ATTITUDES OF FINAL-YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS TOWARDS CAREER DEVELOPMENT - A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

Authors

  • Mehreen Riaz Faisal Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi.
  • Benish Mehmood Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi.
  • Lubna Pash Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi.
  • Faiza Siddiqa Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i01.454

Keywords:

under-graduate, attitudes, specialisation, dentistry, the field of study

Abstract

Objective: To find out attitudes of final-year dental students towards career development.
Material and Methods: Cross-sectional survey was carried out on 86 students of final year BDS studying at Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Pakistan. Non-Probability convenient sampling technique was employed.A self-administered questionnaire was used to asses the attitude of students toward specialisation and factors which affects their choices. Data collected was analysed using SPSS version 21.
Results:Majority of the respondents indicated their desire to pursue a speciality career (89.5%). A smaller percentage of students responded in the negative (5.8%) or as being not sure (4.7%). Parental occupation showed highly significant association with respondent’s desire to pursue a speciality career (p = <0.001). From the list of career choices, Oral Surgery was the most popular
both as first (47.7%) and second (23.3%) career choice. No significant differences in first and second career choices were found based on gender analysis (p = 0.095 and p = 0.974 respectively).
Conclusion: Majority of dental undergraduates intend to specialise in Oral surgery followed by Orthodontics as being the most popular first choice of speciality career. Having ‘talent in the field’ was the influencing factor determining the choice of speciality career and the time duration required to become a specialist was the major deterrent.

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Published

2018-03-31

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Mehreen Riaz Faisal, Benish Mehmood, Lubna Pash, & Faiza Siddiqa. (2018). ATTITUDES OF FINAL-YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS TOWARDS CAREER DEVELOPMENT - A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY . JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 8(01), 2–6. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i01.454

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 01 (2018): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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