Continuing Education Needs of Non-Specialty-Trained Army General Dentists

Abstract

This survey polled preferences for dental continuing education (C.E.) topics among non specialty-trained Army general dentists and their supervisors. Among general dentists, preferences for dental C.E. topics were found to vary across level of training, assignment location, experience, and presence of specialists in clinic of assignment. C.E. preferences of general dentists were found to be more narrowly clinically focused than those that their supervisors think they need. All groups ranked Management of Medical Emergencies as the most needed dental C.E. topic. The current inventory of Army dental C.E. courses is meeting the needs expressed by survey respondents with the exception of human relations courses. Topics such as Motivating Co-Workers, Management of Job Stress, and Working with Difficult People, which received high ratings in this survey, should be incorporated into the Army dental C.E. system. Continuing education, Dentistry, General dentists, Preference survey.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA286026

Entities

People

  • Michael C. Chisick

Organizations

  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Craniocerebral Trauma
  • Dentistry
  • Dentists
  • Education
  • Emergencies
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Infection Control
  • Inventory
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Oral Surgery
  • Personnel Management
  • Specialists
  • Supervisors
  • Training

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  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Organizational Psychology.