Academic Journal
Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey
| العنوان: | Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey |
|---|---|
| المؤلفون: | Amol Karagir, Mahesh Ravindra Khairnar, Shridevi Adaki, Rohit Ishwar Dhole, Madhuri C Patil, Amritha Ingale |
| المصدر: | Indian Journal of Dental Research, Vol 32, Iss 2, Pp 153-157 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Dentistry |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | career choice, dentistry, motivations, questionnaires and surveys, Dentistry, RK1-715 |
| الوصف: | Objective: Career choice, one of the most important process in a student's life, has an influence on his/her future life. Hence, it is important to understand student's motives behind choosing a specific career. Hence, the study was designed with an aim to evaluate the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as career. Methods: The present cross-sectional survey was conducted on 401 dental students from a dental institute. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire consisting of 13 reasons that possibly influenced students' decision to study dentistry. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS 20 software. Results: Majority of the students participating were female (77.1%). Top four reasons to choose dentistry as a profession were to help poor people (95.5%), to earn prestige and respect (95.0%) followed by self-interest (94.7%) and study of human parts especially teeth (92.8%). Making money was the reason reported by 77.8% of the students. Other reasons reported were inspiration from other dentists (63.3%), did not get admission to medicine (MBBS) course (52.1%), and no doctor in family (51.9%). Family members in medical/dental profession was the least reported reason (36.9%). There were no significant differences among males and females for reported reasons except for one reason, that is, did not get admitted to medicine (MBBS) course (60.9% male and 48.9% female; P = 0.031). Conclusion: Students were mostly influenced by own interest and altruistic nature to opt for dental profession. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0970-9290 1998-3603 |
| Relation: | http://www.ijdr.in/article.asp?issn=0970-9290;year=2021;volume=32;issue=2;spage=153;epage=157;aulast=Karagir; https://doaj.org/toc/0970-9290; https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3603 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_407_19 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/057714c2404f42c3a812d214da394bb1 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.057714c2404f42c3a812d214da394bb1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 09709290 19983603 |
|---|---|
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_407_19 |