Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ)

also known as Craniomandibular Disorders (CMD), represent a significant health problem in the population. Numerous therapy concepts have been established in recent years for the treatment of TMJ. Nevertheless, in some cases the desired success is not achieved. The reasons for this are, among others, the complexity of the disease and the associated increased demand on diagnostics and interdisciplinary coordination of the practitioners.

That was the reason for us to systematise the experience of the TMJ-Kiel-treatment-team gathered over decades and to pass it on in a didactically suitable form. In addition to our present education portfolio, we have now developed the topic as an Online-learning-course TMJ which is available soon. For the first time you are enabled to learn the complex subject matter in a period of 9 months from the comfort of your own home. Various pedagogical tools are available for this purpose. The Online-learning-course TMJ ends with an online fin al examination.

Online-learning-course TMJ

Diagnosis and therapy of temporomandibular joint dysfunction according to the TMJ-Kiel-concept diagnostic guided Therapy (dgT)

Approved by the
State Central Office for Distance Learning (ZFU) Cologne/Germany
under no. 7422423.

Scientific management: Prof. Dr. Helge Fischer-Brandies
Organisational management: Robert Ciesielski
Conducted by: Fischer-Brandies & Ciesielski CMD-Kieler-Konzept GbR Hamburg, 
                          Postfach 1443, 24013 Kiel, E-Mail: info@cmd-kieler-konzept.de

Our Online-learning-course TMJ is primarily aimed at for dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons and dental students who want to expand their knowledge of craniomandibular dysfunctions. Upon successful completion, this course will enable you to successfully meet the growing demands on management, quality and economy of the interdisciplinary treatment of craniomandibular dysfunctions.

The course material is distributed over three electronic textbooks, the Connectibooks CMD 1 to 3 (CB1, CB2, CB3). The complete electronic administration is done via the Campus Manager, which accompanies you during your studies. It also provides you with all texts, interactive learning units, teaching videos incl. the performance assessments.
The prerequisite for access to the Online-learning-course TMJ is that the applicant has started or successfully completed a study in dentistry at a German or foreign university.

Online-learning-course TMJ to learn the diagnosis and therapy of TMJ?

 The Online-learning-course TMJ can be completed while working. With intensive study, the time frame is designed for 3 months. However, it is possible to complete the requirements for the examination in up to 9 months with approx. 30 learning hours per month.

Who can benefit from it?

This electronic teaching platform is aimed at dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons and dental students who want to expand their knowledge of craniomandibular dysfunction (TMJ).

Why an Online-learning-course TMJ?

Craniomandibular dysfunctions are a complex disease. Accordingly, extensive basic knowledge is required for diagnosis and therapy. In face-to-face teaching, the lecturers always have to focus on the "weakest" link, and for more experienced colleagues this results in unnecessary repetition. In this Online-learning-course TMJ you can weight things according to your previous knowledge, skip what you know and study topics that are difficult for you more intensively.
Far more important, however, is the volume presented. The Online-learning-course TMJ leads to very complex treatment cases that are trained interactively. More than 240 hours of therapy are difficult to master in a face-to-face class. Corona has taught us that much can be done better in homework.
However, the practical training following the distance learning course must then take place hands-on.