one or two year GPR?

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What are your views on one vs. two years? I am leaning towards two years because I want to get as much mileage as I can out of a GPR, but at the same time there is a financial penalty invovled. Is one year enough or is two years better?

 

[ItsGavinC]

jaap,

I believe the answer to your question will specifically lie in your own personal work ethic, your learning desires, and the curriculum of the program.

Some programs may give their students more mileage out of a one year program, whereas other programs might be more beneficial to the student if done for two years.

Traditionally, the one year program is an exceptional program and a good learning tool for students who wish to convert their academic dentistry to actual clinical settings.

Some GPR programs only give the option of an additional year to select students. For example, some GPR programs may accept only 15 students, and then have positions for 2 or 3 students to continue on for another year.

 

[ehop24]

Generally, the grads I have spoken with say that it takes somewhere inside of a year to develop the clinical proficiency that they seek.

And that is certainly relative to the individual.

But if clinical proficiency is the mileage you're after, I'd opt for the shorter.

The experience that you will receive will vary not only with each GPR, but I imagine that it even varies among the different docs in a certain GPR.

You might be after additional procedural knowledge as opposed to clinical proficiency. That being the case, there are many GPR's that claim to offer additional training in things like implants. But I feel that the wealth of good CE really outshines the GPR in that respect. CE will almost always be more up to date.