Clinical Governance in General Dental Practice

Health professionals at all levels are now expected to approach their continuing professional development in a more systematic way. This book shows what individuals and workplace teams can do to identify their own learning needs, and draw up and prioritise their own action plans. This book is based on the highly successful Making Clinical Governance Work for You but has been contextualised specifically for dentists and their teams. Presented in a simple and practical style, it shows how to integrate quality improvements into everyday work. It is an essential book for the primary dental care team and will help underpin individual and team based professional development plans and revalidation, which will make a positive contribution to their organisation's business plans. It bridges the gap between theory and practice, and between 'thinking and doing', and it will benefit all dental healthcare professionals and undergraduates. 'The authors have made clinical governance logical, attractive and achieveable. The book is written is a style which is inviting. Busy practitioners are generally very appreciative when a lot of the legwork has already been done for them. In this respect, this book excels with its templates, easy-to-read checklists and action plans. Clinical governance becomes a valuable concept only if it helps to deliver what patients need and want. This balanced and very readable text is as good a place to start as I can possibly imagine' Review Quotes 'This is an essential book for all dental health care workers and undergraduate dental students too. It explains with great clarity the nuances of clinical governance as it applies to the dental profession. A commendable and indispensible book' BRITISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION INFORMATION CENTRE 'This comprehensive book, which is well referenced, looks at building a culture through the development of effective teams and robust systems' DENTAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT UPDATE 'Comprehensive, well referenced and useful text on one of the important themes in healthcare today.' DENTAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT