title: Audit activity and uptake of postgraduate dental education among general dental practitioners in Yorkshire.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the involvement of general dental practitioners in Yorkshire in clinical audit activity and in postgraduate dental education and to compare the results with those of a previous survey undertaken in 1989. There is a need to find ways of encouraging all general dental practitioners to become actively involved in continuing professional development and in improving the quality of general dental practice through the use of clinical audit.
authors.affiliation: Department for NHS Postgraduate Medical & Dental Education, University of Leeds.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ralph
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D019230:Dental Audit; D003729:Dental Care / Q000592:standards; D003815:Dentists / Q000592:standards; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D004739:England; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires