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Four out of five dentists go to seminars for their dental continuing education. but half use Internet continuing education.
"I'm attending less and less far-away or vacation destination seminars and saving lots of money doing so," said one prosthodontist. "I'm finding that there a lot of excellent seminars within 50 miles of my practice. Why waste money on extensive and expensive travel for CE?"
Indeed, local CE seminars are a lot more popular than far-away ones — even those held at lush resorts.
- 81% of dentists go to state or local dental CE seminars
- 47% of dentists use online continuing dental education
- 47% of dentists go to far-away seminars
- 47% of dentists enjoy vacation destination dental seminars
- 23% of dentists use print media such as magazines
"So many current CE offerings are merely promotions of products sponsored by manufacturers. Where is the balanced, science-based, peer-reviewed education?" asked one dentist.
"I go wherever I think that I can get good information," said a Tennessee dentist.
"There need to be more online, interactive classes that count the same as attending live classes," said a Texas dentist.
Read more: Dentists’ Top Continuing Education Resources
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August 14th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Does New York State (and other states)accept courses vi the internet as genuine CE.In N.Y.state only 18 hours may be obtained by correspndance….rest must be interactive courses.is course via internet OK as interactive or is it considered correspondance?