First-year dental students’ motivation and attitudes for choosing the dental profession

Avramova, Nadya; Yaneva, Krassimira; Bonev, Boyko

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“…Similar viewpoints about the dental profession were reported by Indian 1,9 and Bulgarian dental students. 10 The prestige of being a dental professional was also the dominant reason for choosing dentistry as a career amongst Iranian students. 2 Students from universities in Lithuania and Poland reported that the strongest influence they felt towards choosing to study dentistry was from their parents or relatives.…”

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Self‐perceptions about the profession of dentistry—comparisons between Lithuanian and Polish University graduating students

Aleksejūnienė

Načaitė

Pūrienė

et al. 2019

Eur J Dental Education

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Aim To examine the perceptions and overall satisfaction about the dental profession amongst the final‐year student cohorts from the Lithuanian and Polish universities. Material and Methods For the Lithuanian cohort, the response rate was 95% (N = 143) and for the Polish cohort it was 99% (N = 123). The survey included a pre‐tested questionnaire with multiple questions from three domains: (a) Sociodemographic, (b) Influences of others and (c) Dentistry Profession. Results Polish university students were older (25.3 ± 2.6 years) than Lithuanian students (23.5 ± 1.6 years), more Lithuanian (83.1%) students were single compared to Polish cohort (34.7%), and more students graduating in Poland (43.4%) were males compared to the Lithuanian students (26.6%). In both countries, students were mostly influenced towards their choice of dentistry by their parents/relatives and positive experiences. Similar profession‐related dimensions were identified for student from both countries: (a) the prestige of the profession, (b) job‐related security, and (c) self‐realisation. Satisfaction with a profession differed substantially between the two student cohorts, but none of the sociodemographic predictors explained this variation satisfactorily. Conclusions Sociodemographic differences were found between the students from Lithuanian and Polish universities. Yet, both student cohorts were similarly influenced towards choosing dentistry. The profession's prestige, job security and self‐realisation were the most important profession‐related dimensions. Polish university students were more satisfied with the profession than Lithuanian students.

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Self‐perceptions about the profession of dentistry—comparisons between Lithuanian and Polish University graduating students

Aleksejūnienė

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Pūrienė

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Eur J Dental Education

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“…This study went beyond previous research in three ways. First, while quite a number of studies have researched the career choice motivations of dental students [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] and dental hygiene students, [22][23][24][25][26][27][28] only one previous study had explored how dental Table 3. Career choice motivations of students, by percentages of total responding dental students (N=783) and dental hygiene students (N=256) Note: Chi-square tests were used to compare the percentages of dental versus dental hygiene students' answers in each category.…”

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“…[4][5][6] Cohen and Coburn analyzed the relevance of various career choice reasons and found that the autonomy aspects of dentistry were no longer at the forefront of reasons why students wanted to become dentists. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Over the past three decades, research also focused on analyzing dental hygiene students' career choice motivations. [7][8][9][10] In those studies, students' motivations began to shift from materialistic to post-materialistic reasons, such as having favorable hours, and increasing numbers of students mentioned a desire for working with people.…”

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“…9 Research in the current decade found that factors such as financial stability and people-oriented work were more dominant themes among motivations for entering dentistry. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Over the past three decades, research also focused on analyzing dental hygiene students' career choice motivations. In 1989, Carr reported that the primary career motivation for dental hygiene students was being inspired by others.…”

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Dental and Dental Hygiene Students’ Career Choice Motivations in 2009–17: A Mixed Methods Approach

