Why Join? Continued Education Through Focus Groups & Journal Clubs

Joining one of our dental focus groups or journal club involves getting your questions answered by our knowledgeable dental community or collaborate with other like-minded dental professionals. This is something that will differ from time to time. Think Dental Learning Institute hosts focus groups and Journal Club meetings in Paoli, Pennsylvania, or online. Get involved if it’s something you are interested in. Read on and explore the advantages of why you might want to join a focus group and what doing so might involve.

Learn Through Collaboration

One of the main reasons why you might want to get involved in a dentist focus group is the way in which we strive to improve learning through collaboration. For example, a dentist focus group will seek to find out what can be done to improve certain aspects of dentistry, as well as seek evidence-based solutions to a question. If you want to be part of something that aims to make a difference in the world, this is a way of doing it.

Enjoy Learning in Workshops & Live Lectures

Taking part in dentist focus groups can be a lot of fun, and it’s something that you should consider if you like the idea of what you’ve read above. Think Dental Learning Institute have a variety of dentist focus group and journal club meetings throughout the year, so you can get in contact if you’d like to get involved going forward.

Express Problems or Frustrations in Your Work

When you talk about your problems and frustrations, it can be helpful. Many people who take part in dentist focus groups like the chance it gives them to talk about these frustrations and negative experiences. And to find evidence-based solutions to these problems. We can learn from each other how to manage the negative experiences, and how to replicate the positive experiences. It’s a good way to create something positive out of the negative.

Network in the Field of Dentistry

When you take part in these focus groups, you’ll meet other people and increase your network for collaborating, it is a nice side benefit that many people enjoy. You’ll meet people who are also interested in taking part for the same or similar reasons that you are. Meeting new people can widen your scope and provide valuable insights.

Talk About Important Issues in Dentistry

The chance to talk about issues that are important is another thing that many people find appealing about joining dentist focus groups. All forms of health and healthcare are important and talking about these things eventually results in insights and potential changes that’ll improve the our knowledge and patient care going forward.