title: It's time to revive dental study clubs.
abstract: Dental study clubs provide a major opportunity for dentists to meet with other dentists and dental team members and to learn in a friendly, nonthreatening environment. They afford members the opportunity to increase their knowledge of and clinical skills in using new concepts, materials, techniques and devices by hearing about them from fellow members or by working with and evaluating innovations themselves for the benefit of other members. I strongly support the study club concept, and I feel that it should be encouraged in all clinical disciplines in all parts of the country.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Associates, 3707 M. Canyon Road, Suite No. 7A, Provo, Utah 84604, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003762:Dental Instruments; D003764:Dental Materials; D003814:Dentistry, Operative; D003815:Dentists; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials