“By creating we think, by living we learn” Patrick Geddes
SDPBRN/NES
Dr Jan Clarkson
Dr Debbie Bonetti
Mrs Linda Young
SDPBRN NHS Education for Scotland University of Manchester (North Western Deanery) University of Newcastle (Northern Deanery) The Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency University of Wales College of Medicine.
Does dental vocational training enhance newly qualified dentists’ clinical and administrative competence and promote the high standards required to meet the needs of unsupervised general dental practice? What is the impact of formal assessment in dental vocational training for patient care, the dental professional and the delivery of NHS primary dental care?
This is a controlled cohort study of dental vocational training in areas of the UK with and without formal assessment of vocational dental practitioners (VDPs). In Scotland, a mandatory formal system of assessment is part of the dental vocational training year and, from August 2004, VDPs must demonstrate satisfactory completion before being issued with an NHS list number. The dental vocational training teams in Northern Ireland, Wales, the Northern Deanery and the North Western Deanery, where there is no formal assessment, are the control cohorts. The evaluation will use an across-method triangulation research strategy, employing quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches.
The study will provide the first prospective, comparative evaluation of dental vocational training in all four UK countries.
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