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A survey assessing the impact of a hospital-based general practice residency program on dentists and dental practice.
Full Abstract
The purpose of this survey was to evaluate the outcome of completing a general practice hospital-based dental residency program. A survey was mailed to all individuals who had completed a general practice residency program (resident) between 1980 and 1996 and to dentists who had not completed a hospital program (undergraduate). The responses were evaluated by Fisher's exact test. Seventy-four percent of the resident group and 68% from the undergraduate sample group returned the questionnaire. Approximately half the residents were in general dental practice. Twenty-six percent were involved in specialty dentistry, 7% in hospital dentistry, and 20% in teaching at a dental school. Of the undergraduate dentists, more than three-quarters were in general practice, 5% were entered into specialty programs, 1% were involved in hospital dentistry, and 15% taught at a dental school. Half of the residents held staff privileges in a hospital or ambulatory setting, compared with 16% of undergraduates. Forty-three percent of the residents provided consultation in a hospital or long-term-care facility, compared with 21% of the undergraduates. Practice characteristics suggested enhanced clinical skills in oral surgery, periodontics, emergency dental care, and oral medicine/pathology in those completing the hospital program. The findings of this study confirm that the outcome of completing a hospital program is a change in practice profile, site of practice, services for complex patients, and continuing involvement in teaching.
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Author information
Author/s: Tejani, Asif (A); Epstein, Joel B (JB); Gibson, Gary (G); Le, Nhu (N);
Affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Vancouver Hospital, BC, Canada. joelbep@u.washington.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (Spec Care Dentist), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2002 Jan-Feb; vol 22 (issue 1) : pp 16-22
Dates: Created 2002/05/16; Completed 2002/08/02; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12014856, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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