Arun Kishore R N, Yuvaraj Babu K, Gayatri Devi R
Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 77, India.
Bioinformation. 2020 Dec 31;16(12):1134-1138. doi: 10.6026/973206300161134. eCollection 2020.
Career choice is a complex decision in a student's life. The opportunity to participate in dental education in many countries, especially in the developing ones, is limited to a small percentage of the community. There is a wide range of options for students to choose as a career in general family, gender, personal interest; outcome expectancies can affect the decision in choosing it. Many studies showed that many individuals find themselves in occupations not really knowing why they made that particular decision. The changing nature of the dental workforce and the need to retain the services of future members has made it important to understand why current dental students have chosen dentistry as their career. However, the choice of dentistry becomes forceful at times by peer pressure, cultural thrust or inability to procure medicine. It is of interest to evaluate dentistry as a prospective career choice in India. The participants answered a questionnaire based online survey and the results were collected and analysed statistically. Analyses of data from the survey shows that majority (36.72%) of students had chosen dentistry as a career choice having missed entry or selection into medicine.
职业选择是学生人生中一个复杂的决定。在许多国家,尤其是发展中国家,参与牙科教育的机会仅限于一小部分人群。一般来说,学生在选择职业时,会受到家庭、性别、个人兴趣等多种因素的影响;对结果的预期也会影响他们的选择。许多研究表明,许多人从事某种职业时,并不清楚自己为何做出那个特定的决定。牙科劳动力性质的变化以及留住未来成员服务的需求,使得了解当前牙科学生选择牙科作为职业的原因变得很重要。然而,有时由于同伴压力、文化影响或无法获得医学专业录取,选择牙科成为一种无奈之举。评估牙科作为印度未来职业选择很有意义。参与者回答了一份基于问卷的在线调查,结果被收集并进行了统计分析。调查数据分析表明,大多数(36.72%)学生选择牙科作为职业是因为未能进入医学专业。