hello everyone and welcome to chairside live I'm your host Megan strong what a great show
we have for you today our newest chairside live contributor is here dr. Samira who she
R is joining me at the news desk to introduce an exciting new segment for chairside live then Gary
the lawyers back to discuss everyone's favorite topic arbitration and arbitration agreement but
first come with me to the news desk to chat with dr. who she are today we're going to talk about
her background in dentistry and we'll also discuss what you can look forward to in upcoming segments
with her she's got some great insight and I'm excited for you to get to know her so let's go
meet her hello everyone and welcome in I'm here today with the newest contributor to chairside
life dr. Samira who she are how you doing great thank you how are you great I'm glad to have you
here so we're gonna be talking today about our upcoming segments with dr. who she are but first
before we dive into that I want to talk a little bit about your experience in dentistry can you
tell us a little bit about that well the way I got into dentistry I pretty much grew up in a
family of healthcare professionals so my passion for helping others and getting into the sciences
grew very early on I did I was very determined and focused who studied sciences so I got my
bachelor's in biology from UC Irvine and I did some volunteering research and I decided to go
into the field of Dentistry I got my doctoral in dental surgery from UCLA and I graduated in 2001
go brewing and so from there I mean it's like many women out there I sort of juggled my career on the
side and also my family in fact when I graduated from UCLA I was two months pregnant Wow yes and
now I have three beautiful daughters that I'm very proud of I was very much interested in dentistry
for many reasons one of the reasons was the fact the artistic part of it interested me and also the
fact that it gave the freedom for me to set my own hours and be able to have my family I knew
early on I wanted to raise a family so that was also very appealing to me nice okay and so as we
forward with this segment with you coming on chair side live can you tell us a little bit about what
we're gonna be talking about I'm very excited to look at some of the demographics of women and
dentistry and how that's been changing over the few decades I would love to give you a little bit
of stat on that some of the ad a stats sure for example men number about seventy one point one
percent in 2015 versus the eighty four percent in 2001 and female dentists in 2050 numbered
about twenty eight point nine percent versus the sixteen percent in 2001 so as you can see
the change in a number of women entering to the dental field has increased dramatically over the
few decades sure so in 15 about 15 years according to that particular study it's grown tremendously
and I think you were telling me before that now dental school applicants are about 50 50 % on
male and female so it's the females are entering the dental industry infield in growing numbers and
that's really an exciting trend it is it's very exciting I think women are also noticing as I
notice way back when that dentistry is still one of the most independent health professions in the
u.s. and being able to go into sole practice is huge so women are also interested in that because
of the flexibility it has in the hours you can be your own boss and raise a family on the side
and I think that in combination of all that is very important sure and you've been able to do
that you owned your own practice can you tell us a little bit about your experience once you became a
dentist sure yes like I said I was pregnant when I graduated so children have always been part of my
life but I was able to do not just work part-time but also do some continuing education I actually
studied my cosmetic dentistry at Las Vegas ends to do the lvi and also I went into implantology and
ended 11-month course where I was able to I was fortunate enough to be able to go every month for
about four days a month for eleven months and get my assistant fellowship in implantology so that
was also something that I wanted to pursue and in 2005 I opened my own practice here in Irvine and
for about three years I started from scratch and I build it to a point where it grew so big I I it
was a little bit getting out of my hand because I was pregnant with my second child at the time so I
did sell my practice yeah but that didn't stop me I continued and I worked as an associate so
I've always had the opportunity and the freedom to do my career on this side whether it was in
solo practice or as an associate awesome can you tell us a little more besides you know the growing
trends of women in dentistry and I know that you wanted to talk a little about a little bit
about in upcoming segments about women and men in different specialties can you tell me a bit about
that well one of the things I looking forward to discuss in the future segments is how the
number of enrollment women enrolling into dental school is increasing and how that has affected
the profession and also I also want to compare that why how come that the percentage of women
going into specialty after dental school is still less than men and how that has impacted women and
their family life another thing that I would love to discuss in the future is the leadership roles
that women are taking in in the field of Dentistry and how that has motivated dentists other females
that are hesitant to get into leadership positions and it would be a great idea to also discuss the
differences in gender in dentistry and some of the similarities as well and how that can contribute
to the profession going forward great well we're at a time of change in dentistry and I'm glad that
you're here to talk with us through this and so we look forward to future episodes with doctor
who she are coming up stay tuned Thank You Megan well I hope you enjoyed meeting Doctor Who CR and
you can look forward to upcoming segments in the near future the next step I'm heading back to the
news desk but this time Gary the lawyers joining me to discuss arbitration we're talking critical
questions like do you need to have your patient sign an arbitration agreement let's find out
hello everyone and welcome in I'm here with Gary the lawyer a CSL favorite thank you for joining
us today Thank You Maegan Thank You Hannah yeah of course and today we're talking about a very
important question that we receive a lot here which is should I require my patients to sign
an arbitration agreement what are your thoughts first let's talk about what is arbitration and
then let's address that question okay good good question dr. Megan should you have an arbitration
