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Factors Influencing Immediate Career Plans Among Dental Students, India

Dhaman Gupta , Dhaman Gupta , **Bharath K. Garla , ***Rushabh J. Dagli , ****Jitender Solanki , *****Geetika Arora Bhateja , ******Rajeev Mahajan

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Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine 4(1):p 15-20, January - June 2016. | DOI: DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpm.2321.5917.4116.3

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 Aim: To study the importance of various factors on career decision making among dental students, India. Material and Methods: A self administered close ended questionnaire study was conducted among 113 students from one dental teaching institute of India. The survey was based on a collection of responses to a 17­item questionnaire, in the month of August, 2014. Final year students and interns were participant of the study. Data was analyzed using SPSS (social package of statistical software) Chicago, USA, version 18.0 software. Chi­square test and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze variables. Results: A total of 109 participants were included in the final study with response rate of 96.5%. There were  59.6% Females and 40.4% males. Among personal motivation factors, “Earning of money” was having highest odds of 1.523. For all the specialties, prosthodontics (2.95) and orthodontics (1.83) were having higher odds compared to others. In private practice, factors like “Marital status”, “Influence of spouse”, “Education debt taken” are affected more in deciding career plans. Conclusion: Various factors are important in career decision for dental students in India like Anticipated Educational debt, influence of spouse and other family member. Debt repayment facility should be revised for the students interested to continue post graduate studies so that they are not forced to leave studies and earn for debt repayment.

Keywords: Career; Dental Students; Interns; Private Practice.

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