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Run your practice like a CEO. This transformative course equips dentists and practice leaders with the tools to streamline systems, master financial management, and supercharge team performance.
Stop wrestling with confusing systems and start running your practice with the clarity and focus of a CEO. This transformative dental finance and leadership course empowers dentists and practice leaders to strengthen operational success through financial management, human capital development, and strategic leadership. You’ll learn how to streamline systems, improve profitability, and elevate team performance while fostering a culture of excellence. Designed for doctors, office managers, and key stakeholders, this program equips you with a clear plan to deliver complete care, inspire your team, and build a thriving, highly profitable practice.
Strengthen strategic leadership skills by shifting from day-to-day operations to long-term vision, applying effective leadership styles in communication with patients and teams, and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and excellence.
Gain confidence in financial management by analyzing profit and loss statements, forecasting profitability, understanding the real costs of write-offs, creating healthy operating budgets, and building a balanced plan for productivity and personal lifestyle.
Elevate team performance through role-playing and workshops that cover the full employee lifecycle—hiring, onboarding, evaluations, compensation, and difficult conversations—while mastering verbal skills and patient communication techniques to improve case acceptance and team alignment.
This course integrates the essential pillars of practice success: leadership, financial performance, and human capital management. You’ll explore leadership styles, team communication, patient engagement, key financial metrics, profit and loss analysis, and strategies to strengthen team culture across the employee lifecycle.
Yes. This program is designed for all key stakeholders in a dental practice—dentists, office managers, and other leadership roles. The course emphasizes collaboration between doctors and managers to ensure the entire team is aligned for operational success.
Absolutely. This is a hands-on, interactive course. You’ll work directly with your practice’s profit and loss statements to forecast profitability, identify financial opportunities, and build an operating budget. In addition, you’ll workshop leadership styles, practice verbal skills for patient communication, and role-play employee lifecycle scenarios—from hiring and evaluations to compensation and difficult conversations. You’ll leave with specific tools and a clear plan you can implement immediately.
This is a 2-day, in-person interactive class designed to maximize engagement, collaboration, and real-world application. The live format allows participants to immerse themselves fully in discussions, workshops, and role-playing exercises.
Electives are open to all dental professionals, including dentists, specialists, hygienists, and dental assistants. Most electives do not require previous Dawson Academy courses, making them a great way to enhance your skills in a specific area of dentistry.
Dawson Academy electives cover a range of focused topics, including: Restorative & Esthetics, TMD & Airway, Implants & Prosthetics and Practice & Team Development
Explore the full list of electives here.
Electives are offered in multiple locations across the United States, including Florida, Texas, and other major dental hubs. All courses are taught by experienced Dawson Faculty who actively practice dentistry, ensuring real-world application of the techniques you’ll learn.
It depends on the course. Some electives are hands-on, allowing you to practice techniques. Others are lecture-based but highly interactive with case discussions.
Yes! All electives provide CE credits, with the number of credits varying by course. You’ll receive official documentation upon completion.
You can register directly on The Dawson Academy website or contact our team for assistance. Some courses have limited seating, so early registration is recommended.
Take the next step towards mastering occlusion and smile design — without the stress of upfront costs. Explore our financing and secure your spot in Core 1 today.
Please contact The Dawson Academy at 1.800.952.2178 for full details.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.
