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Continued competency assessment: reflections from the state board viewpoint

B P Kinney¹, L Anderson

¹Washington State Dental Quality Assurance Commission, Olympia 98504-7867, USA.

The Journal of the American College of Dentists

|January 1, 1997

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Ensuring continued competency for dental professionals is a complex national issue. Washington State is exploring evaluation mechanisms, but implementation faces challenges due to the issue's complexity.

Area of Science:

Dental professional standards
Healthcare quality assurance

Background:

Continued competency for dental professionals is a growing national concern.
The complexity of evaluating competency presents significant challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the issue of continued competency for dental professionals.
To explore the mandate given to the Washington State Dental Quality Assurance Commission.

Main Methods:

Legislative authorization for examination of continued competency.
Analysis of the complexities in establishing effective evaluation mechanisms.

Main Results:

The Washington State Dental Quality Assurance Commission has been authorized to examine continued competency.

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No formal implementation steps have been taken due to the issue's inherent complexity.

Conclusions:

Evaluating dental professional competency is a complex undertaking.
Effective mechanisms for competency evaluation are difficult to establish.