Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2021 Apr-Jun;32(2):153-157. doi: 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_407_19.
Career choice, one of the most important process in a student's life, has an influence on his/her future life. Hence, it is important to understand student's motives behind choosing a specific career. Hence, the study was designed with an aim to evaluate the factors influencing dental students to choose dentistry as career.
The present cross-sectional survey was conducted on 401 dental students from a dental institute. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire consisting of 13 reasons that possibly influenced students' decision to study dentistry. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS 20 software.
Majority of the students participating were female (77.1%). Top four reasons to choose dentistry as a profession were to help poor people (95.5%), to earn prestige and respect (95.0%) followed by self-interest (94.7%) and study of human parts especially teeth (92.8%). Making money was the reason reported by 77.8% of the students. Other reasons reported were inspiration from other dentists (63.3%), did not get admission to medicine (MBBS) course (52.1%), and no doctor in family (51.9%). Family members in medical/dental profession was the least reported reason (36.9%). There were no significant differences among males and females for reported reasons except for one reason, that is, did not get admitted to medicine (MBBS) course (60.9% male and 48.9% female; P = 0.031).
Students were mostly influenced by own interest and altruistic nature to opt for dental profession.
职业选择是学生生活中最重要的过程之一，对其未来的生活有着重要的影响。因此，了解学生选择特定职业的动机是很重要的。因此，本研究旨在评估影响牙科学生选择牙科作为职业的因素。
本横断面调查在一所牙科研究所的 401 名牙科学生中进行。使用由 13 个可能影响学生学习牙科决定的原因组成的结构化问卷收集数据。使用 SPSS 20 软件分析收集的数据。
参与的学生中大多数为女性（77.1%）。选择牙科作为职业的前四个原因是帮助贫困人群（95.5%）、获得声誉和尊重（95.0%）、其次是自身利益（94.7%）和研究人体部位，尤其是牙齿（92.8%）。77.8%的学生报告的原因是赚钱。其他报告的原因包括受其他牙医的启发（63.3%）、未被医学学士（MBBS）课程录取（52.1%）和家中没有医生（51.9%）。有医学/牙科专业背景的家庭成员是报告比例最低的原因（36.9%）。除了一个原因（即未被医学学士（MBBS）课程录取（60.9%的男性和 48.9%的女性；P=0.031））外，男女学生报告的原因没有显著差异。
学生选择牙科专业主要受自身兴趣和利他主义的影响。
