Priorities for continuing education courses.

A mail questionnaire on continuing education was sent out to all dentists in Alberta and Atlantic Canada. A total of 415 completed questionnaires were received from Alberta dentists, while the response from Atlantic Canada was 235. A significant majority of the dentists indicated that continuing education was important to them. Those who thought that continuing education was important tended to be more supportive of mandatory continuing education. October is the month that is preferred for courses. In Atlantic Canada, November was the second choice, while February was second in Alberta. The three most significant factors in the selection of a continuing education course in order of importance were: course content, course speaker and location.