Shaikh

Inglehart

2018

Journal of Dental Education

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The aims of this study were to explore career choice motivations of dental and dental hygiene students and whether their motivations differed from each other, whether their motivations changed from 2009 to 2017, and whether these motivations were affected by students' age when they decided on their career or by having a spouse/partner or family member in dentistry/dental hygiene. A total of 959 incoming dental students and 270 incoming dental hygiene students at one U.S. university in 2009-17 were invited to participate in the study. Of those invited, 783 dental students (response rate 82%) and 256 dental hygiene students (response rate 95%) completed the paper and pencil surveys. Two independent raters coded the open-ended responses concerning career choice motivations (88% consistency). Overall, the most frequent motivations for the two groups combined were wanting to help others (44%) and wanting a profession in the health care field (31%); the least frequent motivation was business-related reasons (9%). The dental students were more likely than the dental hygiene students to choose their profession because of wanting to help others (47% vs. 36%; p=0.001), human interaction aspects (23% vs. 11%; p<0.001), and hands-on aspects (22% vs. 4%; p<0.001). The dental hygiene students were more likely than the dental students to be motivated by wanting a profession in the health care field (46% vs. 26%; p<0.001) and own dental experiences (22% vs. 12%; p<0.001). The more recently the dental students enrolled, the more likely they were to be motivated by wanting to help others (r=0.15; p<0.001) and the less by being inspired by others (r=-0.15; p<0.001). Having a spouse/partner made dental students less motivated by wanting to help others and more by science-related motivations. These findings provided insights into the dental and hygiene students' career motivations and the factors that affect them. This information could contribute to more effective recruitment strategies.

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“…Several factors may govern or modulate the decision of pursuing this field. Traditionally, several factors have been recognized that may influence one's decision to choose dentistry as a future career including oral health promotion, assisting and working in societies, availability and ease of employment, financial security, prestige, provision of enough time off for family life, desire to work in health care and making a good income [2][3][4][5][6] . Interestingly, variation in social background, race, gender and country have been found to influence career selection as well [7][8][9][10] .…”

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Motivations for Studying Dentistry and Dental College Preference Among Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University (Rakcods) Students

Alkhabuli¹,

Khamis²

2016

EDUJ

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Objectives: The objectives of this study were to find out the reasons for choosing dentistry as a future career and the factors for preferring Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University students over other dental colleagues in UAE. Methods: A cross sectional questionnaire comprised of 19 items related to the dental career and 6 items related to RAKCODS preference factors were sent electronically to the 1st year (2014)(2015) and 2nd year (2013)(2014) RAKCODS students. The responses on the students' motivation were collected using three-point ordinal scales. The data were analyzed using SPSS, v16 program. T-test and Chi-Square test were used to measure the level of differences. Results: The overall response rate was 67.0% (n=110). The mean age was 18.9 years. Females represented 63.6% and males 36.4% of the respondents. The important motives were "interest to treat people and improve their oral health" by 73.6%, "dental practice is a combination of hand skills and knowledge" by 66.4%, "dental profession provides option to be self-employed" by 61.8% and "dentistry has high-level income of practice" by 60%. Females showed significant difference to males in treatment of people and oral health care motive (p=0.022). Dentistry has high income and pays better were important factors for males more than for females (p=0.033 and p< 0.001) respectively. The curriculum comparable to international standard and the fascinating facilities were the most significant preference factors of RAKCODS. Conclusion: The motives towards a dental career were mainly to improve peoples' oral health, have high income and to be a self-employed professional. Curriculum and facilities were the most attracting factor of RAKCODS. Keywords: professional practice, dental, career choice, students, United Arab Emirates. BackgroundRas Al-Khaimah (RAK) is one of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of 300.000 inhabitants¹. The RAK College of Dental Sciences (RAKCODS) was established in 2007 as one of the four constituent professional Colleges of the RAK Medical and Health Sciences University (RAKMHSU). It was the third dental college to be established in UAE and it is fully accredited by the higher ministry of education and scientific research. The college started with 13 students on board in a humble building and with not enough facilities in 2007. Since its inception, there has been gradual increase in the number of admitted students. In the academic year 2012-2013, the college moved into a state of the art building, and modern facilities that can accommodate up to 80 students per academic year. Since then, there has been a sharp increase in the number of students seeking admission to RAKCODS. A total of 38 qualified dental surgeons have graduated from RAKCODS so far. The UAE society is a diverse community living in a very peaceful environment. The varied ethnicity has echoed in the different backgrounds of the students making up the academic community, with different levels of educations, personal characters 142...

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First-year dental students’ motivation and attitudes for choosing the dental profession

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Self‐perceptions about the profession of dentistry—comparisons between Lithuanian and Polish University graduating students

Self‐perceptions about the profession of dentistry—comparisons between Lithuanian and Polish University graduating students

Dental and Dental Hygiene Students’ Career Choice Motivations in 2009–17: A Mixed Methods Approach

Motivations for Studying Dentistry and Dental College Preference Among Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University (Rakcods) Students

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