Table 3.

General Practitioner Specialist Training programme directors’ preferred approaches to enhancing oral health training for GP trainees

Preferred approaches to enhancing oral health training for GP trainees	n strongly agreeing or agreeing with approach described	%	95 % CI
Example problem-based learning sessions	107/130	82.3	76 %–89 %
Oral health e-learning programmes	106/130	81.5	75 %–88 %
Improved access to tutors with expertise in oral health and oral cancer	98/130	75.4	68 %–83 %
Support and teaching from outside bodies e.g. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons or British Dental Association	77/130	59.2	51 %–68 %
Funding	68/130	52.3	44 %–61 %
Increase in time for centralised teaching	51/130	39.2	31 %–47 %
Lecture notes	47/130	36.2	28 %–44 %
Expansion in number of GPs with special interest in oral health	42/131	32.1	24 %–40 %
Expansion in the number of oral health specialists	22/130	16.9	10 %–23 %