Evaluation of Choice of Field Post Bds in Dental Graduates –A Questionnaire Study
Dr. Rajnish Kumar Verma1, Dr. Vikram V Khare2, Dr Gaurav Singh3, Dr. Shridhar Shetty4, Dr.
Sunil Kumar Gulia5, Dr. Deepthi Thottungal Rajan6, Dr. Heena Tiwari7
1MDS, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry,Kalinga Institute Of Dental Sciences, Campus 5, KIIT University ,Patia,Bhubaneswar, Odisha,India.
2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dr.DY Patil Vidyapeeth Pune. [email protected]
3Post-gradute Student, Department of Periodontology, Yogita Dental College and Hospita, Khed, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. [email protected]
4Prof and Head, Department of Pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Yogita dental college and Hospital Khed, Maharashtra. [email protected]
5Senior Lecturer, Oral and maxillofacial Surgery, SGTUniversity, Gurugram, Badli, Jhajjar, Haryana. [email protected]
6Assistant Professor, Dept of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Kannur Dental College, Kerala [email protected]
7BDS, PGDHHM, MPH Student, Parul Univeristy, Limda, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujrat, [email protected]
Corresponding Author: Dr. Rajnish Kumar Verma,MDS, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry,Kalinga Institute Of Dental Sciences, Campus 5, KIIT
University ,Patia,Bhubaneswar, Odisha,India. [email protected] ABSTRACT:
Background:
The career is an important aspect of every person.There are some peoples who have struggled a lot to became they carrer as therir dream and passionate.The carrer selection depends upon the ability,dedication and amount of time given .As many people are instrested in becoming doctors but due to competition they cannot get MBBS so they prefer dentistry.It is a four years course and you will become doctor,after completing the dentistry ,we can put up our own set up. The dental practice give prestige,can make their own decision and creative work and can get income.
Dentists occupy an significant place in society as professional health care workers.Education officers and admission committees are also attracted in making their carrer in dentistry.
Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the choice of dentistry as an carrer and its further scopes.
Materials and Methods:It is a cross-sectional, descriptive study.A questionnaire was prepared and distributed to 100 undergraduate dental students.The questionnaire consisted of sections on demographic details, motivational factors, and career choice options. Data was analyzed,tabulated and calculated in percentage
Results: The response rate was 100%. Majority of the studentswere females. The most popular reasons for choosing dentistry as a career was good income,family advice, social status .The majority of the students want to post graduation or clinic set up.Few were instreseted in Govt sevice(MPSC/UPSC) other than dentistry.The dental students had a encouraging mind-set towards the dental profession.
Conclusion:The carrer option for dentistry was personal factor .There was the main role of parents giving support to students and students keeping their responsibility achieved their goal.Majority of students had done post graduation or few have joined private or public dental clinic.
Key words: Career ,dream, doctor,dentistry,prestigae,income.
INTRODUCTION
Career is the process and actions taken by a person to achieve lifetime goals by his occupation.
[1] There are various career options for persons to make life pleasant and relax like medical, dental, ayurevedic, physiotheraphy, enginerring, law, commerce, arts and business.The medical faculty is the best faculty as they serve the human beings by treating the patients and give them new life ,so many parents want there children to become Doctor.So selecting the right career is a sure thing for success in life. [2]. The students should be motivated in choosing a career in the health professions mainly in the field of dentistry. The dental education system in India is at present one of the largest in the world. It was started after the establishment of the Calcutta Dental College and Hospital in 1924 by Dr.Rafiuddin Ahmed [3].The total number of dental colleges approved by DCI in India is more than 300,and approximately above 25000 dentist passes out every year [4]. The ratio of estimated dentist to population according to WHO is 1:7500 [3]. In recent 10 years, the dentist population ratio in India has increased considerably because of increase in the number of colleges and number of dental graduates passingout every year. The recent dentist population ratio in remote cities in India is 1:10,000. Student’s inspiration for choosing a career in the medical faculty is of immense concern for admission committees and educators, mainly in the field of dentistry [5]. The satisfaction of every dentist plays an important role for further dental education. [6]. There is a severe short of authentic and valid data for evaluation of dental students’ motivations to go in and attitudes about the field of dentistry in India. The choice of a career of every individual is prejudiced generally by advice from parents, relatives, friends, teachers, and counselors and only few take there own decision [7]. The selection for the choice of a career is a important decision because it has an noticeable impact on the individuals’ future life .[8]Recently , the students admitted to dentistry is moving back as the rapid growth in the number of dentists in each city tends to discourage students.There are few candidates who feel that the bigger competition would limit their expectations and earnings [9].The specialized socialization starts with the entrance to the dental college and continues through the entire study period of four year and one year internship of the student.
During the internship students are expected to have a good clinical skill and have a firm theoretical background about the subject.
