Achieve the highest AGD honor Become a Master
Achieving Mastership is a professional designation within the Academy of General Dentistry beyond FAGD and reflects a general dentist's ongoing commitment to provide quality care through continuing education.

A member achieving this distinction has completed a challenging course of hands-on study in 16 dental disciplines, totaling 600 hours of continuing education. More than 1,300 members have gone on to receive Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry (MAGD), the highest distinction that a member can achieve through our continuing education program.

Masters celebrate their professional accomplishment during a Convocation ceremony and at the AGD Gala held each year at the
Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Questions about the Mastership application process?
A dental education representative is available between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., CT, to answer your questions or concerns. Call 888.AGD.DENT (888.243.3368, ext. 4969) http://.agd.org/cde/mastership

The Master Class
Your Pathway to Mastership in Dentistry

The Maryland Academy of General Dentistry is proud to sponsor the finest in continuing education for its members. Our Master Class Program is developed to be informative and comprehensive, and offering the best in clinical presenters. Each class will allow each participant an opportunity to utilize the lessons learned to strengthen his or her practice.

The Master Class Program is organized to enable the Academy of General Dentistry member to acquire Fellowship and/or Mastership requirements in a timely and organized manner. Each class segment provides an exciting mix of continuing education, challenging office assignments, professional growth, and the development of new friendships around the state, region, and nation.

MASTERSHIP TRACK COURSE FORMAT

The Maryland AGD Master Class meets in April and November of each year. Each class meets Saturday through Monday for the expert presentation. Each class involves an in-practice assignment, which is to be completed during the following six-month period and presented on the Friday before the next Master Class session. The presentation yields 48 participation credit hours. If a presentation is not given at the following session then the participant receives 24 hours of participation credit. Continuous presentation attendance earns 96 participation credits per year, covering all of the required topics, resulting in more than the necessary 400 participation hours required for Mastership at the end of the four-year cycle.

THE CASE PRESENTATION

The case presentation is an integral part of the Master Class Program. Its purpose, for both pre-Fellow and pre-Master participants, is to develop the skills necessary to present information and treatment case development to professional and public groups and at the same time receive participation credit towards mastership. Even though the pre-Fellows do not need ‘participation’ credit, per se. It provides an excellent source for 48 credit hours in subjects covering the entire oral health continuum, as well as the educational experience of ‘presenting’ to a group of your professional peers.

The case presentation must encompass the following basic structure for acceptance towards the 48 hours of participation credit:

1. Case presentations are done on Friday, the first day of the following session, approximately six months after the lecture assignment.

2. Presentations are limited to approximately 10 minutes unless special, prior approval is arranged with the course director.

3. Presentations must be germane to the lecture topic (s) and are assigned at the previous three-day session.

4. Presentations must involve patients, procedures, or processes done in the dentist’s practice. Complete preoperative, treatment, and postoperative records should be provided, including informed consent and release forms.

5. The presentation will include any applicable patient data including, but not limited to slides, photographs, video, radiographs, and mounted models.

6. Presentations, which do not lend themselves to the use of audio/video aids, should be presented in a documentary style report with copies provided to all participants present.

7. Every attempt should be made to increase the quality of the presentation as the participant grows with the course series.

8. If a presentation is not given, 24 hours of lecture credit will be applied.

9. The Case Presentation is part of the overall 48 hours and attendance through all the presentations is required.

10. Presentation is not a guarantee of the assignment of participation credit. If the previously listed criteria are not met to the satisfaction of the course instructor and the CE Committee credit may be denied.

AGD MASTERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

A minimum number of participation and total credits must be earned in each of 16 dental subject categories as listed below. Participation hours earned in any subject category which exceed the hours required in that category cannot be used to fill a deficiency in another subject, however, the “extra” participation hours can be used to fulfill the total 400 hour participation requirement.

THE MASTER CLASS CREDIT PROVISIONS

The MAGD is certified as a National Course Sponsor in advanced continuing education for the period 12/1/89-12/31/09.

Since the subject matter of today’s professional lecture material is so diverse and complex, the Master Class Program will endeavor to provide alternative credit application whenever the course content covers a variety of subject code categories. This will be based on the participant’s need and the assurance that adequate hours in a specific subject are covered. Credit application will be made following evaluation by the Continuing Education Committee of the MAGD. Requests for specific application of credits must be made in writing to the Master Class Program Committee Administrator within two (2) weeks from the date of the lecture of presentation.

COURSE DATES & LOCATION

The dates and location for the Master Classes may be obtained by contacting:

Gregori Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD,
Mastership Track Administrator
3801 International Drive, Suite 102
Silver Spring, Maryland 20906
301-598-3500 Fax: 301-598-9046
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