Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional survey

Introduction: There is a growing recognition that the emerging workforce has very different professional expectations to those of earlier generations, with implications for the profession, patients, and the performance of health systems. Aim: To investigate factors that lead to the choice of dentist...

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Main Authors: Nupur Sharma, Soumik Kabasi, Abhishek Ranjan Pati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.jiaphd.org/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2015;volume=13;issue=4;spage=449;epage=453;aulast=Sharma
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spelling doaj-ba1cfbbace4543159b42b981631a5b6e2020-11-24T21:28:15ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry2319-59322350-04842015-01-0113444945310.4103/2319-5932.171163Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional surveyNupur SharmaSoumik KabasiAbhishek Ranjan PatiIntroduction: There is a growing recognition that the emerging workforce has very different professional expectations to those of earlier generations, with implications for the profession, patients, and the performance of health systems. Aim: To investigate factors that lead to the choice of dentistry as an occupation among the 1st year dental students in three private dental colleges in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 268, 1st year Bachelor of dental surgery students was carried out using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of total 21 close-ended questions, which included demographic (age and gender) and career choice-related items. Data were collected, analyzed, and was represented as numbers and percentage. Chi-square test was applied for gender wise comparison for the questions pertaining to future plans. The level of significance was set at P < 0.05. Results: A total of 234 duly filled forms were included for the statistical analysis. The majority of respondents were female (n = 158, 67.52%). The extremely important reason for the respondents to choose dentistry as their career choice was that dentistry has more regular hours than other health related professions and would let them make a lot of money (n = 92, 39.31%). This study revealed significant differences between males and females with respect to their perceived future plans. Conclusion: The results of this study highlighted some important influential factors in the choice of dentistry as a professional career.http://www.jiaphd.org/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2015;volume=13;issue=4;spage=449;epage=453;aulast=SharmaCareer choicedental studentsperceptions
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Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional survey
Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
Career choice
dental students
perceptions
author_facet Nupur Sharma
Soumik Kabasi
Abhishek Ranjan Pati
author_sort Nupur Sharma
title Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional survey
title_short Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional survey
title_full Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional survey
title_fullStr Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional survey
title_full_unstemmed Perception of 1st year dental students studying in Odisha toward career choice: A cross-sectional survey
title_sort perception of 1st year dental students studying in odisha toward career choice: a cross-sectional survey
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
issn 2319-5932
2350-0484
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Introduction: There is a growing recognition that the emerging workforce has very different professional expectations to those of earlier generations, with implications for the profession, patients, and the performance of health systems. Aim: To investigate factors that lead to the choice of dentistry as an occupation among the 1st year dental students in three private dental colleges in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 268, 1st year Bachelor of dental surgery students was carried out using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of total 21 close-ended questions, which included demographic (age and gender) and career choice-related items. Data were collected, analyzed, and was represented as numbers and percentage. Chi-square test was applied for gender wise comparison for the questions pertaining to future plans. The level of significance was set at P < 0.05. Results: A total of 234 duly filled forms were included for the statistical analysis. The majority of respondents were female (n = 158, 67.52%). The extremely important reason for the respondents to choose dentistry as their career choice was that dentistry has more regular hours than other health related professions and would let them make a lot of money (n = 92, 39.31%). This study revealed significant differences between males and females with respect to their perceived future plans. Conclusion: The results of this study highlighted some important influential factors in the choice of dentistry as a professional career.
topic Career choice
dental students
perceptions
url http://www.jiaphd.org/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2015;volume=13;issue=4;spage=449;epage=453;aulast=Sharma
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