"Work is just more fun!"
On the clinical side I've essentially changed everything, from premolar to molar. Crowns preps, cores, my ops were always my Achilles heel. Now I'm proud of them and rarely get stressed. Never worried about flash or contacts. I love taking photos. I think it emphasises quality and care to the patients.
"Practice, Repeat, Retain"
The experience of doing the hands on course from my office has been one of the biggest benefits. Not only am I more relaxed because I'm in a known setting and I can do as much or as little preparation before the course to get myself ready and then when I'm there I get to do the course work that's asked of me but then I understand and I have the setup that I can replicate that time and time again.
"Be Inspired"
I got really interested because I've never wanted to go back to school, and this was the perfect option to do clinically relevant and practice-oriented learning.
"Return On Investment"
I would say FRD is like therapy because for many of us, we feel comfortable talking about technical/clinical aspects with other colleagues but the psychological aspects feel taboo to talk about/you work in a culture where it is frowned upon/you will be taken advantage of by others for admitting to your faults and insecurities.