Moffat Susan M, Coates Dawn E
Department of Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dunedin, New Zealand.
N Z Dent J. 2011 Jun;107(2):51-6.
To obtain background information on the Oral Health (OH) students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and the University of Otago in order to aid in the recruitment of students; to determine the extent of the students' professional knowledge; and to determine their future employment preferences.
Cross-sectional survey of all OH students at AUT and the University of Otago in 2008. A questionnaire was given to all 165 OH students at both Universities, and the response rate was 100%.
Most students came from Cities. Prior to commencing their OH course, they had been engaged in full-time work, in tertiary education or at school. Their main sources of information about the courses were websites, the Universities, friends and dental practitioners. The students' professional knowledge improved significantly as they progressed through the OH courses. Students were likely to want to return to work in the type of community that they had come from. Most (90.3%) would consider working in private practice, while 56.4% would consider working for the School Dental Service (SDS). Overall, 49.7% of students would consider working in both environments.
This study provides information on recruitment of students into OH courses, and the OH students' preferences for employment after graduation. The findings have implications for OH education and workforce planning in New Zealand.
获取奥克兰理工大学（AUT）和奥塔哥大学口腔健康（OH）专业学生的背景信息，以协助招生；确定学生专业知识的掌握程度；并确定他们未来的就业偏好。
对2008年AUT和奥塔哥大学所有OH专业学生进行横断面调查。向两所大学的165名OH专业学生发放问卷，回复率为100%。
大多数学生来自城市。在开始OH课程之前，他们曾从事全职工作、接受高等教育或在学校学习。他们了解课程的主要信息来源是网站、大学、朋友和牙科从业者。随着OH课程的推进，学生的专业知识有显著提高。学生们可能希望回到他们原来所在的社区工作。大多数（90.3%）学生会考虑在私人诊所工作，而56.4%的学生会考虑为学校牙科服务（SDS）工作。总体而言，49.7%的学生考虑在这两种环境中工作。
本研究提供了有关OH课程学生招生以及OH专业学生毕业后就业偏好的信息。研究结果对新西兰的OH教育和劳动力规划具有启示意义。
