Peer review of quality of dental care

Schonfeld, Hyman K.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.1969.0038

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“…1 It is listed as a verifiable core activity in the General Dental Council's recertification scheme 2 as well as being central to plans to implement clinical governance in dental practices. 2 The role of continuing professional education and continuing medical education is widely recognised throughout Europe as important in maintaining standards in the medical profession.…”

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A comparison of the perceived effects on Scottish general dental practitioners of peer review and other continuing professional development

Maidment¹

2006

Br Dent J

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Aim To produce evidence to inform future provision of continuing professional development (CPD). Method A postal questionnaire survey of 268 dentists who had participated in the pilot peer review scheme in Scotland. Results Courses, both Section 63 and privately run, were both seen as highly effective in changing both knowledge and practising behaviour. Most of the free form comments invited were positive about the effects and acceptability of peer review as a mode of CPD. Courses and reading journals were felt to be better at changing knowledge while all the other modes (vide intra) were felt to be better at changing practice, except computer assisted learning (CAL). Conclusions Peer review in Scotland is perceived as an acceptable and effective CPD mode for changing knowledge and practice. It is not felt to be superior to the established classical modes of courses and reading of journals.

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A comparison of the perceived effects on Scottish general dental practitioners of peer review and other continuing professional development

Maidment¹

2006

Br Dent J

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“…For, while it is generally taken for granted that the quality of restorations carried out by dentists is satisfactory, the quality of treatment carried out by ancillaries had to be proved. The current world trend of involving third parties in the financing of dental care has further boosted interest in the development of ways of measuring its quality including that of restorative care (Friedman, 1972;Schonfeld, 1967Schonfeld, , 1969.…”

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Assessment of the quality of restorations

Elderton

1977

J of Oral Rehabilitation

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Most assessments of the quality of restorations are entirely subjective and involve standard clinical diagnostic equipment. However in recent years there has been an increasing demand for more accurate and reliable methods. Attempts to achieve these have been directed mainly towards the standardization of clinical judgements by the provision of various systems of guidelines of criteria upon which to base them. While these have improved the usefulness of the assessments, they have remained largely subjective. Furthermore, the efficacy of using the particular criteria selected are themselves open to questioning. By the use of more complex methods of examination, often in the field of restorative materials research, assessments have been made of various features of restorations and a body of knowledge concerning factors that might influence or manifest their quality has been build up. However the true significance of much of this knowledge in terms of the clinical behaviour, and thus the finite quality of restorations in service, has yet to be established, for many of the studies have been undertaken in isolation from the dynamic conditions of function in the mouth. Notably, however, a few objective clinical studies have been carried out and objective measurements of some factors affecting the quality of restorations have been reported.

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