b'YOUR ACADEMY AT WORKI was really excited to hear about the Dental Hygiene Study Club Program. Are there any updates on where the AAP is at with the program?Active Member, AustinThank you for your question! Im Brad Crump, DDS, MS, and I am the Board Liaison for Learn more and register at am2023.perio.org the AAPs Task Force on Dental Hygienist Engagement. For an initiative as large as what we are planning for our Dental Hygiene Study Club Program, there are many moving parts. Not surprisingly, the largest factor in gettingAll of these items can be viewed at www.perio.org/something like this off the ground is financial.ce-meetings/aap-dental-hygiene-study-club/The study club materials and system for recognition will be housed on a dedicatedWe are still on track to launch this program for our website which is currently being built.members some time in 2023. Please stay tuned to AAP That takes significant resources to makemember resources such as Periospectives for a formal happen. The Task Force on Dental Hygienistannouncement when the program officially launches.Engagement has been meeting regularly with members of staff, and specifically the financeThank you once again for your question, team, to ensure that the program will remainand as always, thank you for your financially viable.membership in the AAP. In addition to researching and contractingSincerely,vendors to build the back-end systems, weBrad Crump, DDS, MS have also been meeting regularly to discussDistrict 5topics and speakers. Most of the programmingBoard of Trusteesis nearly finalized. That will kick off the next phase of the project which involves recording each session and uploading them to the digital platform.Concurrent to these items, the Task Force has also been working with staff to putCall for Officer, District, and ABP together unique branding for the program asDirector Candidateswell as dedicated marketing materials. TheseMembers interested in elected district materials include a preview page on perio.org,office should contact their current District printed handouts for the Annual Meeting, andTrustees for Trustee positions and for a sneak preview video.positions on the Officer Nominating Committee and the Nominating Committee for the American Board of Periodontology. Please visit perio.org for more information.2 AAP Periospectives| 17'