Jae Young Han, BS, is a dental student, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan; Thomas Paron, BS, is a dental student, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan; Marc Huetter, BS, is a dental student, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan; Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch, DDS, PhD, is Dr. Walter H. Swartz Professor of Integrated Special Care Dentistry and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan; and Marita R. Inglehart, Dr phil habil, is Professor, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, University of Michigan.
J Dent Educ. 2018 Dec;82(12):1310-1319. doi: 10.21815/JDE.018.139.
Being well prepared for a competitive business environment is crucial for future dentists. The aims of this study were to assess dental students' satisfaction with their practice management education, their current and future interest in business-related education and attending a DDS/DMD-MBA program, and the relationship between their demographic and other characteristics and their business education-related responses. The study, conducted in 2016 and 2017, surveyed students in all four years at the authors' home school and at other schools that did not have a DDS/DMD-MBA program. At the home school, 273 students responded (response rate 63%); and 341 students from 11 of the 51 U.S. dental schools without a DDS/DMD-MBA program responded (respondents were from 21% of schools invited; the response rate of those students could not be calculated). The responding students disagreed that their school adequately prepared them for the business aspects of dentistry (mean=2.42 on a scale from 1=disagree strongly to 5=agree strongly). Large majorities agreed/strongly agreed that dentistry is a career that requires a certain amount of business acumen (95%) and that they were very interested in learning about business (85%). A total of 68% agreed/strongly agreed that their school should offer a dual DDS/DMD-MBA degree and 63% that they would consider enrolling in such a program. The more advanced the respondents were, the less satisfied they were with their practice management education (r=-0.20; p<0.001). Female respondents were less interested in business-related education (r=-0.20; p<0.001) and less likely to consider a DDS/DMD-MBA program than the males. Respondents planning to own a dental practice were more interested in additional current business education (r=0.22; p<0.001) and in future business education (r=0.15; p<0.001) than those without that plan. These results showed that a significant percentage of these dental students were interested in a DDS/DMD-MBA program. The male students and students who planned to own a practice were more interested in business education than the female students and students who did not plan to own their own practice.
为竞争激烈的商业环境做好充分准备对未来的牙医至关重要。本研究的目的是评估牙科学生对实践管理教育的满意度、他们目前和未来对与商业相关的教育以及参加 DDS/DMD-MBA 课程的兴趣，以及他们的人口统计学和其他特征与他们的商业教育相关反应之间的关系。该研究于 2016 年和 2017 年进行，调查了作者所在学校和其他没有 DDS/DMD-MBA 课程的学校的所有四年的学生。在母校，273 名学生做出了回应（回应率为 63%）；来自没有 DDS/DMD-MBA 课程的 51 所美国牙科学校中的 11 所的 341 名学生做出了回应（受邀学校的受访者占 21%；无法计算这些学生的回应率）。做出回应的学生不同意他们的学校充分为他们准备了牙科业务方面的知识（在 1 分至 5 分的量表上，平均值为 2.42，1 分表示强烈不同意，5 分表示强烈同意）。绝大多数人同意/强烈同意牙医是一项需要一定商业头脑的职业（95%），并且他们非常有兴趣学习商业知识（85%）。共有 68%的人同意/强烈同意他们的学校应该提供双 DDS/DMD-MBA 学位，63%的人表示他们会考虑参加这样的课程。受访者的年级越高，对实践管理教育的满意度越低（r=-0.20；p<0.001）。女性受访者对与商业相关的教育兴趣较低（r=-0.20；p<0.001），并且比男性受访者更不可能考虑 DDS/DMD-MBA 课程。计划拥有牙科诊所的受访者对当前更多的商业教育（r=0.22；p<0.001）和未来的商业教育（r=0.15；p<0.001）更感兴趣，而没有这一计划的受访者则不然。这些结果表明，相当一部分牙科学生对 DDS/DMD-MBA 课程感兴趣。男学生和计划拥有自己诊所的学生比女学生和不打算拥有自己诊所的学生对商业教育更感兴趣。
