ارزيابي ميزان و عمل اشتياق به ادامه تحصيل در دانشجويان دندانپزشكي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي رفسنجان

Postgraduate Aspiration in Dental Students at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

زمينه و هدف: آموزش تخصصي دندانپزشكي يك تصميم انتخابي و شخصي براي دستيابي به افزايش معلومات و مهارت‌ها است كه دلايل گوناگوني دارد. از اين رو، هدف مطالعه حاضر، به منظور ارزيابي ميزان و علل اشتياق به ادامه تحصيل در دانشجويان دندانپرشكي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي رفسنجان ‌طراحي گرديد. مواد و روش‌ها: در اين مطالعه توصيفي-مقطعي كه در سال 1390 انجام گرفت، تمامي دانشجويان دندانپزشكي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي رفسنجان شركت داشتند. اطلاعات به صورت مصاحبه فردي و به وسيله پرسشنامه‌اي حاوي سؤالاتي در مورد خصوصيات فردي، علل علاقه‌مندي و عدم علاقه‌مندي به ادامه تحصيل و سه رشته تخصصي مورد علاقه دانشجويان جمع‌آوري گرديد. سؤالات بر اساس مقياس پنج درجه‌اي ليكرت طراحي شدند. داده‌ها به وسيله آمار توصيفي، آزمون‌ t و ضريب همبستگي پيرسون تحليل گرديدند. يافته‌ها: در اين مطالعه تمامي 137 دانشجوي دندانپزشكي با ميانگين سني 4/2±2/22 سال شركت كردند كه 7/57% آنان دختر بودند. اكثريت دانشجويان (6/87%) علاقه‌مند به ادامه تحصيل بودند. افزايش مهارت باليني و معلومات، كسب موقعيت اجتماعي بهتر، دستيابي به كار بهتر و ارتقاي منزلت شغلي مهم‌ترين علل ادامه تحصيل ذكر شدند. تمايل به شروع به كار بعد از تحصيل و خستگي از تحصيل از مهم‌ترين علل عدم‌ علاقه‌مندي به ادامه تحصيل بود. سه رشته‌ تخصصي مورد علاقه دانشجويان به ترتيب عبارت بودند از: ارتودنسي (3/53%)، جراحي فك و صورت (6/14%)، دندانپزشكي ترميمي (8%) . نتيجه‌گيري: مطالعه حاضر نشان داد كه اكثريت دانشجويان دندانپزشكي براي افزايش مهارت باليني و معلومات، كسب موقعيت اجتماعي بهتر، اشتياق به ادامه تحصيل دارند و ارتودنسي انتخاب اول اغلب آنان است.

Background and Objectives: Postgraduate dental education (PGDE) is an elective and personal decision for pursuing further education, which has various reasons. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the causes of postgraduate aspiration, to determine their specialty interests and factors influencing choices of specialty in dental students at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods : This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on all dental students in 2011. The information was collected through face-to-face interviews and by a questionnaire containing demographic characteristics, rate of admission in dental residency, 16 and 10 questions about the aspiration and disinterest to PGDE selections of the first three choices and 7 questions about reasons to choose these three specialties. The questions were designed according to 5-point Likert scale. Validity and reliability of questionnaire were confirmed by expert specialists and test retest. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, t-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results : In this study, all of 137 dental students took part with mean age of 22.2 ± 2.4 years, which 57.7% were females. The majority of students (87.6%) were interested in continuing specialized education. The students mentioned that increased clinical skill and knowledge, obtaining better social opportunities, acquiring better jobs and promotion to occupational esteem were the most important factors for their aspiration to continuing specialized education. Inclination to work after graduation and tiredness of education were the most important factors in the disinterests in continuing specialized education. Specialty fields which seemed most interesting to the students included: Orthodontics (53.3%), Oral and maxillofacial surgery (14.6%), Restorative dentistry (8%), Paediatrics (7.3%), Prosthodontics (5.8%), Endodontics (4.4%), Oral and maxillofacial radiology (2.9%), Community dentistry (1.5%), Periodontics (1.5%) and Oral and maxillofacial pathology (0.7%). Interest in the scientific content of the field, financial income and social esteem were the main causes of choosing specialty fields for the students. Conclusion : The present survey shows that the majority of dental students have postgraduate aspirations because of increase in the clinical skills and knowledge and obtaining better social opportunities and orthodontics was the first choice for most of them