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Career Motivations, Postgraduate Specialties Interest, and Preferred Careers Upon Graduation Among Dental Students in the Northern Region of Saudi Arabia-A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
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- An assessment of Turkish dental students' attitudes career intentions and perceptions regarding specialist training.BMC medical education · 2026Article
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Background: It is essential to identify the factors that influence a student's choice of dental career, interest in postgraduate specialties, and preferred careers upon graduation when planning the dental workforce agenda in the country. Objectives: We examined the factors that influenced undergraduate (UG) students of Jouf University, Saudi Arabia, to choose dentistry as a profession. We also assessed students' preferences for dental specialties following graduation and immediate career plans upon graduation and whether they differed by demographics. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional survey study that was conducted from November 15, 2021, to January 15, 2022. A twelve-item questionnaire was hand-delivered to the third-, fourth-, and fifth-year UG students and interns of the College of Dentistry, Jouf University. The research questions focused on demographic information, reasons for choosing dentistry as a profession, preferences for postgraduate studies, and preferred career upon graduation. Mann-Whitney U and chi-square tests were performed. Results: A total of 144 students responded to the survey. The samples consisted of 84 (58.3%) male and 60 (41.7%) female students. The reasons for choosing dentistry as a career were mostly related to personal and vocational factors. Significant differences were noticed between male and female respondents for most of the reasons for choosing dentistry as a career ( Conclusion: Personal and vocational factors influenced the career preferences, with esthetic dentistry as the most preferred specialty for the graduates to choose. These data might aid the policy makers of the university for student career guidance.
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