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Volume 11 (1)
Volume 11, Issue 1, 1991 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1991; 11(1):29-41
DENTISTRY
John N. Williams, DMD Janice M. Butters, RDH A b s t r a c t Dentistry is facing a rapidly changing environment that requires dentists to acquire new skills and techniques to enable them to provide quality patient care. The need to provide relevant and useful continuing professional education is therefore especially important. Topics for course offerings have sometimes been based on the needs of the dental practitioners. Another method has been to base course offerings on national studies that may not reflect population conditions in a particular locale. This paper, which utilizes the results of the Kentucky Oral Health Survey, suggests that the use of population-specific needs is an effective basis for planning course offerings. The three topical areas identified by the survey are general/internal medicine, behavioral sciences and preventive dentistry. Using this method, program planners will be able to focus limited resources in designing relevant educational experiences for dental practitioners. Keywords: Continuing education; dental; needs assessment; program planning; population-based planning |
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