Postgraduate specialties interest, career choices and qualifications earned by male dentists graduated from King Saud University

Al-Dlaigan, Yousef H; Al‐Sadhan, Ra’ed; Alghamdi, Mohammed H.; Alshahrani, Abdullah; Alshahrani, Mohammed Ali

doi:10.1016/j.sdentj.2010.11.004

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“…The majority of male respondents in this study preferred oral and maxillofacial surgery, followed by orthodontics, as their postgraduate specialties of interest, which is partially in accordance with the results of a previous Saudi study in which the majority of male dentists preferred the specialties of prosthodontics and orthodontics [10]. Furthermore, the majority of female subjects preferred operative dentistry, followed by pediatric dentistry, which is in contrast to a previous Saudi study reporting that the majority of female dentists preferred orthodontics, followed by endodontics [11].…”

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Career Motivations, Perceptions of the Future of Dentistry and Preferred Dental Specialties Among Saudi Dental Students

Halawany¹

2014

TODENTJ

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Aim:The purpose of this study was to determine the career motivations, perceptions of the future of dentistry and preferred postgraduate specialties of Saudi dental students. Methods:A pretested, self-administered, 16-item questionnaire was distributed to first- through fifth-year dental students at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and the level of significance was set at 5%. Results:Of the 530 potential participants, 329 students (198 male and 131 female respondents) completed the questionnaire. High professional status (71.4%), a secure career (67.8%), a high income (78.1%), flexible working hours (54.4%), a wide range of career options after graduation (59.3%), opportunities for self-employment (69.3%) and good job opportunities abroad (65.3%) were endorsed to a great/considerable extent by the respondents. “It takes time to establish a practice” (62.3%), “Postgraduate education is a necessity” (72.4%) and “The increasing number of dental institutions is a threat to the profession” (59.3%) were endorsed to a great or considerable extent by the respondents. The most popular specialty among the male students was oral maxillofacial surgery (20.1%) and among female students was operative dentistry (23.4%). Conclusion: The career motivations of this group of dental students seemed to relate to socioeconomic aspects of dentistry and perceptions of the future of dentistry seemed to relate to the need for postgraduate education.

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Career Motivations, Perceptions of the Future of Dentistry and Preferred Dental Specialties Among Saudi Dental Students

Halawany¹

2014

TODENTJ

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“…In the study conducted at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Dental College, job satisfaction was an important factor in selecting orthodontics as the future specialty of choice among students. Similarly, three previous studies[ 9 10 11 ] conducted among orthodontic residents in USA, UK, and Saudi Arabia had shown that job satisfaction was the most common reason for selecting the specialty of orthodontics. At the Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Dental College, 7 out of the 27 students (26%) who had taken part in the study felt that this branch of dentistry was intellectually challenging, thus giving a higher response rate when compared to the rate reported in a previous study (18.21%) conducted by Noble et al .…”

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“…Advancing the quality of clinical skills as well as the research output will drive the medical and dental care forward by improving the service level, patient satisfaction, and reducing the complication rate[ 6 8 ] Nowadays, the number of dental graduates in Saudi Arabia is exceeding 2500 from over 30 dental schools every year. [ 9 10 ] Orthodontics has gained immense popularity as a postgraduate dental specialty program in Saudi Arabia. [ 11 ] Recognizing the motivation of dental students in choosing orthodontics as a career specialty might provide valuable information pertaining to the general perception among graduates about this specialty.…”

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Orthodontics as a prospective career choice among undergraduate dental students: A prospective study

Sam

2015

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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Objectives:The purposes of this study were to investigate the factors influencing the career choice of dental students and to identify the future life plans of the students at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Dental College who had chosen orthodontics as their future specialty.Materials and Methods:An epidemiological descriptive survey was conducted using a set of questionnaire among the second year to fourth year students at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. Data were categorized by demographic variables and were analyzed with statistical methods using descriptive statistical analysis.Results:The most important factor influencing the decision to pursue specialty in orthodontics was considering that “orthodontics is intellectually challenging” (23%), followed by “previous positive experience” (15%). The decision to become an orthodontist was made by 3.7% of the respondents in the first year of their course, 44.4% in the second year of their study, 11.1% during the third year of their study, 25.9% during the fourth year of their study, while none of them had made their decision during the final year of their dental school studies. Only one student (3.7) said he planned to work in a private college in an academic setting, five students (18.5%) had plans to do private practice, two students indicated that they would work for the Ministry of Health, while most students (40.7%) reported that they were planning to try a combination of all of the above. Six students (22.2%) remained undecided.Conclusions:Majority of the students who had chosen orthodontics as their future specialty of choice at Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Dental College, Saudi Arabia had taken up this specialty as they felt that orthodontics was intellectually challenging.

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“…In a study of Saudi female dental graduates of King Saud University conducted between 1984 and 2006, 54% were found to have continued their postgraduate education, 25 a similar study was also conducted in Saudi male graduates between 1982 and 2004 and showed that 77% of the male graduates finished postgraduate dental educations. 26 …”

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Antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adult and child patients

Alfouzan

Al-Shinaiber

Albaijan

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SMJ

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Objectives:To evaluate dentists’ knowledge regarding the prevention of infective endocarditis in Saudi Arabia and their implementation of the 2007 American Heart Association guidelines.Methods:In this cross-sectional study, in March 2014, 801 dentists who practice in different regions of Saudi Arabia completed a questionnaire regarding the need for antibiotic prophylaxis for specific cardiac conditions and specific dental procedures, prophylaxis regimens in adults and children, and recommendations for patients on chronic antibiotics, and in dental emergencies. The data were analyzed using one-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and independent t-tests, and a p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results:The total knowledge level regarding antibiotic prophylaxis among all participants was 52.2%, with a significant difference between dentists who graduated before and after 2007. Comparing the level of knowledge among different dental specialists, surgeons and periodontists had the highest level of knowledge regarding the use of antibiotic prophylaxis. Amoxicillin was prescribed as the drug of choice by 63.9% of the participants.Conclusion:This study emphasized the need for continuous education and for formal inclusion of the guidelines in the students’ curriculum, as well as for strategic placement of the guidelines in locations throughout dental clinics.

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Postgraduate specialties interest, career choices and qualifications earned by male dentists graduated from King Saud University

Abstract: Most of the dental graduates were motivated and eager to continue their postgraduate education to get either clinical specialty or academic degrees from nationally and internationally well recognized and known Universities and programs.

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Career Motivations, Perceptions of the Future of Dentistry and Preferred Dental Specialties Among Saudi Dental Students

Career Motivations, Perceptions of the Future of Dentistry and Preferred Dental Specialties Among Saudi Dental Students

Orthodontics as a prospective career choice among undergraduate dental students: A prospective study

Antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adult and child patients

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