A survey on the preference for continuing professional dental education amongst general dental practitioners who attended the 26th Asia Pacific Dental Congress | Zendy

Chan W. C. | Zendy; Ng C. H. | Zendy; Yiu B. K. | Zendy; Liu C. Y. | Zendy; Ip C. M. | Zendy; Siu H. H. | Zendy; Chiu G. K. C. | Zendy; Hägg U. | Zendy; Jin L. J. | Zendy

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A survey on the preference for continuing professional dental education amongst general dental practitioners who attended the 26th Asia Pacific Dental Congress

Author(s) -

Chan W. C.,

Ng C. H.,

Yiu B. K.,

Liu C. Y.,

Ip C. M.,

Siu H. H.,

Chiu G. K. C.,

Hägg U.,

Jin L. J.

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of dental education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583

H-Index - 41

eISSN - 1600-0579

pISSN - 1396-5883

DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2006.00419.x

Subject(s) - mainland china , specialty , dental education , continuing education , medicine , china , family medicine , medical education , preference , mainland , asia pacific , dentistry , geography , sociology , archaeology , economics , microeconomics , ethnology

Aims: To identify the subjects of interest and to examine the modes as well as means of study for continuing professional dental education amongst general dental practitioners who attended the 26th Asia Pacific Dental Congress, 28 May—1 June 2004, Hong Kong. Methods: A total of 381 general dental practitioners as the registered conference delegates from Hong Kong, Mainland China and other Asia‐Pacific regions were randomly selected for the present survey. The survey was conducted through face‐to‐face interviews by a group of practising dentists in Hong Kong. Results: Overall, orthodontics and prosthodontics were the most popular subjects for clinical degree programmes, whilst oral implantology and cosmetic dentistry were the highly preferred subjects for continuing education courses. Concerning the preferred mode of study for degree programmes, the part‐time study mode was chosen by 68.3% of the participating dentists. A didactic teaching approach was preferred by most of the participants (81.7%) for postgraduate study. The majority of the interviewees (76.5%) were interested in a proposed clinical degree programme to be offered jointly by The University of Hong Kong and a leading university in the Mainland. Overall, there was no marked difference in the preference for continuing dental education amongst the respondents from Hong Kong, Mainland China and other Asia‐Pacific regions. Conclusions: The present survey shows the currently preferred specialty areas and subjects for continuing professional dental education amongst the general dental practitioners who attended the 26th Asia Pacific Dental Congress, with didactic teaching as the most preferred mode of study on a part‐time basis.

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