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[Dentists' opinion about their dental education in ACTA from 1990 to 1997]
1Afdeling Sociale Tandheelkunde en Voorlichtingskunde, Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 AE Amsterdam.
Objective:
To assess the dentists' opinion on their (under)graduate dental education.
Design:
Descriptive survey, questionnaire.
Setting:
Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Methods:
432 dentists who were graduated from the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam between 1989-1997, were asked to give their opinion on their dental education.
Results:
From all graduates 43.1% thought the treatment of patients as practiced during their training didn't correspond with the treatment of patients in their present practice. However 75.9% of the respondents thought they had gained enough experience during their dental education to enable them to work as a general practitioner.
Conclusion:
The results show that most respondents were content with the received dental education. The results correspond largely with the results found in a similar survey done in 1990.