Understanding continuous professional development participation and choice of mid-career general dental practitioners
Issue Date
2015-12-10Subjects
professional developmentcontinuous professional development
CPD
dental education
dental practitioners
dentistry
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Participating in continuing professional development (CPD) activities is a requirement for dental practitioners to keep their skills and knowledge up to date. Understanding the ways dental practitioners engage with professional development and the impact on practice is not fully known (Eaton et al. 2011, http://www.gdc-uk.org/Aboutus/policy/Documents/Impact Of CPD In Dentistry.pdf). The aim of this study was to gain insights into the ways that dentists reflect on their professional development and what may be influencing their choices. Empirical qualitative data were collected by semi-structured interviewing of five mid-career dentists. Using grounded theory, the data were analysed for themes about CPD choice and participation. Three themes were identified as influences to dentists' choices of CPD with pragmatic considerations of how new learning could benefit their patients and their practices. Dental practitioners were influenced by the requirements of external regulatory bodies which they did not consider to necessarily improve practice. Dentists working in primary care in the UK are undertaking CPD which is influenced by the pragmatic requirements of running a small business and to meet regulatory requirements. In this sample, dentists are not critically reflecting on their education needs when choosing their CPD activity. Protected learning time and organisational feedback and support are recommended as a way to promote more meaningful reflection on learning and to improve professional development. OBJECTIVE METHOD RESULTS CONCLUSIONCitation
Brown T, Wassif HS (2017) 'Understanding continuous professional development participation and choice of mid-career general dental practitioners', European Journal of Dental Education, 21 (1), pp.46-51.Publisher
WileyPubMed ID
26663558Additional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eje.12177Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1396-5883EISSN
1600-0579ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/eje.12177
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