Attitude of Kerman Dental School Students toward Their Field of Study and Career Future

Fatemeh Sadat Sajadi¹, Roya Borna^1, , Ali Borna² and Habibeh Ahmadipour³

¹Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

²School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

³Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Cite this paper:
Fatemeh Sadat Sajadi, Roya Borna, Ali Borna and Habibeh Ahmadipour. Attitude of Kerman Dental School Students toward Their Field of Study and Career Future. International Journal of Dental Sciences and Research. 2015; 3(3):60-63. doi: 10.12691/ijdsr-3-3-5

Abstract

Background: Student’s positive attitude toward their field of study and career future will create motivation and career advancement and success in the future. The aim of this study was assessment of attitude toward the field of study and career future between post and under graduate students in Kerman dental school. Methods: This descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014. The study population was 209 under and post graduate dental students from Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software. Results: The attitude of under graduate students towards field of study was 3% poor, 54 % medium and 43% good. Also the attitude of them towards career future was 52% poor, 45% medium and 3% good. There was no statistical significant difference between post and under graduate dental students in attitude towards field of study and career future (P-Value<0.001). Conclusion: According to these results, the attitude of more than half of under graduate students towards career future was poor. Also attitude of post graduate students toward their field of study and career future was significantly better than undergraduate students. Moreover, there were no statistical significant difference in attitude towards field of study and career future between preclinical and clinical, boys and girls.

Keywords:
attitudes dentistry field of study career future

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