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Personal Development Plans for Dentists, The New Approach to Continuing Professional Development

Amur Rughani, Chris Franklin, Stephen Dixon, Radcliffe Medical Press, Oxford, 2003, 232 pp., paperback, £29.95, ISBN 1 85775 917

Having been recently involved in Consultant Appraisals within the NHS, it was with some degree of trepidation that I accepted an offer to review this book. It did not, however, take much time with this volume to appreciate how a new and relatively ‘threatening’ subject can be explained in such a constructive and helpful manner.

Many of the skills needed to implement the processes in the text are now routinely taught at undergraduate level, but for experienced practitioners, often some years from learning new non-clinical skills, this book is a gem.

The book has a well-laid out style, with helpful key point summaries at the beginning of a series of chapters that are presented in a thoughtful and logical sequence.

The book succeeds in demystifying the management speak that usually accompanies texts on this subject. After reading the book, you will be able to spot a PDP (Personal Development Plan), tackle a SEA (Significant Event Analysis), and commit to PUN’s and DEN’s (Patients’ Unit Needs and Dentists’ Educational Needs).

The book has very useful figures and tables aimed at explaining the processes in a helpful and logical way, whilst linking it to everyday practice life and concepts such as revalidation. A very helpful aspect of the book is the frequent ‘checkpoint’ boxes sprinkled throughout the book helping you check and review your progress through the process. Each chapter also ends up with useful pointers for further information, and the Appendices provide a selection of useful questionnaires and forms to help the readers. There is the additional benefit that these are available on line. For those looking to use a PDP as a tool to achieve quality in a practice setting, I could commend no better textbook than this.

The authors deserve the highest praise for a clear, simple, and effective expanse of a topic often presented in a confusing and unhelpful way.

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