Career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students
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M W Roberts1, N S Seale, S Lieff
1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA.
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.
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