agreement okay yeah and I get that question quite a bit sure first let's define what arbitration is
arbitration is really a form of alternative dispute resolution so there's a jury trial
and front of a jury with a judge that's what we call litigations you're getting the case there's
an arbitration you can have a agreement between between the parties to arbitrate a case and that
would be if so if the both parties had signed an arbitration agreement and then and then maybe
mediation is other ways to resolve a complaint but but arbitration is usually a binding the result is
binding so whatever the arbitrator decides would be final and would that would be then enforceable
through a court of law so that judgment then could be collected on and and it's really it's a private
individual that does the arbitration it's not a it's not a judge it may be a former judge
but both parties agree on the arbitrator correct well yet what and there's different arbitration
selection provisions depending on depending on what mediation rules but yes generally both
parties will have an opportunity to strike certain arbitrators and you can go back and look at the
history of what that arbitrator has has awarded in the past which may be very enlightening yes you
would want to know that your but your lawyer will take care of that once it once it gets rolling so
it's really just and the advantage of arbitration is that it's typically it's it's cheaper than
full-blown litigation okay the evidence rules are relaxed a little bit and it's usually much
faster than going through the typical courtroom route okay how long would a typical arbitration
case maybe last no you know you could probably you can probably get a result on arbitration resolved
typically in under a year whereas sometimes you can be in court for five years not all this all
this varies and it's just depends yeah great and so I mean what to answer that question should they
require their patients to sign an arbitration agreement right and I wish I could just tell
you yes Megan requirement black and white it's not black and white no it's it's gonna be hard
and expensive to give you that there's no good there's no good litigation right so so the only
good good litigation is it closed and done litigation all right and the only way to get
litigation resolved is they have a judgment or an arbitration go or have have the judge kick it out
which is another downside sometimes of arbitration is because of the relaxed evidentiary rules a lot
of times the arbitrator will will not have the strict requirements and so if you're if you're
a defendant in a malpractice action you may want very strict requirements sure about what
about what comes in to evidence so that's gonna be that can be a downside of arbitration right
and what about requiring your employees to sign an arbitration agreement okay another area where
arbitration can be used is employment all right so it's a it's it's it can be a good idea to have and
again depends but can be a good idea to have your employees sign an arbitration agreement a lot of
states there's different requirements though and so this is this is a state-by-state inquiry a lot
of states will require additional consideration so you can't just come up to an employee who's
been there ten years ago here sign this there won't be adequate consideration for that you
have to give that in context of some kind of a raise or promotion here that and that comes with
this arbitration agreement and then it's again if you want arbitration it's what you should try to
do is sell that arbitration agreement you know I'm hoping that this if we ever do have a dispute you
know heavens you know please don't have a dispute we ever do we can get this resolved quicker and
less formally through an arbitration procedure right so it may sound attractive to an employee
or a patient right and it may be attractive I think that also though there's a lot of a lot of
negative press now about arbitration agreements and in fact some legislators around the country
and there's some federal push to actually do away with arbitration agreements in certain contexts so
the the worry there I think from the legislatures mind is that arbitration can take unfair advantage
of a person and deny them of their right to the jury trial okay right so there's a little bit of
a push and so a little bit of and so people have heard of that and may be cautious about signing
those arbitration I'm not going to sign your agreement doc right sure you know and I think
that maybe the dispute that a patient may have or the reserved they might be reserved and coming to
a doctor who requires their patient students sign an arbitration agreement is well okay then are
you viewing me as a potential lawsuit instead of a patient and so I could see where maybe a
patient would kind of object to it so I think what you're saying about selling the arbitration
agreement was very important otherwise because of how you word it so that the patient doesn't
feel like they're just worried I'm gonna sue them and they don't care about me as a patient and I've
seen Dennis to do different things I mean some some require I'm not gonna have you as a patient
unless you sign my arbitration agreement Ryan but not another position is here as an arbitration is
offered to you some of our patients like it if you don't want it that doesn't mean we're not
going to treat you so there can be some fallback positions but sometimes your medical malpractice
insurance carrier may require that you get an arbitration agreement signed so all right
so can we sum it up in a couple bullet points for of today's conversation yes yes here are
the bullet points shoot away let's sum it up you know if you have if you can ask somebody to sign
an arbitration agreement a lot of times there's some advantages to that because then it allows
your attorney once the case is filed to decide hey do I want to get this into arbitration or do
what I'd rather have a judge because typically a plaintiff attorney will file in court hoping
that the threat of a jury you know a runaway jury verdict will forcefully ensure in the
settlement or you in the settlement right but but depending on the case your attorney may want to
get that in arbitration and if you have a signed arbitration agreement that will allow him to make
that decision at that time and that's probably best way to look at it awesome Gary as always
it's always a pleasure to have you with this and we look forward to your next segment on chair side
life well that about wraps it up for this episode of chair side live on behalf of everyone here at
glial laboratories we thank you for watching and I'll meet you right back here next time
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