title: The GDC--lifting the lid. Part 3: education, CPD and revalidation.
abstract: This third article in the series looks at the areas of education, continuing professional development and the forthcoming introduction of revalidation, which form a 'continuum of quality assurance' through a dentist's professional life and ensure that standards of dentistry remain high. The article introduces some of the key members of staff involved with education at the General Dental Council and details some of the complicated issues involved with regulating dental education from undergraduate level onwards.
authors.affiliation: General Dental Council, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mathewson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rudkin
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003813:Dentistry / Q000592:standards*; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008005:Licensure, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards; D012953:Societies, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom