title: Internship program in King Saud University College of Dentistry. Attitudes of interns.
abstract: The objective of the present survey was to look into the attitudes of the interns towards their training program in King Saud University College of Dentistry. A self administered questionnaire was designed for this purpose. One hundred and twenty four interns participated in the survey. The branch of dentistry in which they liked to work most was restorative dentistry (20.3%) followed by prosthodontics (18.9%) and, oral surgery (16.2%) and endodontics (16.2%). The greatest faculty assistance was required in orthodontics (46.3%) followed by oral surgery (20.9%) and diagnosis (17.9%). 80.5% of the interns were interested in further studies. The most favorite subject for further studies was oral surgery (37.9%) followed by restorative dentistry (18.9%) and prosthetics (17.9%). A considerable majority of the interns had a very positive attitude towards dentistry as a profession.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Dental Services, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahmatulla
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Wyne
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: al-Shamrani
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012575:Schools, Dental; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities