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For the first time, hygienists can enjoy the option of combining travel and work (as nurses have done for years). Team placement is introducing the first dental travel program in the country! We are now accepting applications from licensed dental hygienists. This program offers competitive salary and free housing with your own private bedroom. Your choice of multiple programs and lengths. For more information visit http://www.teamplace.com/travel or call 800-495-6767

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List of area RDH's will be available to members after we have all updates. Please contact Brenda Thomas at 239-470-3846 or patchygirl@embarqmail.com to list your correct address, telephone number, email address and please give us your office fax number to alert office members of continuing ed courses.

 

 

An important positive note for the new year is the start of an expansion at the Robert E. Speir Healthcare Education Center on the Grand Strand campus of Horry-Georgetown Technical College on the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. The $7.4 million addition is a triple play for the area. First, there is the construction itself, expected to start about midyear and continue for 15 or more months.

The 22,000-square-foot addition will provide more space for the growing health care programs - still a hot employment market - and a new low-cost dental program. The expansion recently cleared a hurdle with the S.C. Budget and Control Board, which allows the college to finish construction design work and seek bids.

Make no mistake, this addition is a milestone for HGTC's health education programs and for indigent dental services for the community. Phil Render, HGTC assistant vice president and dean of academic affairs explained the significance of the expansion in a recent report in The Sun News.

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