Dental Protection - Tools For Improvement

Main Category: Dentistry
Article Date: 06 May 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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Dental Protection is using its vast experience from many years of protecting the dental team to increase the value of reading its Annual Review. Working with almost 54,000 members in 70 countries and territories worldwide provides a unique perspective on the way that problems can arise in dentistry. Dental Protection has assembled some of that information to create a series of practical tools that can be adopted by dentists and dental care professionals everywhere to improve all aspects of the care and treatment that they provide.

Called Tools for improvement, this years' Annual Review takes a look at the tools for quality improvement, suggests ways to prioritise our time and effort to maximum advantage, and applies these principles to a variety of clinical and non-clinical situations to illustrate their practical use. Tools for Improvement joins the growing library of risk management content that is available to members in a variety of media formats. As an additional benefit, members can also obtain three hours verifiable CPD online after reading this year's publication.

Kevin Lewis, Director of Dental Protection, said, "At all stages in our professional career, and in all areas of our professional life we encounter opportunities for improvement. Sometimes adversity can be the stimulus, while on other occasions we simply want to get better or to become more successful. In dentistry we are continually confronted with new techniques, new materials, new equipment and new technology, all of which can challenge our existing way of doing things. When faced with these multiple pressures and opportunities the greatest benefits will come when we continually seek to identify suitable areas for improvement that are relevant to us, and then choose the right tools for development, applied at the right time and in the right way. The best routes will not necessarily be the same for all of us.

With the global economy in turmoil and the investment market in a parlous state, there has never been a better time for the profession to review the quality of the service it provides. Surprising benefits can often accrue from investing a little time in reviewing the way we work. The process can also help to improve team productivity and increase patient demand."

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Medical Protection Society

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