The effectiveness of dental postgraduate courses – are we doing the right thing?

Autor:	E. S. Nash, Hannah Sian Thomas, Elias George Absi, Nicholas Drage, Robert G. Newcombe
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Wales Design analysis business.industry Percentage point Education Dental Continuing Radiation Protection Surveys and Questionnaires Physical therapy Humans Medicine Educational Measurement business General Dentistry Health Physics Program Evaluation Multiple choice
Zdroj:	British Dental Journal. 201:19-23
ISSN:	1476-5373 0007-0610
DOI:	10.1038/sj.bdj.4814068
Popis:	Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of dental postgraduate one-day courses in radiation protection in Wales. Design Analysis of dentists' performance pre- and immediately post-course training. Subjects and methods Two hundred and eighty-five general dental practitioners took part in eight courses. Identical, validated multiple choice questionnaires were completed anonymously at the start and at the end of each course. Fifty (+62.5%) or above was regarded as a satisfactory standard. Two hundred and fifty-three (89%) paired morning-afternoon records were completed and analysed. Data was compared to that of similar courses five years earlier. Results The mean (SD) pre- and post-course percentage scores were 33.8 (13.5) and 63.6 (14.6). The mean improvement was 29.8 percentage points (SD 11.7). The pre-post correlation was +0.66. At baseline only six (2.4%) of the 253 practitioners achieved the preset standard. After the course, 146 (57.7%) did so, an improvement of 55.3% (95% CI 48.9-61.3%). The final score and score gain were slightly higher in more recent graduates. The increase in proportion attaining the standard following training was 11.9% higher for IRMER than for POPUMET (p
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