Nagda Suhasini Jayantilal
Prof. Suhasini Jayantilal Nagda is Director of Medical Education and Major Hospitals and Dean, Nair Hospital Dental College.
J Dent Educ. 2015 May;79(5 Suppl):S23-6.
Women in Indian culture have a paradoxical status: on the one hand, goddesses are worshipped for power and prosperity; on the other hand, working women face challenges due to age-old beliefs and sociocultural norms. With 60% of the students enrolled in undergraduate dental education currently being women, there is a need to study the challenges these women are facing and how they tackle them. The aim of this survey study was to assess the barriers women dentists face in career advancement and how successfully they balance the personal, professional, and social aspects of their lives. Questionnaires, consisting of four qualitative and 24 quantitative items, were distributed to 500 women dentists: postgraduate residents and faculty members in dental colleges of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, as well as private dental practitioners. Of the 500 women, 210 returned the survey, for an overall response rate of 42%. The results showed that 95% of the respondents believed they successfully balance the various spheres of their lives, but the most common challenges they faced continued to be traditional gender bias, dual professional and home responsibilities, and preconceived ideas about women.
在印度文化中，女性的地位存在矛盾之处：一方面，女神因权力和繁荣而受到崇拜；另一方面，职业女性由于古老的信仰和社会文化规范而面临挑战。目前，本科牙科教育中有60%的学生是女性，因此有必要研究这些女性所面临的挑战以及她们如何应对这些挑战。这项调查研究的目的是评估女牙医在职业发展中面临的障碍，以及她们在平衡个人、职业和社会生活方面的成功程度。问卷由四个定性项目和24个定量项目组成，分发给500名女牙医：孟买和新孟买牙科学院的研究生住院医师和教员，以及私人牙科从业者。在这500名女性中，有210人回复了调查，总体回复率为42%。结果显示，95%的受访者认为她们成功地平衡了生活中的各个方面，但她们面临的最常见挑战仍然是传统的性别偏见、职业和家庭的双重责任以及对女性的先入之见。
