title: The professional objectives of canadian dental students.
abstract: Data from a 1971 national study of Canadian dental education are used as a basis for examining the relative importance which dental students and faculty place on the professional objectives of economic gain and service. Students (N = 1,247) were asked to rank a set of career attributes in terms of their importance both for themselves and for other students. Dental school faculty (N = 510) were asked to assess whether students under emphasized or overemphasized a group of 16 parallel objectives. The results indicate substantial variations between the professional objectives of individual students, those ascribed to others by students, and the faculty's perception of student objectives.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003813:Dentistry; D004467:Economics; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006040:Goals; D009042:Motivation; D010379:Peer Group; D013335:Students, Dental; D014481:United States