Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitals
In Taiwan, dental manpower in hospitals plays an important role in dental education other than clinical service. Questionnaires, as well as a field survey, were conducted to understand the situation of dental manpower in 2007 and 2008. Methods: During the period from 2007 to 2008, questionnaires abo...
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| description | In Taiwan, dental manpower in hospitals plays an important role in dental education other than clinical service. Questionnaires, as well as a field survey, were conducted to understand the situation of dental manpower in 2007 and 2008.
Methods: During the period from 2007 to 2008, questionnaires about dental administration, clinical dental practice, dental education, dental manpower and dental facilities were mailed to the dental departments of 165 hospitals located around Taiwan; 134 completed the questionnaire and mailed it back. The field survey was also carried out by visiting hospitals, to collect and gather information at the local level. There were 102 hospitals within the 134 hospitals which accepted the field survey; the rate was 62.0%.
Results: In 2008, the number of dentists working in the hospitals was 1,421, which was approximately 13% of the number of total dentists in Taiwan (9672). Within the 1,421 dentists, 675 were attending staffs and 745 dentists were training residents. Within the 675 attending dentists, 510 (75.6%) had dental specialist certificates and 272 (40.3%) had teaching positions in dental schools. There were 382 dental interns (6th year undergraduate students) taking the training programs in hospitals, most of whom were trained in medical centers (342/382, 89.5%). Moreover, there were 888 dental assistants, 338 of whom were nurses and the other 550 were hospital self-trained personnel.
Conclusion: Comparing the dental manpower of different types of hospitals in Taiwan, the medical center was the best, followed by the regional hospital and the district hospital was last. When comparing 2008 with 2002, the numbers of both dentists and auxiliary personnel in Taiwan's hospitals increased with years. Although there were still only 13% dentists working in the hospital, they were responsible for teaching young dentists and doing research in hospitals. In other words, the quality of clinical service, teaching, and research in hospitals would influence the development of young dentists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0e18b4bfd7a4dbf8fa1504001fca6f52022-12-21T18:24:31ZengElsevierJournal of the Formosan Medical Association0929-66462012-06-01111630531410.1016/j.jfma.2011.05.009Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitalsTsang-Lie Cher0Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai1Chiung-Shing Huang2Chun-Pin Lin3Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Dentistry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanIn Taiwan, dental manpower in hospitals plays an important role in dental education other than clinical service. Questionnaires, as well as a field survey, were conducted to understand the situation of dental manpower in 2007 and 2008. Methods: During the period from 2007 to 2008, questionnaires about dental administration, clinical dental practice, dental education, dental manpower and dental facilities were mailed to the dental departments of 165 hospitals located around Taiwan; 134 completed the questionnaire and mailed it back. The field survey was also carried out by visiting hospitals, to collect and gather information at the local level. There were 102 hospitals within the 134 hospitals which accepted the field survey; the rate was 62.0%. Results: In 2008, the number of dentists working in the hospitals was 1,421, which was approximately 13% of the number of total dentists in Taiwan (9672). Within the 1,421 dentists, 675 were attending staffs and 745 dentists were training residents. Within the 675 attending dentists, 510 (75.6%) had dental specialist certificates and 272 (40.3%) had teaching positions in dental schools. There were 382 dental interns (6th year undergraduate students) taking the training programs in hospitals, most of whom were trained in medical centers (342/382, 89.5%). Moreover, there were 888 dental assistants, 338 of whom were nurses and the other 550 were hospital self-trained personnel. Conclusion: Comparing the dental manpower of different types of hospitals in Taiwan, the medical center was the best, followed by the regional hospital and the district hospital was last. When comparing 2008 with 2002, the numbers of both dentists and auxiliary personnel in Taiwan's hospitals increased with years. Although there were still only 13% dentists working in the hospital, they were responsible for teaching young dentists and doing research in hospitals. In other words, the quality of clinical service, teaching, and research in hospitals would influence the development of young dentists.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664612000575dentalhospitalmanpowersurvey |
| spellingShingle | Tsang-Lie Cher Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai Chiung-Shing Huang Chun-Pin Lin Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitals Journal of the Formosan Medical Association dental hospital manpower survey |
| title | Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitals |
| title_full | Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitals |
| title_fullStr | Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitals |
| title_short | Field survey of dental manpower in Taiwan's hospitals |
| title_sort | field survey of dental manpower in taiwan s hospitals |
| topic | dental hospital manpower survey |
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