Following a review of preceptorship practices within the children's services directorate of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, a working party was established to produce a directorate-wide preceptorship package. This article reviews the literature, provides a summary of the preceptorship guidelines, and critically analyses the process of implementing the programme.
In this paper, an advanced virtual program in engineering education developed at the University of South Australia for both on-campus and offshore students is described. This extensive training program is based on a comprehensive online tutorial and comprises both face-to-face and online learning. The program provides a tailored evaluation format to ensure that all postgraduate students, including those doing coursework and research, will have appropriate exposure to updated learning skills and research resources. Although the internet is the primary resource used in this educational program, other resources, such as videoconferencing, video-taping and face-to-face lecturing, have also played a role in promoting engineering teaching and research excellence. The feedback from students in recent years has been very encouraging, and students have shown increased information literacy skills and improved researching abilities. As off-campus class numbers have increased, further development of the program to meet their requirements has been a priority.
The Diploma in Implant Dentistry, one of the flagship programmes for dentists, now includes a training module and study weekend for the whole dental team. Sally Hunter tells us about this latest initiative from the FGDP(UK).
On 1 August 2008, mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) was introduced for dental care professionals (DCPs). To maintain registration with the General Dental Council (GDC), DCPs are required to undertake 50 hours of verifiable CPD over a fiveyear period. The CPD requirement is an important part of regulation and professional responsibilities, and the increasing availability of CPD programmes and courses provide an additional opportunity for DCPs to develop their careers and raise standards of patient care.
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