At the interns stage, it is very significant for the undergraduates to recognize students' motives for choosing dentistry and their views regarding the future of dentistry to preserve a motivated workforce [10].
So the study was conducted to assess the choice of dentistry, dental education, profession and to assess the future career options of students after the BDS.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The interns of the dental college were given questionnaire and asked few question about carrer,and dentistry.Total 100 students were included in the study.In the study 80 females were present (80%) and 20 males were prsenet (20%).The data was collected and tabulated.
TABLE 1.QUESTIONAIRE
Sr No Question Frequency Percentage
1 Was dentistry your first career option
Yes -73 No -27
Yes-73 No-27 2 Did you have any alternatives
to dentistry before opting dentistry as a career
Yes-53 No-47
Yes-53 No-47
3
What was your first impression when you joined BDS
Happy:76 Ignorant:9 Others:15
Happy:76 Ignorant:9 Others:15
4 Do you agree dentistry has given you a platform for research work?
Agree:87 Disagree:13
Agree:87 Disagree:13
5 Do you agree BDS has given required competencies for professionals to avail a job at the present day
Agree-82 Disagree:11 Not sure:7
Agree-82 Disagree:11 Not sure:7
6 Do you agree a job or career from BDS will give you a steady employment
Agree:78 Disagree:22
Agree:78 Disagree:22
7 Do you agree that only BDS degree will be sufficient for a stable career in the future?
Yes:74 No:26
Yes:74 No:26
Sr No Question Frequency Percentage
8 Over the past few years of education and practice, has the course given you more interest towards dentistry?
Yes-64 No36
Yes-64 No36
9 Do you want to continue in the field of dentistry after under graduation
Yes-93 No-7
Yes-93 No-7
10 Given the choice would you like to change from dentistry to another filed
Yes:13 No:67 Maybe:20
Yes:13 No:67 Maybe:20
TABLE 2:FUTURE CARRER PLAN
Sr no Future carrer option Number of interns Percentage
1 Working at dental
clinic
14 14
2 Private practice 23 23
3 PG in India 42 42
4 PG outside India 4 4
5 Working outside India 9 9
6 Research 5 5
7 Other 3 3
TABLE.3.STUDENT SPECIALITY IN DENTAL CLINICS
Sr No Subject Number
Of students
Percentage
1 Community Dentistry 7 7
2 OMR 9 9
3 Periodontology 4 4
4 Endodontics 27 27
5 Orthodontics 15 15
6 Pedodontics 8 8
7 Oral Surgeon 10 10
8 Oral Pathology 3 3
9 Cosmetology 13 13
10 None 4 4
Results:
The study was undertaken to know the importance of dental faculty as the best carrer option for the students.In the study 100 students were present out of which 80 interns were female and 20 interns were male.According to the study dentistry was career plan for maximum number of interns(73%) and many wanted to do futurein dentistry,only few interns are instrested to change the field after dental surgeon.Maximum number of interns have aggred to get job after complted their graduation.(Table 1)The future carrer plan among most interns was PG in India(42%),followed by private practice(23%) and less common carrer plan option was in Research(5%) and working outside India(9%)(Table 2).The best speciality in dental clinic was Endodontics (27%)followed by Orthodontics(15) and Cosmetology(13%),and the least speciality dental clinic among intern was Oral pathology (3%),followed by Periodontology(4%) and Community Dentistry(7%).(Table 3).
Discussion:
Maximum number of the interns were females, as a tendency seenin common of dental schools in India. Increase in female admission in dental schools may be recognized to the trust of females about being able to effectively balance personaland professional life carefully.Considering the dental profession it allows for a more flexible working schedule as it depends on our own decision.In a study there was gender differences as male are behind money more which can be get in short duration, while female are people-oriented skillful more
to become post graduate oral surgery was the most favourite subject in dental specialty areas, as it provides opportunity to perform surgery, teach students and good monetary return,while in our study endodontics was favoured as it the causative agent to relieve pain of an individual.[13,14,15,16]The future plan of maximum number of interns in our study was to get admission for post gradauation and few have instrest in getting their own set up as dental clinic which was to this study [17,18].From our study maximum were satisfied with the future aspects of practicing and only few were interested in research which was similar to our study[19,20,21].
CONCLUSION
The main goal for pursuing a career in dentistry depends on the students’ vision about his bright future in terms of prestige,hard work,dedication, social status, interest insubject,confidence, independence in job, and being able to help others.The future aspects of all the study interns was to learn more and gain knowledge which is benifical for the society to treat the needy people,so dentistry was chosen as first carrer option by many interns.The goal of an every intern in dentistry is to get trained and become ethical, skilled professionals dentist and be capable of practicing dentistry on a level that is steady with the prospect of society and to search for passion and curiosity in further higher studies regarding dentistry.
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