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 Volume 8, Issue 8 (August 2021), Pages: 36-41

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Post-graduate specialty choice among interns of a private dental school in Jeddah

 Author(s): Amit Vanka, Norah A. Alzubedy, Ayat Abdulrazzaq Alsaqir, Maram Abdulhabib Mohammed Ali, Reem Ahmed Murshed, Othman Wali, Shanthi Vanka *

 Affiliation(s):

 Dentistry Program, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7712-8756

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.08.005

 Abstract:

Evidence indicates that the majority of dental students report continuing their education further towards a post-graduate specialty degree. The choice of a career is a critical decision that has an obvious impact on a future life pattern. Based on the various factors that influence the decision of the students in choosing the post-graduate specialty student career counseling may be provided at the university level. This study was done to evaluate the specialty preference and their influencing factors among the interns in a private dental school in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study is a cross-sectional survey conducted using a self-administered questionnaire among final year dental students batch 2020-2021. The response rate for the study was 85% which is 87 out of 102 interns from the batch 2020-21. The subjects of choice to pursue post-graduation among the respondents was Endodontics, Prosthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Oral maxillofacial surgery, Periodontics, Orthodontics, Restorative and esthetic dentistry, Advanced General Dentistry, Forensic Dentistry, and Oral Pathology. It is revealed that Oral Surgery followed by Orthodontics may be the leading choice of dental specialization among students and the preferred choice may be Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry. Our study and literature review suggest that there are few post-graduate specialties that are more preferred in comparison to some that are not. It is warranted that the students should be oriented about all the specializations in dentistry which will help in a targeted approach towards meeting the demand of supplying specialists from all the fields in Dentistry. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Post-graduation, Dental interns, Cross-sectional study, Jeddah, Dentistry

 Article History: Received 17 February 2021, Received in revised form 2 May 2021, Accepted 12 May 2021

 Acknowledgment 

The authors would like to express thanks to all the interns who have taken part in the study.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Vanka A, Alzubedy NA, and Alsaqir AA et al. (2021). Post-graduate specialty choice among interns of a private dental school in Jeddah. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(8): 36-41

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