Nayak Prajna Pramod, Rao Nandita Subba, Ali Anzil K S, Thadeethra Mathews Jude
Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, A J Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Apr;11(4):ZC27-ZC30. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24256.9659. Epub 2017 Apr 1.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. In India, very few studies have been documented to discover the patterns of information update by dental practitioners.
To discover the educational tools that dentists of Hubli - Dharwad, Karnataka, India, prefer for updating their knowledge on new therapeutic methods and to assess the perceived usefulness of these CPD activities.
Face to face interview was carried out using questionnaire comprising questions on various CPD activities among all the practicing dentists. Pearson's chi-square test was used to evaluate any association between the frequency of information update and perceived usefulness with gender, qualification, practice types and academic attachments.
Out of 112 practicing dentists in Hubli-Dharwad, 104 consented for the study. Mean age group of the study population was 32.3±7.56 (SD) years. Discussion with colleagues and discussion with medical sales representatives were the most frequently utilized information sources. On the other hand, attending dental fairs was found to be the most rarely utilized method of information access. Discussion with colleagues, reading textbooks and accessing internet were rated as most useful CPD activities and discussion with sales representatives and attending dental fairs were rated as least useful CPD activities.
Both conventional methods of information sources like discussions with colleagues and textbook reading as well as contemporary information sources like accessing internet were the preferred methods of information update by dental practitioners of Hubli-Dharwad.
持续专业发展（CPD）是指为个人发展和职业晋升而获得的技能和知识。在印度，很少有研究记录牙科从业者的信息更新模式。
了解印度卡纳塔克邦胡布利-达尔瓦德的牙医在更新新治疗方法知识时更喜欢使用的教育工具，并评估这些持续专业发展活动的感知有用性。
采用问卷对所有执业牙医进行面对面访谈，问卷包含有关各种持续专业发展活动的问题。使用Pearson卡方检验来评估信息更新频率和感知有用性与性别、资质、执业类型和学术背景之间的任何关联。
在胡布利-达尔瓦德的112名执业牙医中，104人同意参与研究。研究人群的平均年龄组为32.3±7.56（标准差）岁。与同事讨论和与医药销售代表讨论是最常使用的信息来源。另一方面，参加牙科展会是最不常使用的信息获取方式。与同事讨论、阅读教科书和上网被评为最有用的持续专业发展活动，与销售代表讨论和参加牙科展会被评为最没用的持续专业发展活动。
传统的信息来源方法，如与同事讨论和阅读教科书，以及当代信息来源方法，如上网，都是胡布利-达尔瓦德的牙医首选的信息更新方法。
