DENTISTRY STUDENT’S SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND PERSPECTIVES IN RELATION TO THE PROFESSION

• Autor(a) principal: Souza e Silva, Maria Laura
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Cruz Santos, Shaddia Karla, Guideti Marques, Silvio Fernando
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Lins (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.metodista.br/revistas/revistas-unimep/index.php/Fol/article/view/2276

Introduction: Considering the changes that are occurring in the dental labor market, it is important to identify the expectations of students about their education and future profession. Proposition: Knowing the profile of the students Dentistry School of Lins as well as socio-demographic aspects and perspectives involving the profession. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a random sample of 203 students from this institution, who, after having signed a consent form, answered a pre-coded, individual and confidential questionnaire, with questions directed towards the socio-demographic characteristics, the features of the chosen course, and the expectations regarding the professional practice and their tendency towards a post-graduate course. Results: The majority of the sample consisted of women (66.9%), with a mean age of 23.4 years old and single (86.7%), with no paid job (57.9%); a minority (36.2%) read newspapers and 57.0% read books. Only 28.5% of the subjects mastered the English language and 51.2% came from public schools; 31.8% got to know the course through friends; 43.4% were motivated by their interest and affinity with the area of health; 98.2% are satisfied with the course; 75.4% never thought about quitting, and 53.4% of them are sure to get a job. The majority (78.4%) is satisfied with the School’s conditions and 41.1% attributed it to the quality of the team of teachers. When asked about the disciplines in which they considered themselves better prepared, Surgery, Dentistry, Stomatology, and Anesthesiology were mentioned. Subjects mentioned being more stressed about Histology, Endodontics, Radiology, and Anatomy; a significant part of them reports feeling stress in applied disciplines. For 52.4% of the participants, dental insurance plans devalue self-employed professionals and 60.4% expect to receive an income higher than 3,000 reais when beginning their professional activities; 34.2% associate Dentistry to professional fulfillment; 97.4% plan to do a specialization course, preferably in orthodontics and implants, and 59.8% would like to work abroad. Conclusion: The results allowed the researchers to identify the profile of the students of the Dentistry School of Lins and their perspectives on dentistry, which can help in the Institution’s teaching-learning process, in the field of study, and in the analysis of the profession’s growth.