Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA.
Department of Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
J Prosthodont. 2017 Jun;26(4):339-343. doi: 10.1111/jopr.12599. Epub 2017 Mar 11.
The decision by prosthodontic residency program directors to employ the Match process highlights the need to understand applicant priorities that influence their choice of which programs to rank highly. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that were most important to residents when choosing from among nonmilitary based prosthodontics dental residency programs in the United States.
Following completion of a pilot study, all currently enrolled prosthodontic residents at nonmilitary residency programs were invited to participate via the internet. The study consisted of a survey instrument asking residents to rank 26 possible factors that might impact an applicant's choice of residency program. In addition, the instrument collected other possible influencing variables including gender and debt load. Mean rank scores were compared to determine the most and least important factors. Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare specific factors between the possible influencing variables.
Two hundred and thirty residents completed the survey instrument, representing a 54.1% response rate of possible participants. With regard to factors influencing program choice, reputation of the residency program was the factor ranked the highest by participants, followed in descending order by the program director's personality, curriculum content, access to use of the latest digital technology, and opportunities for dental implant placement. Quality of schools for children, community outreach opportunities, and the ability to moonlight were ranked as the least important factors. Male and female residents ranked factors such as tuition/stipend, curriculum content, and community outreach opportunities significantly differently. Depending on debt load, residents ranked the factors tuition/stipend, ability to moonlight, curriculum content, and safety of the area where the program is differently.
Current prosthodontic residents valued the reputation of the program as the most important factor when applying to residency. Participant gender and debt load influence the factors chosen by residents as more or less important. These data will assist prosthodontic educators position their programs in the best possible light to attract applicants to their programs.
修复学住院医师项目主任决定采用 Match 程序，这凸显出有必要了解申请人的优先级，这些优先级影响他们选择将哪些项目列为首选。本研究旨在确定美国非军事背景下的修复学牙科住院医师项目中，居民在选择项目时最重要的因素。
在完成试点研究后，通过互联网邀请所有目前就读于非军事背景下修复学住院医师项目的住院医师参与研究。研究包括一份调查工具，要求住院医师对可能影响申请人选择住院医师项目的 26 个因素进行排名。此外，该工具还收集了其他可能的影响变量，包括性别和债务负担。通过比较平均排名分数来确定最重要和最不重要的因素。使用 Kruskal-Wallis 检验比较了可能影响变量之间的特定因素。
230 名住院医师完成了调查工具，占可能参与者的 54.1%。关于影响项目选择的因素，住院医师排名最高的是住院医师项目的声誉，其次是项目主任的个性、课程内容、获得最新数字技术的机会和牙科种植体放置机会。儿童学校质量、社区外展机会和兼职机会被评为最不重要的因素。男性和女性住院医师对学费/津贴、课程内容和社区外展机会等因素的排名明显不同。根据债务负担的不同，住院医师对学费/津贴、兼职机会、课程内容和项目所在地区的安全等因素的排名也不同。
当前的修复学住院医师在申请住院医师项目时，将项目的声誉视为最重要的因素。参与者的性别和债务负担会影响他们选择的因素的重要性程度。这些数据将帮助修复学教育者以最佳方式定位他们的项目，以吸引申请人到他们的项目中。
