Participation in continuing professional development by dental practitioners in Victoria, Australia in 2007

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-234

  Hopcraft, M S ^a   Manton, D J ^a   Chong, P L ^a   Ko, G ^a   Ong, P Y S ^a   Sribalachandran, S ^a   Wang, C J ^a   Yong, P Y ^a   Jian, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuing professional development; Dental education; Dentistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIETIES, DENTAL; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 77958181624     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2010.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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