Current realities of dental graduates about dental profession: Cross- sectional study future prospects of dental graduates
J. res. dent
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9(1): 1-5, jan.-apr2021.
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em Inglês
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LILACS-Express
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
Dentistry is specialized branch for head and neck region. In this field exponential growth in technology has taken place in the last few decades. At the same time dental graduates also increased. As the patient to doctor ratio has increased, it helped in offering services to the needy, but on the flip side, many qualified dentists are shifting careers due to multiple reasons. This study was conducted to know the awareness of dental graduates on their future prospects in pursuing the dental career. Materials andmethods:
A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among junior residents who attended the dental conference using a structured questionnaire. Questions are prepared in a customized form which elicits, knowledge and awareness of dental graduates on their future prospects among junior residents.Results:
A total of 210 dental graduates/ junior residents participated in the study. Among them, nearly half of the sample, i.e. 42.4% of dental graduates are satisfied only 50% in pursuing dentistry. Most of the participants, i.e., 63.8% are willing to change the profession, while remaining one-third of the sample, i.e., 36.7% are willing to work in government sector. Only a few graduates, i.e. 22.4% of them were interested in teaching or academics.Conclusion:
Even though most of the dental graduates were happy in pursuing dentistry, but most of them were willing to change the career option because of a stressful job timing with no expected fruitful returns in terms of income. This problem is also escalating because of fewer job opportunities.
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Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Pesquisa qualitativa
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. res. dent
Assunto da revista:
Odontologia
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Sa£de Bucal
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Índia
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Arábia Saudita
Instituição/País de afiliação:
DAR al Uloom University/SA
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Government Dental College and Hospital/IN
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Panineeya dental college and hospital/IN
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