Survey of dental practice/dental education in Victoria. Part V. One-year follow-up survey of 1988 graduating class.

A follow-up survey of the 1988 graduating class was carried out in order to compare views of the same cohort after 12 months of dental practice. The most significant finding was that there were few changes in opinion in respect to those subjects where 60 per cent or more respondents in the 1988 survey had judged the practical and/or theoretical components to have too little emphasis. These included fixed prosthodontics, occlusion, orthodontics, endodontics, aesthetic dentistry, oral surgery, conservative dentistry and care of the special patient. Recent changes to the undergraduate curriculum were high-lighted and the need for further development in continuing education courses was re-emphasized.