Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of General Dentistry, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
J Dent. 2021 Oct;113:103795. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103795. Epub 2021 Sep 3.
With the emergence of graduates from all government and private-funded dental colleges in Saudi Arabia (SA), it is pressing to explore the graduates' satisfaction with the dental undergraduate education and training they received. The aim of the present study was to investigate the graduates' satisfaction with their education and training according to college funding arrangements (government vs private-funded) and time since establishment (established- >15 years vs new-<15 years).
A piloted, electronic questionnaire was emailed to all the members of the Saudi Dental Society who had graduated from government and and private dental colleges in SA (2,185 registrants).
The response rate was 36.4%, with 580 government-funded college graduates (72.9%) and 216 private college graduates (27.1%) having completed and returned the questionnaire. The distribution of participants between established and new colleges was 'established' 396 (49.8%) and 'new' 400 (50.2%). Levels of dissatisfaction were recorded for graduates from established and new, government-funded and private colleges. The levels of dissatisfaction were greater amongst the graduates of established and government-funded colleges.
The findings of the present study indicate concerning levels of dissatisfaction with important aspects of dental education in SA. It is suggested that there is a pressing need for more integration of basic and clinical sciences and an emphasis on hands-on training. National coordination of arrangements for dental curricula could make a major contribution to addressing the problems identified.
随着沙特阿拉伯（SA）所有政府和私立牙科院校的毕业生的出现，探索毕业生对他们所接受的口腔本科教育和培训的满意度变得尤为紧迫。本研究旨在根据学院资助安排（政府与私立）和成立时间（成立时间> 15 年与新成立时间<15 年）调查毕业生对教育和培训的满意度。
向沙特牙科协会的所有成员发送了一份经过试点的电子问卷，这些成员均毕业于 SA 的政府和私立牙科院校（2185 名注册者）。
回复率为 36.4%，其中 580 名政府资助学院的毕业生（72.9%）和 216 名私立学院的毕业生（27.1%）完成并返回了问卷。在成立时间较长和新成立的学院中，参与者的分布情况为“成立时间较长”396 人（49.8%）和“新成立”400 人（50.2%）。在成立时间较长和政府资助的学院中，记录了毕业生的不满意程度。成立时间较长和政府资助的学院的毕业生的不满程度更高。
本研究的结果表明，SA 的口腔教育存在令人担忧的不满意程度，特别是在一些重要方面。建议更加注重基础和临床科学的整合，并强调实践培训。国家对牙科课程安排的协调可以为解决所确定的问题做出重大贡献。
