Practice plans of and factors influencing graduating dental students in China

Zhao, Lidan; Cheng, Sun; Hua, LV; Zheng, Sun

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“…For example, in China, only 4.7% of the final-year students were very confident of finding an ideal practice position, 40.9% stated it was not difficult, and more than half of the students (54.4%) considered finding an ideal practice position difficult immediately following graduation. In addition, when they were asked about the most important reasons of facing difficulty in finding a job, lack of employment opportunities (43%) was first followed by lack of work experience (40.9%) and having only an undergraduate degree (26.8%) was ranked third [12]. In the UK, a survey among final-year dental students in London University showed more than half (60%) of the respondents anticipated working full-time and 27% expected working part-time in the long term [13].…”

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Possible Future Career Challenges and Associated Factors among Dental Students and Interns

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Alshuraim

Almulhim

et al. 2020

International Journal of Dentistry

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Background. Dental students face a variety of challenges as they enter the dental profession. The study aimed at assessing dental students’ opinions about their perceived future career challenges in the dental profession and the associated factors. Materials and Methods. This cross-sectional study of 637 students representing different public and private dental colleges was conducted in Saudi Arabia. The participants responded to a pretested questionnaire conducted online. Results. There were 59.7% (n = 380) of males and 40.3% (n = 257) of females, and the mean age of the students was 21.80 (±2.14) years. The majority of participants thought that they will have difficulties in establishing their private clinic (63.9%) and finding a government job (>60%). Senior students were more likely to perceive getting a government job (OR = 1.79, P=0.02), securing an admission into specialty program (OR = 2.75, P=0.001), and establishing a private dental clinic (OR = 2.51, P=0.001) as future career challenges than junior students. Similarly, female gender was associated with increased perception of challenges about finding a government job (OR = 1.911, P=0.002), getting an admission into specialty program (OR = 1.5, P=0.038), and establishing a private clinic (OR = 2.02, P=0.001). In addition, low academic score and low level of father’s education were associated with increased odds of perceiving challenges of finding a government job and getting an admission into specialty programs. Conclusions. Establishing a private clinic and getting a government job were the most common career challenges. Senior students, female students, and students with low academic scores had increased likelihood of facing employment and academic-related difficulties.

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Possible Future Career Challenges and Associated Factors among Dental Students and Interns

Fita

Alshuraim

Almulhim

et al. 2020

International Journal of Dentistry

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“…Female students mainly preferred orthodontics, prosthodontics, and periodontics, while male, mainly preferred oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, and orthodontics. To study the workforce trends and future career plans of medical students would help dental educators improve the educational model and policy makers to formulate appropriate policies to meet the country’s future dental health needs and promote the dental profession [ 21 ]. This study could raise some useful influence and feedback effect on current health and education policy, and on the career development of practicing dentists or dental students.…”

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Motivations and future plans of the final year students in a Chinese dental school

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Zhang

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BMC Med Educ

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Background Understanding dental students’ future career choice and motivation could provide beneficial references for both educators and students, but there were few studies on students in a Chinese dental school. The study aimed to investigate Chinese final year dental students’ the short-term and long-term plans, motivations, and identify the influence of gender on the future plans. Methods A total of 265 final year dental school students of the School of Stomatology, China Medical University from 2016 through 2020 were invited to complete an anonymous, 27-item questionnaire. Moreover, almost all of questions were in multiple-choice formats. Data were categorized and analysed using chi-square comparative analyses. Results 88.3% of respondents decided to pursue a graduate degree after graduating from dental school. Moreover, the single most important reason influencing their plans was “eligible for better jobs” (42.8%). More females than males studied dentistry (222 vs 111), and gender had an influence on the choice of specialty. Conclusions This study listed the selection tendency and influencing factors of students in a Chinese dental school for the reference of educators and students. And the results could raise some useful influence and feedback effect on current health and education policy, and on the career development of practicing dentists or dental students.

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“…The k-means cluster analysis is used for classifying the graduates on the basis of indicators which have been determined for different types of employment. As a number of characteristics are presented in the nominal scale, the matrix computation of distances between the points, which correspond to each graduate, in the multidimensional indicator space is performed with the use of the Gauer coefficient [6] which allows simultaneous application of variables measured in different scales.…”

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The Employment of Graduates by the Profession: Factors of Effectiveness

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2019

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2018)

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Regular monitoring is needed for a thorough study of factors determining the imbalances in the conditions of the youth labor market. Means used for measuring do not fully satisfy the criteria of resource intensity; moreover, they make use of excessively overloaded set of indicators. As a rule, the choice of indicators is based on logical-analytical deductions by the authors, which affects the validity of research results. The task to justify the necessary and adequate set of indicators, which possess a close relationship with the type of job placement, has been outlined and solved. The application of this set of indicators allows the resource intensive monitoring of graduate mobility. The research revealed that, at different stages of professional realization, the importance and relevance of competitive advantages of employment types vary. Thus, entering the market, the field-specific type of employment is realized in the conditions of high entry barriers and limits the possibility of getting larger values which characterize the employment advantages. During this period, the non-specific and search types of employment dominate. Then, the situation changes, and the non-specific employment limiters become significant, which makes much more difficult for the graduates, who have chosen the nonspecific jobs, to satisfy their value preferences.

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Practice plans of and factors influencing graduating dental students in China

Abstract: Our findings have implications for dental educators, administrators and policy makers as they attempt to recruit qualified dental graduates to meet the nation's future dental health-care needs and advance the profession of dentistry.

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Possible Future Career Challenges and Associated Factors among Dental Students and Interns

Possible Future Career Challenges and Associated Factors among Dental Students and Interns

Motivations and future plans of the final year students in a Chinese dental school

The Employment of Graduates by the Profession: Factors of Effectiveness

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