her education and training include an Associates in Arts with the University of Maryland while living in Germany, an Associates in Applied Science in Dental Hygiene from Fayetteville Technical Community College (NC), and a Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of NC at Pembroke. She holds licenses in NC and Georgia and is a Certified Dental Assistant and CPR instructor.

Announcements

Announcements, links to other websites that may benefit your patients (future patients) or just visitors to your website.

Make this website a fun learning center! Choose a template that is conducive to learning and provides your patient with access to resources so they can begin the life long journey of learning how to better care for themselves.

Add links to different areas of your website:

Class Announcements: This link will take you to a different page in my website and give you information about upcoming assignments, etc.

Video Links: Create hyperlinks to your favorite videos on your chosen topic.

The student is expected to create a professionally themed website, using a free google site set up. Be creative with this website. It is yours to present to future patients for patient education. It should include the following: Welcome and introduction with a picture of yourself (head shot only), and information about your topic. Provide links to resources such as websites with science based information and journals/peer reviewed articles. You may include pictures and links to videos on your website, as well.