Professional identity, career choices, and working conditions of future and young dentists in Germany – study design and methods of a nationwide comprehensive survey

Kettler, Nele; Baudisch, Nicolas Frenzel; Micheelis, Wolfgang; Klingenberger, David; Jordan, A. Rainer

doi:10.1186/s12903-017-0417-y

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“…The results also suggest that dental education can play a great part in the process of forming the important values. The former research shows that the professional values begin to be adopted already during studies and lead to quite a homogeneous professional group of dentists or physicians 25 . In addition, it has been shown that male and female young dentists assess their own competences acquired in dental education in different ways 26 .…”

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The reproduction of gender differences in early career choices and professional identity of young dentist in Finland

Karaharju‐Suvanto

Choroszewicz

Näpänkangas

et al. 2020

Eur J Dental Education

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Introduction For over the last 20 years, approximately 70% of working dentists in Finland have been women. However, there is internal division of the profession along gender lines. Female dentists work more often in the public sector and male dentists in the private sector. The aim of this study was to investigate the gender differences in young dentists’ early career choices, specialization plans, values and perceptions of professional identity. Materials and methods The data were taken from a national e‐mail questionnaire study called “Young Dentist,” which was sent to 458 dentists who had received their licence to practise dentistry in 2014‐2016 from all four universities with dental curricula in Finland. A total of 52% young dentists (n = 238) answered the questionnaire. Results and discussion The results indicated that whereas female dentists were more likely to perceive themselves as comforters, social workers and health promoters, male dentists tended to perceive themselves as technicians. These professional identities were interrelated with early‐stage career choices in which female dentists worked more often in the public than in the private sector when compared to male dentists. There were also clear gender differences in the importance of values and the specialization plans of the young dentists. Conclusion Young dentists in Finland make career choices and develop professional identity in accordance with the attributes traditionally associated with cultural ideals related to femininity and masculinity.

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The reproduction of gender differences in early career choices and professional identity of young dentist in Finland

Karaharju‐Suvanto

Choroszewicz

Näpänkangas

et al. 2020

Eur J Dental Education

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“…The transformation of the oral health sector is currently facing multiple challenges across Europe [ 23 ], and the adaptation of the dental profession to current trends must be followed in order to obtain information for designing and guiding oral health care [ 7 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. In line with this need, an online survey was designed and carried out to obtain information about the wishes and expectations of dental students in Europe regarding their dental careers.…”

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“…It is imperative to gain reliable information in order to create the framework conditions for optimal patient care, both in rural and urban areas [ 13 , 14 ]. However, little information is available on current students’ choice of occupation or their desire to pursue a profession later [ 7 , 12 ].…”

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Expectations Regarding Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Dental Students

Wolf

Wagner

Zeyer

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Obtaining information on expectations among dental students regarding their career planning was the main purpose of this observational online survey. The questionnaire was designed with 18 items in five different languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Data were collected on nationality, age, sex, country of residence, university attended, semester, expected year of graduation and expectations about future career. More than 3000 participants (n = 3851, 2863 females 74.34% and 988 males 25.66% with a sex ratio of 0.35) participated in the survey. Almost one-third (31.29%) of the participants plan to start their own practice at least three years after vocational training, a quarter (25.76%) after three, and only 12.59% after one year. A positive influence of the family in the decision to start a practice was observed in 50.07% of the sample with a statistically significant difference regarding sex (p < 0.01). Almost one-third of the participants did not wish to work in an institution run by private equity or insurance companies, while 21.79% would work in that environment (p < 0.01). European dental students desire mainly to become self-employed and start their own practice. New professional practices also offer them options for their future career that they have not yet decided on or thought about.

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“…Die erste Erhebung (Welle 1) erfolgte im Winter 2014/15. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung der Methodik findet sich unter [9].…”

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Zukunft der regionalen Versorgung in Deutschland – Wohin wollen junge Zahnärztinnen und Zahnärzte?

Kettler

Baudisch²,

Klingenberger³

et al. 2018

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Zusammenfassung Ziel der Studie Vor dem Hintergrund des Versorgungsengpasses im allgemeinmedizinischen Sektor stellt sich die Frage, ob im zahnärztlichen Sektor eine ähnliche Entwicklung zu erwarten ist. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht präferierte Tätigkeitsorte von jungen Zahnärztinnen und -ärzten in Deutschland und ihre zukünftige Verteilung auf Stadt und Land. Methodik Die Online-Befragung wurde im Frühjahr 2017 als zweite Befragungswelle der longitudinalen deutschlandweiten Studie „Y-Dent: Berufsbild angehender und junger Zahnärzte“ durchgeführt. Studienendpunkt waren (1) die Abbildung der gewünschten dauerhaften Tätigkeitsregion, (2) die Präferenz der Ortsklassengröße junger Zahnärzte und Zahnärztinnen für ihre zukünftige Tätigkeit und (3) der Zusammenhang zwischen der Heimatregion und der gewünschten Tätigkeitsregion. Die erhobenen Daten wurden einer deskriptiven univariaten Analyse unterzogen. Ergebnisse 625 (51,2% aller angeschriebenen) Zahnärztinnen und -ärzte beteiligten sich an der Studie. Beliebte Kammer-/KZV-Bereiche für eine dauerhafte Tätigkeit lagen vor allem im Süden und im Westen Deutschlands. Ostdeutsche sowie kleinflächigere Bereiche wurden seltener als mögliche Beschäftigungsregion genannt (unter 10%). Etwa die Hälfte der Teilnehmenden konnte sich vorstellen, im mittelstädtischen Raum zu arbeiten, doch auch der ländliche Raum kam für einen Teil der Befragten in Betracht. Je nach Bundesland konnten sich 57–95% vorstellen, in der Heimatregion tätig zu werden. Schlussfolgerung Ein Versorgungsengpass, der dem im ärztlichen Bereich gleichkommt, ist nach den Bekundungen des zahnärztlichen Nachwuchses zunächst nicht zu befürchten: Grundsätzlich ist ein Teil der jungen Zahnärztinnen und -ärzte gewillt, auch in weniger stark bevölkerten Regionen und Ortsgrößen tätig zu werden.

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Professional identity, career choices, and working conditions of future and young dentists in Germany – study design and methods of a nationwide comprehensive survey

Cited by 11 publications

References 20 publications

The reproduction of gender differences in early career choices and professional identity of young dentist in Finland

The reproduction of gender differences in early career choices and professional identity of young dentist in Finland

Expectations Regarding Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Dental Students

Zukunft der regionalen Versorgung in Deutschland – Wohin wollen junge Zahnärztinnen und Zahnärzte?

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