Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice to Offer Continuing Education Units for Reviewers

One of the First US Dental Journals to Link Peer Review to Continuing Education

St Louis, 31 August 2009 –The Editors of Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice (JEBDP)–the foremost publication of information about evidence-based dental practice–will begin offering continuing education units (CEUs) to its recognized experts and valued peer reviewers, world-leading scientific and medical publisher Elsevier has announced.

With this new policy, JEBDP becomes one of the first U.S. dental journals–and the first publication in the burgeoning area of evidence-based dentistry–to award CEUs to reviewers. "We view this as a tangible way of rewarding and expressing appreciation to our dedicated peer reviewers," comments Michael G. Newman, D.D.S., Professor Emeritus at the UCLA School of Dentistry and Editor-in-Chief of JEBDP. "Granting CEUs also recognizes the unique role played by reviewers for JEBDP in developing the authoritative content included in our journal."

Under the new program, reviewers will be entitled to claim up to 15 CEUs per year for their work in evaluating and developing content for JEBDP. Credits will be awarded by the Continuing Dental Education Program at the UCLA School of Dentistry. "We think this approach will help further expand our lineup of top-notch dental reviewers," comments Bruce A. Dye, D.D.S., M.P.H., Senior Associate Editor of JEBDP and USPHS Dental Epidemiology Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.