Career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students.
M. Robertsa, N. S. Seale, S. Lieff
- aDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA
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Abstract
A questionnaire addressing career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students was mailed to 52 training programs. Two hundred and thirty-two completed surveys from 45 responding programs were returned. Men were in combined specialty programs significantly more than women (P < 0.05, chi-square) and U.S. citizen students were significantly older than non-citizens (P < 0.05, t-test). The collected data reflected differences in career preferences between men and women, and citizens and noncitizens. Women reported a significant preference for private practice, part-time associate and public health practice than did men. Although not significant, men declared equal preference for full-time private practice either solo or as an associate. Noncitizens were found to have a significant preference when compared to citizens for academic full- and part-time, hospital/institutional full- and part-time, research, full- and part-time positions, and for additional training.
TL;DRA questionnaire addressing career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students was mailed to 52 training programs and reflected differences in career preferences between men and women, and citizens and noncitizens. (Semantic Scholar)