Dental students' OMFS-related experiences and interest in OMFS careers: An exploration.
J Dent Educ
; 85(4): 569-581, 2021 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
While the numbers of oral maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) residents increased over time, women and residents from underrepresented minority backgrounds are still underrepresented. The objectives were to assess dental students' OMFS-related personal and educational experiences and attitudes and explore which factors correlate with their interest in future OMFS careers.METHODS:
Data were collected from 493 dental students in 1 dental school and 206 students from 15 other US and Canadian dental schools.RESULTS:
The students in the national sample were more likely to have experienced an OMFS procedure themselves (64.6% vs. 50.7%; P = 0.001), have shadowed an OMFS in an operating room (23.2% vs. 14.9%; P = 0.009) prior to coming to dental school and to be much/very much interested in an OMFS career (36.4% vs. 12%; P < 0.001) than the students at the home school. While the majority of both groups rated their experiences with rotations in the OMFS department in the dental school (68% vs. 62.5%) and in the hospital (80.3% vs. 85.7%) as very interesting, the students in the national sample were more likely to agree/strongly agree that they were satisfied with their OMFS experiences (68.1% vs. 36.3%; P < 0.001) and had learned a lot from the OMFS faculty (57.9% vs. 30.8%) than the students in the home school. For both groups, the degree of interest in an OMFS career correlated with having had more personal OMFS experiences (home r = 0.28; P < 0.001/other r = 0.39; P < 0.001), more interesting OMFS experiences in the dental school (r = 0.23; P < 0.05/r = 0.40; P < 0.001) and the hospital (0.33; P < 0.05/r = 0.50; P < 0.001) and more positive attitudes toward OMFS faculty (r = 0.26; P < 0.001/r = 0.37; P < 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Positive personal and educational OMFS experiences and positive attitudes toward OMFS faculty were associated with an interest in OMFS careers. These findings provide a basis for developing educational interventions aimed at increasing the percentage of women and residents from URM backgrounds in OMFS programs.Palabras clave
OMFS; career choice; clinical skills/topics, oral and maxillofacial surgery; curriculum development/evaluation; dental specialties & sub-specialties; education, dental; gender; internship and residency; oral and maxillofacial surgery; oral maxillofacial surgery; pre-doctoral dental education; preclinical skills/topics; professional interest, oral and maxillofacial dentistry; residency programs; residents; surgery, oral; underrepresented student
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Colección:
01-internacional
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Odontología
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Cirugía Bucal
Límite:
Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Dent Educ
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos