Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 6;17(19):7296. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17197296.
Obtaining information on expectations among dental students regarding their career planning was the main purpose of this observational online survey. The questionnaire was designed with 18 items in five different languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Data were collected on nationality, age, sex, country of residence, university attended, semester, expected year of graduation and expectations about future career. More than 3000 participants ( = 3851, 2863 females 74.34% and 988 males 25.66% with a sex ratio of 0.35) participated in the survey. Almost one-third (31.29%) of the participants plan to start their own practice at least three years after vocational training, a quarter (25.76%) after three, and only 12.59% after one year. A positive influence of the family in the decision to start a practice was observed in 50.07% of the sample with a statistically significant difference regarding sex ( < 0.01). Almost one-third of the participants did not wish to work in an institution run by private equity or insurance companies, while 21.79% would work in that environment ( < 0.01). European dental students desire mainly to become self-employed and start their own practice. New professional practices also offer them options for their future career that they have not yet decided on or thought about.
本观察性在线调查的主要目的是获取牙科学生对职业规划期望的信息。问卷设计有 18 个项目，使用了五种不同的语言：英语、法语、德语、意大利语和西班牙语。数据收集包括国籍、年龄、性别、居住国家、就读大学、学期、预期毕业年份以及对未来职业的期望。超过 3000 名参与者（=3851 名，女性 2863 名，占 74.34%，男性 988 名，占 25.66%，性别比例为 0.35）参与了调查。近三分之一（31.29%）的参与者计划在职业培训后至少三年开始自己的执业，四分之一（25.76%）计划在三年后开始，只有 12.59%计划在一年后开始。调查结果显示，50.07%的参与者表示家庭对他们决定开始执业有积极影响，这在性别方面存在统计学差异（<0.01）。近三分之一的参与者表示不愿意在私营股本或保险公司运营的机构工作，而 21.79%的人愿意在这种环境下工作（<0.01）。欧洲牙科学生主要希望成为自雇人士并开设自己的诊所。新的专业实践也为他们提供了未来职业的选择，这些选择他们尚未决定或考虑过。
