Oral Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales.
Aust Dent J. 2010 Dec;55(4):436-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2010.01266.x.
This paper reports on the socio-demographic characteristics of the first year cohort of 52 students enrolled in the Bachelor of Oral Health programme at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales.
Forty students completed paper-based questionnaires.
Results show that the cohort is predominantly female (94%), the mean age of students was 26.3 years and 72.5% of students had worked as dental chairside assistants prior to enrolment as mature-entry students.
This study provided a unique opportunity to compare and contrast the socio-demographic profile of first year BOH students with similar research on first year dentistry students at the University of Sydney. Aspects of the study included age, gender, type of school attended, post-secondary qualifications and work experience, ethnicity, parents' level of education and occupation, and career choice motivation.
本文报告了新南威尔士州纽卡斯尔大学口腔健康学士课程第一年的 52 名学生的社会人口统计学特征。
40 名学生完成了纸质问卷。
结果表明，该队列主要为女性（94%），学生的平均年龄为 26.3 岁，72.5%的学生在以成人身份入学前曾担任过牙科椅旁助理。
本研究提供了一个独特的机会，将纽卡斯尔大学第一年 BOH 学生的社会人口统计学概况与悉尼大学第一年牙科学生的类似研究进行比较和对比。研究的各个方面包括年龄、性别、就读学校类型、中学后学历和工作经验、种族、父母的教育和职业水平，以及职业选择动机。
