2015, Volume 8, Issue Spec Iss 3, pp 151 – 155

Assessing the causes for the dentistry selection as a job by Iranian dental students: A Questionnaire Survey

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Correspondence to: Jalaleddin H Hamissi, DDS, MDS, Associate Professor, In Periodontics and Dental Caries Prevention Research Center Qazvin University Medical Sciences, Shahid Bahonar Blvd, Qazvin, Iran, Phone: +989121812543, E-mail: jhamissi@qums.ac.ir, jhamissi@gmail.com

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of the current research is to discover the causes for the dentistry selection as a profession by senior dental scholars in Iran.

Materials & Methods: Surveys are distributed between the first-year to the sixth-year senior dental scholars at the Scholl of Dentistry in Medical Sciences Qazvin University in Iran. The survey presented in a lecture hall at the terminal of the secondary term in the 2011-2012 academic years. The survey included 30 parts, and the pupils asked to measure the significance of any part for choosing dentistry as a profession, on a 10-points scale. In addition, T-test and ANOVA utilized for the data analysis.

Results: The answering ratio in the research is 55% (out of 100%) of the pupils delivered. Ninety-six students (93.2%) selected it as an initial selection. Dentistry as a job which is “insurer of financial independence” was gained a most rate via 82.5% of the pupils raised and a comparable amount of the students (75.7%), assigned a highest rate to the parameter “I love to enhance many money”. Dentistry as a “science-based job” was also given a score by 80.6% of the pupils.

Conclusion: There are no variations in the motivation between men and women students. It obtained that “insurer of financial independence” and “I love to enhance many money” are critical action parameters in the dental pupils population.

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PMC ID: 5348958
PubMed ID: 28316683
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Article Publishing Date (print): 2015
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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