Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia

Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia

Malaysia has experienced a rapid expansion in the number of dental schools. Five factors have influenced their choice of professional career, with ‘academic’ factor being the most important. Research into the career expectations of emerging graduates is important to inform career planning and workfo...

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Main Authors: Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus, Gallagher, Jennifer E., Bernabe, Eduardo
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2015
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RK Dentistry
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/8/55451-PROGRAM.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/2/PGR%20Day%2018.03.15.pdf
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spelling iium-554512017-05-08T04:11:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/ Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus Gallagher, Jennifer E. Bernabe, Eduardo RK Dentistry Malaysia has experienced a rapid expansion in the number of dental schools. Five factors have influenced their choice of professional career, with ‘academic’ factor being the most important. Research into the career expectations of emerging graduates is important to inform career planning and workforce retention. The objective of this study was to explore short and long-term career expectations, and influences, in relation to individual and school characteristics. All final year students across 11 dental schools in Malaysia were invited to participate in a self-administered questionnaire (n=530) using an instrument amended for the Malaysian context. The instrument explored short and long-term career expectations, influences and student demography using mixture of open and closed questions. Data were analysed using SPSS including Chi Squared test for linear association. A response of 356 students (83%) across eight schools was achieved; representing 67% of all students nationally. Most were female (71%), Malay (57%), from middle-income families (41%) and public/state schools (77%). In the short-term, undertaking specialist training (46%) was the most commonly goal and; achieving financial stability (79%) the greatest influences. In the long-term, 210 (59%) planned to specialise; Indian/Others (69%) were significant more likely to report specializing compared with Malay (68%); and Chinese students (44%)(p<0.001). Overall, work/life balance (51%) and family commitment (48%) were perceived as strongly influencing their careers. Significantly more women (51%) ranked family commitments as strongly agree compared to men (39.2%)(p=0.004). There is high level of interest in specialisation amongst new entrants to the profession who combine personal and professional goals 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/8/55451-PROGRAM.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/2/PGR%20Day%2018.03.15.pdf Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus and Gallagher, Jennifer E. and Bernabe, Eduardo (2015) Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia. In: 17th Annual Postgraduate Research Day Kings College London Dental Institute, 18th March 2015, London. (Unpublished)
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Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
Gallagher, Jennifer E.
Bernabe, Eduardo
Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia
description Malaysia has experienced a rapid expansion in the number of dental schools. Five factors have influenced their choice of professional career, with ‘academic’ factor being the most important. Research into the career expectations of emerging graduates is important to inform career planning and workforce retention. The objective of this study was to explore short and long-term career expectations, and influences, in relation to individual and school characteristics. All final year students across 11 dental schools in Malaysia were invited to participate in a self-administered questionnaire (n=530) using an instrument amended for the Malaysian context. The instrument explored short and long-term career expectations, influences and student demography using mixture of open and closed questions. Data were analysed using SPSS including Chi Squared test for linear association. A response of 356 students (83%) across eight schools was achieved; representing 67% of all students nationally. Most were female (71%), Malay (57%), from middle-income families (41%) and public/state schools (77%). In the short-term, undertaking specialist training (46%) was the most commonly goal and; achieving financial stability (79%) the greatest influences. In the long-term, 210 (59%) planned to specialise; Indian/Others (69%) were significant more likely to report specializing compared with Malay (68%); and Chinese students (44%)(p<0.001). Overall, work/life balance (51%) and family commitment (48%) were perceived as strongly influencing their careers. Significantly more women (51%) ranked family commitments as strongly agree compared to men (39.2%)(p=0.004). There is high level of interest in specialisation amongst new entrants to the profession who combine personal and professional goals
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
Gallagher, Jennifer E.
Bernabe, Eduardo
author_facet Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
Gallagher, Jennifer E.
Bernabe, Eduardo
author_sort Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
title Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia
title_short Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia
title_full Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia
title_fullStr Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: A quantitative study of final year dental students in Malaysia
title_sort career expectations and influences of emerging dental workforce: a quantitative study of final year dental students in malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/8/55451-PROGRAM.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55451/2/PGR%20Day%2018.03.15.pdf
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