Adjunct Associate Professor Sophie Karanicolas is a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, Educational Consultant with PLUS 2 Consultancy and most recently held a position as Principal Consultant for the Centre for Educator Practice, TAFE SA.
Sophie graduated as a dental hygienist from TAFE SA’s Diploma Course in 1980 and developed the first National Training Package for TAFE SA’s ADOH. She has worked extensively as both a practising hygienist and educator in dental hygiene clinical practice for over 35 years. Sophie has been the Academic Lead for the University of Adelaide's Continuing Professional Development Framework and Education Specialist in the Adelaide Education Academy.
Sophie has been the recipient of many teaching awards such as the prestigious Australian National Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching and the University of Adelaide’s Vice Chancellors and Presidents Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Optional Workshop - Thursday 21 Sept
LA Update: Refining and revising your local anaesthetic techniques
Presented as an interactive hands on workshop by Cathy Snelling and Sophie Karanicolas
It has been well documented (Renton, 2018; de St Georges, 2004) that dental patients will come back to an operator if they ‘don’t hurt’ and give ‘painless injections’. This part of our clinical practice remains the biggest source of anxiety for our patients - and often it becomes one for operators if they are not confident and competent in their local anaesthetic techniques. By achieving the following outcomes, participants will have increased confidence and competence to apply to their clinical local anaesthetic practice.
In this 3-hour interactive workshop participants will: