Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey
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...
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| author | Amol Karagir Mahesh Ravindra Khairnar Shridevi Adaki Rohit Ishwar Dhole Madhuri C Patil Amritha Ingale |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-057714c2404f42c3a812d214da394bb12022-12-22T03:32:09ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dental Research0970-92901998-36032021-01-0132215315710.4103/ijdr.IJDR_407_19Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional surveyAmol KaragirMahesh Ravindra KhairnarShridevi AdakiRohit Ishwar DholeMadhuri C PatilAmritha IngaleObjective: 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.http://www.ijdr.in/article.asp?issn=0970-9290;year=2021;volume=32;issue=2;spage=153;epage=157;aulast=Karagircareer choicedentistrymotivationsquestionnaires and surveys |
| spellingShingle | Amol Karagir Mahesh Ravindra Khairnar Shridevi Adaki Rohit Ishwar Dhole Madhuri C Patil Amritha Ingale Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey Indian Journal of Dental Research career choice dentistry motivations questionnaires and surveys |
| title | Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_full | Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_short | Assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_sort | assessment of the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as a career a cross sectional survey |
| topic | career choice dentistry motivations questionnaires and surveys |
| url | http://www.ijdr.in/article.asp?issn=0970-9290;year=2021;volume=32;issue=2;spage=153;epage=157;aulast=Karagir |
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