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Article: Students' satisfaction with a dental summer programme and importance of influencing factors for choosing dentistry as their career

TitleStudents' satisfaction with a dental summer programme and importance of influencing factors for choosing dentistry as their career
Authors
KeywordsCareer
Dentistry
Education
Factors
Programme
Satisfaction
Students
Issue Date2014
PublisherBlackwell Munksgaard. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1600-0579
Citation
European Journal of Dental Education, 2014, v. 18 n. 2, p. 104-109 How to Cite?
AbstractAIM: To study the students' satisfaction with the week-long summer programme and the importance of common influencing factors (IFs) for choosing dentistry as their career. METHODS: Anonymous questionnaire was given to all 214 participants in July of 2011 and 2012. Demographic information including gender, age and education level was collected. The students were asked about their satisfaction with the programme with separate ratings for learning experiences, including hands-on workshops (HOW); clinic observations (CO); problem-based learning tutorials (PBL); and lectures (L). They also rated the relative importance of the ten common IFs. The Friedman test was used to study the order of their preferences of the programme's activities. The Chi-square test was used to study the influence of their demographic factors on the importance of the IFs. RESULTS: A total of 208 students returned their questionnaires. The majority were below the age of 18 (81%), and 44% were studying in an international school. Most of the students (96%) were satisfied with the programme overall. They liked the HOWs and COs more than the PBL tutorials and Ls. 'Altruism' and 'medical/health care career' were the two most important IFs overall. 'Altruism' and 'past experience with dentist' were considered more important by those aged 18 or above. 'Past experience with dentist' and 'working with hands' were considered more important by the international school students. CONCLUSIONS: Most participants were satisfied with the summer programme. They preferred practical, skill-based activities to knowledge-based activities. The importance of some IFs was associated with age and education system.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/196269
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dc.contributor.authorSuen, PCen_US
dc.contributor.authorLai, SMLen_US
dc.contributor.authorBridges, SMen_US
dc.contributor.authorChu, CHen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-01T08:43:11Z-
dc.date.available2014-04-01T08:43:11Z-
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Dental Education, 2014, v. 18 n. 2, p. 104-109en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/196269-
dc.description.abstractAIM: To study the students' satisfaction with the week-long summer programme and the importance of common influencing factors (IFs) for choosing dentistry as their career. METHODS: Anonymous questionnaire was given to all 214 participants in July of 2011 and 2012. Demographic information including gender, age and education level was collected. The students were asked about their satisfaction with the programme with separate ratings for learning experiences, including hands-on workshops (HOW); clinic observations (CO); problem-based learning tutorials (PBL); and lectures (L). They also rated the relative importance of the ten common IFs. The Friedman test was used to study the order of their preferences of the programme's activities. The Chi-square test was used to study the influence of their demographic factors on the importance of the IFs. RESULTS: A total of 208 students returned their questionnaires. The majority were below the age of 18 (81%), and 44% were studying in an international school. Most of the students (96%) were satisfied with the programme overall. They liked the HOWs and COs more than the PBL tutorials and Ls. 'Altruism' and 'medical/health care career' were the two most important IFs overall. 'Altruism' and 'past experience with dentist' were considered more important by those aged 18 or above. 'Past experience with dentist' and 'working with hands' were considered more important by the international school students. CONCLUSIONS: Most participants were satisfied with the summer programme. They preferred practical, skill-based activities to knowledge-based activities. The importance of some IFs was associated with age and education system.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Munksgaard. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1600-0579en_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Dental Educationen_US
dc.rightsEuropean Journal of Dental Education. Copyright © John wiley & sons Ltd.en_US
dc.rightsThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: European Journal of Dental Education, 2014, v. 18 n. 2, p. 104-109, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12063. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.-
dc.subjectCareer-
dc.subjectDentistry-
dc.subjectEducation-
dc.subjectFactors-
dc.subjectProgramme-
dc.subjectSatisfaction-
dc.subjectStudents-
dc.titleStudents' satisfaction with a dental summer programme and importance of influencing factors for choosing dentistry as their careeren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailSuen, PC: rita0429@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailLai, SML: stanley@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailBridges, SM: sbridges@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailChu, CH: chchu@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.authorityLai, SML=rp00040en_US
dc.identifier.authorityBridges, SM=rp00048en_US
dc.identifier.authorityChu, CH=rp00022en_US
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/eje.12063-
dc.identifier.pmid24118664-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84898811368-
dc.identifier.hkuros228354en_US
dc.identifier.hkuros221975-
dc.identifier.volume18en_US
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000334607100011-

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