Demographic Profile of Students in the Dentistry Course of a Private Higher Education Institution in Salvador / Perfil Demográfico de Discentes do Curso de Odontologia de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior Particular em Salvador
Quinto, Jaqueline de Jesus; Sanches, Ana Carla Barletta; Leal, Simone Cristina Tosta; Brito Júnior, Anildo Alves de; Dantas, Juliana Borges de Lima.
J. health sci. (Londrina)
; 24(3): 173-178, 20220711.
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Socio-economic-cultural issues are related to the learning process, which makes knowledge of the students' profile at higher education institutions (HEIs) essential to understand the future direction of the profession. The purpose of this research is describe demographic profile of undergraduate dentistry students from a HEIs, in the city of Salvador. After approval by the research ethics committee, a form containing 16 questions related to socio-economic-demographic factors and academic performance were applied to students who attended between the 2nd and 10th semester of the course. Data analysis obtained was described through measures of central tendency, percentage, and dispersion. A total of 154 students were included. Students were mostly young, single, female, childless, born in cities other than the capital of Bahia. They entered the institution through the entrance exam, and they kept their enrollment through the support of the Student Financing Fund. Regarding academic performance, it was observed that most participants had already needed to take a final exam and had already failed in at least one subject. It is noted that there is greater similarity than divergence in the profile of the Dentistry student at this private institution in Salvador, compared to other national works consulted in this research. However, in contrast to the literature, it was observed that in this particular HEI, there was a higher percentage of students coming from public schools. It is noteworthy that more demographic studies throughout national territory are important to better understand the perspectives of the Brazilian educational system. (AU)
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