Expectations Regarding Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Dental Students

Autor: Wolf, Thomas Gerhard, Wagner, Ralf Friedrich, Zeyer, Oliver, Ilhan, Duygu, Crnić, Tin, Otterbach, Ernst-Jürgen, Campus, Guglielmo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 7296, p 7296 (2020)
Wolf, Thomas Gerhard; Wagner, Ralf Friedrich; Zeyer, Oliver; Ilhan, Duygu; Crnić, Tin; Otterbach, Ernst-Jürgen; Campus, Guglielmo (2020). Expectations regarding dental practice: A cross-sectional survey of European dental students. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(19), p. 7296. Molecular Diversity Preservation International MDPI 10.3390/ijerph17197296
ISSN: 1660-4601
1661-7827
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17197296
Popis: Obtaining information on expectations among dental students regarding their career planning was the main purpose of this observational online survey. The questionnaire was designed with 18 items in five different languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Data were collected on nationality, age, sex, country of residence, university attended, semester, expected year of graduation and expectations about future career. More than 3000 participants (n = 3851, 2863 females 74.34% and 988 males 25.66% with a sex ratio of 0.35) participated in the survey. Almost one-third (31.29%) of the participants plan to start their own practice at least three years after vocational training, a quarter (25.76%) after three, and only 12.59% after one year. A positive influence of the family in the decision to start a practice was observed in 50.07% of the sample with a statistically significant difference regarding sex (p < 0.01). Almost one-third of the participants did not wish to work in an institution run by private equity or insurance companies, while 21.79% would work in that environment (p < 0.01). European dental students desire mainly to become self-employed and start their own practice. New professional practices also offer them options for their future career that they have not yet decided on or thought about.
Databáze: OpenAIRE