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Career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students. 1997

M W Roberts, and N S Seale, and S Lieff

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA.

A questionnaire addressing career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students was mailed to 52 training programs. Two hundred and thirty-two completed surveys from 45 responding programs were returned. Men were in combined specialty programs significantly more than women (P < 0.05, chi-square) and U.S. citizen students were significantly older than non-citizens (P < 0.05, t-test). The collected data reflected differences in career preferences between men and women, and citizens and noncitizens. Women reported a significant preference for private practice, part-time associate and public health practice than did men. Although not significant, men declared equal preference for full-time private practice either solo or as an associate. Noncitizens were found to have a significant preference when compared to citizens for academic full- and part-time, hospital/institutional full- and part-time, research, full- and part-time positions, and for additional training.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007325	Institutional Practice	Professional practice as an employee or contractee of a health care institution.	Institutional Practices,Practice, Institutional,Practices, Institutional
D008297	Male		Males
D008885	Military Dentistry	The practice of dentistry as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations.	Dentistry, Military,Dentistries, Military,Military Dentistries
D010318	Partnership Practice, Dental	A voluntary contract between two or more dentists who may or may not share responsibility for the care of patients, with proportional sharing of profits and losses.	Associateship Practice, Dental,Associateship Practices, Dental,Dental Associateship Practice,Dental Associateship Practices,Dental Partnership Practice,Dental Partnership Practices,Partnership Practices, Dental,Practice, Dental Associateship,Practice, Dental Partnership,Practices, Dental Associateship,Practices, Dental Partnership
D010377	Pediatric Dentistry	The practice of dentistry concerned with the dental problems of children, proper maintenance, and treatment. The dental care may include the services provided by dental specialists.	Dentistry, Pediatric,Pedodontics
D011331	Private Practice	Practice of a health profession by an individual, offering services on a person-to-person basis, as opposed to group or partnership practice.	Solo Practice,Practice, Private,Practice, Solo,Practices, Private,Practices, Solo,Private Practices,Solo Practices
D011364	Professional Practice	The use of one's knowledge in a particular profession. It includes, in the case of the field of biomedicine, professional activities related to health care and the actual performance of the duties related to the provision of health care.	Practice, Professional,Practices, Professional,Professional Practices
D011636	Public Health Dentistry	A dental specialty concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of oral health through promoting organized dental health programs at a community, state, or federal level.	Dentistry, Public Health
D002321	Career Choice	Selection of a type of occupation or profession.	Career Choices,Choice, Career,Choices, Career
D003816	Dentists, Women	Female dentists.	Woman Dentist,Dentist, Woman,Dentists, Woman,Woman Dentists,Women Dentists