title: Career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students.
abstract: A questionnaire addressing career preferences of pediatric dentistry advanced education students was mailed to 52 training programs. Two hundred and thirty-two completed surveys from 45 responding programs were returned. Men were in combined specialty programs significantly more than women (P < 0.05, chi-square) and U.S. citizen students were significantly older than non-citizens (P < 0.05, t-test). The collected data reflected differences in career preferences between men and women, and citizens and noncitizens. Women reported a significant preference for private practice, part-time associate and public health practice than did men. Although not significant, men declared equal preference for full-time private practice either solo or as an associate. Noncitizens were found to have a significant preference when compared to citizens for academic full- and part-time, hospital/institutional full- and part-time, research, full- and part-time positions, and for additional training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Seale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lieff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D018865:Dental Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003816:Dentists, Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006124:Group Practice, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008885:Military Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010318:Partnership Practice, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011636:Public Health Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013663:Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States