Wood A Jeffrey, Gaid Geraldine Gerges
Professor and chair, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, Calif., USA;, Email:
Assistant professor, at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, Calif., USA.
Pediatr Dent. 2018 Sep 15;40(5):340-345.
The purposes of this paper were to: (1) assess the current status of the pediatric dentistry academic workforce; (2) compare current findings with a similar survey completed in 2006; and (3) explore factors influencing the faculty workforce in pediatric dentistry. In 2016, 144 pediatric dentistry faculty members completed a web-based survey regarding workforce issues. Questions were asked regarding: (1) faculty demographics; (2) academic job history; (3) academic career longevity and possible change motivators; and (4) private practice participation. A slight increase in the number of female pediatric dentistry educators was noted, since 2006. The precipitous drop in pediatric dentistry educators within the first five years of their academic careers, noted in 2006, seems to have improved somewhat, with more respondents indicating that they had been in their academic careers between five and 10 years than previously. However, a concerning number of faculty vacancies remain unfilled. Survey results indicate that pediatric dentistry's academic workforce challenges are consistent with the well-documented national shortage of dental faculty members. The most notable changes since the 2006 survey are the slight increase in female faculty members and a possible trend toward slightly younger faculty members and slightly longer faculty retention.
（1）评估儿童牙科专业师资队伍的现状；（2）将当前调查结果与2006年完成的一项类似调查进行比较；（3）探究影响儿童牙科专业师资队伍的因素。2016年，144名儿童牙科专业教员完成了一项关于师资队伍问题的网络调查。调查问题涉及：（1）教员人口统计学信息；（2）学术工作经历；（3）学术生涯时长及可能的变动动机；（4）私人执业参与情况。自2006年以来，女性儿童牙科教育工作者的数量略有增加。2006年所指出的儿童牙科教育工作者在其学术生涯的头五年内急剧减少的情况似乎有所改善，更多的受访者表示他们从事学术工作已有五至十年，而非此前的情况。然而，仍有相当数量的教员职位空缺未得到填补。调查结果表明，儿童牙科的学术师资队伍面临的挑战与全国范围内有充分记录的牙科教员短缺情况一致。自2006年调查以来，最显著的变化是女性教员数量略有增加，以及可能存在的教员年龄略有下降和教员留任时间略有延长的趋势。
