Letter from California--mandatory continuing education. 2000

M A Pogrel
Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0440, USA.

In Britain, mandatory continuing dental education is on its way. In California, we have had mandatory continuing dental education for some twenty-five years. Maybe it would help to see some of the good and bad sides of this, learn from some of our mistakes and see what does work and what does not work--at least in California.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008005 Licensure, Dental The granting of a license to practice dentistry. Dental Licensure,Dental Licensures,Licensures, Dental
D011787 Quality of Health Care The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality. Pharmacy Audit,Quality of Care,Quality of Healthcare,Audit, Pharmacy,Care Quality,Health Care Quality,Healthcare Quality,Pharmacy Audits
D002140 California State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
D002983 Clinical Competence The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care. Clinical Skills,Competence, Clinical,Clinical Competency,Clinical Skill,Competency, Clinical,Skill, Clinical,Skills, Clinical,Clinical Competencies,Competencies, Clinical
D003479 Curriculum A course of study offered by an educational institution. Curricula,Short-Term Courses,Course, Short-Term,Courses, Short-Term,Short Term Courses,Short-Term Course
D004498 Education, Dental, Continuing Educational programs designed to inform dentists of recent advances in their fields. Dental Education, Continuing,Continuing Dental Education,Continuing Dental Educations,Dental Educations, Continuing,Education, Continuing Dental,Educations, Continuing Dental
D006113 United Kingdom Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London. Great Britain,Isle of Man
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D020375 Education, Distance Education via communication media (correspondence, radio, television, computer networks) with little or no in-person face-to-face contact between students and teachers. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1997) Correspondence Courses,Distance Education,Distance Learning,Online Education,Online Learning,Correspondence Course,Course, Correspondence,Education, Online,Learning, Distance,Learning, Online,Online Educations

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