title: Outreach clinical dental education: the Portsmouth experience - a 4-year follow-up study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Portsmouth Dental Academy (UPDA) was opened in September 2010 and was a development from the highly successful School of Professionals Complementary to Dentistry (2004-2010). The aim of the Academy was to provide integrated team education for all dental professionals in a primary care setting. The dental students are on outreach from King's College London, and the dental care professional students are registered at the University of Portsmouth.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the dental students response to the residential outreach educational experience at the UPDA.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 49-item questionnaire divided into nine domains that provided both qualitative data and quantitative data were administered at the end of the longitudinal 10-week placement, to four successive cohorts of students in 2010-2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 95% return rate was achieved. Students valued highly the quality of the clinical teaching. Through their experience, they felt they understood fully the role of the dentist in care planning in primary care and felt well prepared for dental foundation training. This educational success is unpinned with successful maintenance factors including a well-organised induction period and giving the students a sense of belongingness, empowerment and autonomy for their personal development as new graduates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Within the limitations of the questionnaire study over the 4-year period, the students were very positive about all the aspects of this residential outreach education at the UPDA but particularly valued the immersion in clinical dentistry and the bridging from dental school to their dental foundation training.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Dental Education and Multi-Professional Care, University Portsmouth Dental Academy, King's College London Dental Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Radford
authors.affiliation: University of Portsmouth Dental Academy, Portsmouth, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.affiliation: King's College London Dental Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.affiliation: King's College London Dental Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Woolford
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003729:Dental Care; D004497:Education, Dental; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008131:London; D012575:Schools, Dental; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: clinical experience; dental education; residential outreach education