Characteristic | Nationality | Total n(%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordanians | Malaysians | Gulf States | Syrians, Iraqi and Palestinians | Others | ||
Practice plan* | ||||||
Private | 49 (46%) | 15 (24%) | 4 (16%) | 17 (77%) | 4 (36%) | 89 (39%) |
Public | 30 (28%) | 33 (52%) | 16 (64%) | 3 (13%) | 6 (55%) | 88 (38%) |
Academic | 23 (21%) | 9 (14%) | 5 (20%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (9%) | 39 (17%) |
Research | 1 (1%) | 4 (7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (2%) |
Others | 4 (4%) | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (5%) | 0 | 6 (3%) |
Impact of social and economic changes on practice plan* | ||||||
Strong | 49 (46%) | 22 (36%) | 5 (20%) | 11 (50%) | 2 (18%) | 89 (39%) |
Moderate | 44 (41%) | 34 (55%) | 1 (4%) | 7 (31%) | 7 (64%) | 93 (41%) |
Weak | 5 (5%) | 6 (9%) | 13 (52%) | 3 (14%) | 2 (18%) | 29 (13%) |
None | 9 (8%) | 0 | 6 (24%) | 1 (5%) | 0 | 16 (7%) |
Interest in PG studies | ||||||
Yes | 91 (86%) | 52 (84%) | 21 (84%) | 19 (86%) | 8 (73%) | 191 (84%) |
No | 6 (5%) | 2 (3%) | 0 | 2 (9%) | 0 | 10 (4%) |
Undecided | 10 (9%) | 8 (13%) | 4 (16%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (27%) | 26 (12%) |
Preferred PG structure | ||||||
Clinical | 53 (58%) | 36 (69%) | 16 (76%) | 14 (73%) | 6 (75%) | 125 (66%) |
Research | 3 (3%) | 2 (4%) | 1 (5%) | 0 | 0 | 6 (3%) |
Combined | 31 (34%) | 10 (19%) | 3 (14%) | 3 (16%) | 1 (12%) | 48 (25%) |
Undecided | 4 (4%) | 4 (8%) | 1 (5%) | 2 (11%) | 1 (12%) | 12 (6%) |
Specialty of interest | ||||||
Restorative dentistry | 23 (25%) | 11 (21%) | 10 (47%) | 5 (26%) | 4 (50%) | 53 (28%) |
Prosthodontics | 20 (22%) | 4 (8%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) | 0 | 26 (13%) |
Orthodontics | 16 (18%) | 2 (4%) | 1 (5%) | 4 (21%) | 1 (12%) | 24 (12%) |
Periodontics | 6 (7%) | 9 (17%) | 3 (14%) | 2 (11%) | 2 (25%) | 22 (12%) |
Oral surgery | 13 (14%) | 8 (15%) | 1 (5%) | 0 | 0 | 22 (12%) |
Paedodontics | 2 (2%) | 9 (17%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (16%) | 0 | 15 (8%) |
Othersa | 5 (5%) | 8 (15%) | 3 (14%) | 1 (5%) | 0 | 17 (9%) |
Undecided | 6 (7%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (16%) | 1 (12%) | 12 (6%) |
Non academic courses/workshops as alternatives to PG programs | ||||||
Yes | 27 (25%) | 23 (37%) | 5 (20%) | 10 (45%) | 3 (27%) | 68 (30%) |
No | 67 (62%) | 26 (42%) | 17 (68%) | 8 (36%) | 4 (36%) | 122 (54%) |
Undecided | 13 (13%) | 13 (21%) | 3 (12%) | 4 (19%) | 4 (36%) | 37 (16%) |
Guidance regarding career plan provided | ||||||
Yes | 29 (27%) | 8 (13%) | 9 (36%) | 7 (32%) | 4 (36%) | 57 (25%) |
No | 78 (73%) | 54 (87%) | 16 (64%) | 15 (68%) | 7 (74%) | 170 (75%) |
Guidance source | ||||||
Dental faculty | 12 (41%) | 3 (38%) | 2 (22%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (25%) | 19 (34%) |
National Dental association | 6 (21%) | 1 (12%) | 0 | 3 (44%) | 1 (25%) | 11 (19%) |
National Student association | 6 (21%) | 2 (25%) | 7 (78%) | 1 (14%) | 0 | 16 (28%) |
Others | 5 (17%) | 2 (25%) | 0 | 2 (28%) | 2 (50%) | 11 (19%) |