title: Tasks and stages of professional growth.
abstract: This paper combines data from two surveys, one in 1986 and one in 1992, which used the same instrument. Practice problems, and responses to the problems, were found to differ according to the number of years in practice, validating a stage explanation of professional growth.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Eng
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010318:Partnership Practice, Dental; D010559:Personnel Management; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011364:Professional Practice; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors