Make a contribution: Nominate now for an ADA committee

There are many rewarding pathways to become actively involved in your Association, whatever your experience or time constraints may be.

One of the key ones is by nominating to become involved in one of the ADA’s committees, a two-year commitment which provides you with the opportunity to make a substantial contribution to the life of the ADA and for the good of your profession while also giving you regular contact with an established network of peers and a role in the formulation of ADA policy.
 

So, what’s involved exactly?

- Participation in at least two meetings each year, which may involve interstate travel and/or via teleconference/videoconference;

- Regular engagement between meetings on relevant and time-sensitive matters;

- Research, strategic thinking and the contribution to policy discussions which form the basis of recommendations made to the Federal Council; and

- The opportunity to directly engage with ADA offce bearers, senior management and secretariat staff.
 

Want to learn more?

Visit ada.org.au/nominate to review the terms of reference for each committee and nominate for the committee/s in which you would like to become involved.

To be considered, you must submit your nomination by 20 October this year. UPDATE 21/10 NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.
 

Committee life – snapshots

Dr Brian Koch WESTERN AUSTRALIA
As a young graduate, I was privileged to have two mentors who guided me clinically in the early days of my country practice. Together with their sound advice, there were occasional pearls of wisdom such as ‘what you get from your profession is proportionate to what you give to it’.

This has been my guiding principle for many years. I have had a long association with the ADAWA Schedule & Third Party Committee (STPC) and now with the Federal also. So, why did I become involved in a committee? The answer is: why not?

Working together with a team allows me to make a constructive contribution and a difference to the work of the committee, and also provides a great opportunity to learn from others. I consider it an honour to be part of a team of respected colleagues from each State, who are equally involved and committed and who bring a different perspective to the table collectively. Meeting some members of the Federal offce secretariat allows one to put a face to a name of those working closely with your committee and an appreciation for what they do for us. Knowing a contact when emailing the Federal offce can be so important at times. Finally, we do have some fun along the way with two or three of the more humourous members.

I am very passionate to ensure that the dental profession continues to evolve, to remain proactive and to stay relevant for all our members. I would like to challenge the younger cohort of dentists to become active and involved in your state Branch initially, establishing a reputation for service which will then become the basis for your involvement federally. Our future will depend on those coming through the Association.

I sought nomination to this committee because I believe it is important to get involved. This is where I believed I could make a contribution and a difference. It can be time consuming sometimes but mostly, it’s rewarding to the soul.

Dr Dilhan Rajasingham VICTORIA
The dental landscape is ever changing. The significant uptake of technology-facilitated dentistry, AI, integration of digital products, services and strategies, has thrust our profession into a new frontier of dentistry.

Personally, I joined the Dental Informatics & Digital Health Committee (DIDHC) to better engage and evolve my skill base encompassing dentistry, business and start-up consulting while contributing toward shared knowledge, experiences and collaboration for a broader objective. Importantly, this aims to facilitate solutions for the current and new generations of digitally-enabled dentists particularly by identifying barriers, blind spots and risks which are not evident to the general clinician focused on solely clinical care.

Being elected as committee member for the DIDHC allows the integration of our many diverse backgrounds and experiences to explore new and unique challenges to our profession, but also to provide policies, guidance, evidence and recommendations for our members to navigate these new technologies and data-driven healthcare securely.