Final year dental students in New Zealand: Self-reported confidence levels prior to BDS graduation.

The New Zealand dental journal Pub Date : 2016-12-01
C Murray, N Chandler
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Background and objectives: It is expected that the graduating dental student will have acquired the skills and knowledge to confidently treat most circumstances that they may encounter in private practice. The aims of this study were to evaluate final year dental students' self-reported levels of confidence in expected core skills just prior to graduation and to explore their career intentions both directly after graduating as well as in the longer term.

Methods: After ethical approval was obtained, a survey and participant information sheet was distributed to all final year undergraduate dental students in 2014. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS version 22.0 with the alpha value set at 0.05.

Results: The response rate was 69% (58/84). Most (44.8%) were going to be working in New Zealand private practices with 34.5% definitely considering specializing. The majority reported high self-confidence levels for sealant restorations (96.6%) and radiography (94.8%), while very few were confident in carrying out soft tissue biopsies (1 .8%) or restoring dental implants and treating medical emergencies (10.5%). Some gender differences were found.

Conclusions: The general finding was that most NZ graduates perceived themselves to be confident in managing the most fundamental aspects of general practice. Similar to their counterparts around the world, they will benefit from further mentoring and additional exposure to the more complex clinical tasks such as the restoration of implants and soft tissue biopsies.

新西兰最后一年牙科学生:BDS毕业前自我报告的信心水平。
背景和目标:期望毕业的牙科学生将获得技能和知识,自信地处理他们在私人执业中可能遇到的大多数情况。本研究的目的是评估最后一年牙科学生在毕业前对预期核心技能的自我报告信心水平,并探讨他们毕业后的直接职业意向以及长期的职业意向。方法:在获得伦理审批后,向2014年所有口腔医学本科毕业班学生发放调查问卷和参与者信息表。采用SPSS 22.0进行统计分析,alpha值设为0.05。结果:有效率为69%(58/84)。大多数人(44.8%)打算在新西兰的私人诊所工作,34.5%的人肯定会考虑专攻。大多数人对密封剂修复(96.6%)和x线摄影(94.8%)有很高的信心,而很少有人对进行软组织活检(1.8%)或修复牙种植体和处理医疗紧急情况(10.5%)有信心。还发现了一些性别差异。结论:总的发现是,大多数新西兰毕业生认为自己有信心管理全科实践的最基本方面。与世界各地的同行类似,他们将受益于进一步的指导和更多的接触更复杂的临床任务,如植入物修复和软组织活检。
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