title: Continuing education for general dental practitioners using a printed distance learning programme.
abstract: This paper describes the development of a printed distance learning programme by a coordinated team approach. The programme has two components, a resource book and three patient management problem leaflets or challenges and is designed to update general dental practitioners on the management of fissure caries. It includes strategies to meet the educational needs of three groups of general dental practitioners with different educational requirements. It is concluded that the approach described meets the CRISIS criteria for effective continuing education and offers a useful approach to distance learning in dentistry.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Harden
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Laidlaw
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Pitts
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D013664:Teaching Materials