title: Letter from California--mandatory continuing education.
abstract: In Britain, mandatory continuing dental education is on its way. In California, we have had mandatory continuing dental education for some twenty-five years. Maybe it would help to see some of the good and bad sides of this, learn from some of our mistakes and see what does work and what does not work--at least in California.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0440, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pogrel
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020375:Education, Distance; D006801:Humans; D008005:Licensure, Dental / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom