Postgraduate specialties interest, career choices and qualifications earned by male dentists graduated from King Saud University
Objectives: To study the career development of male graduates of King Saud University (KSU), College of Dentistry in terms of pursuit of postgraduate dental education, higher degrees or Board Certification, choice of universities and countries of study, and place of work after qualification.Methods:...
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| author | Yousef H. Al-Dlaigan Ra’ed Al-Sadhan Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Abdullah Al-Shahrani Mohammed Al-Shahrani |
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| description | Objectives: To study the career development of male graduates of King Saud University (KSU), College of Dentistry in terms of pursuit of postgraduate dental education, higher degrees or Board Certification, choice of universities and countries of study, and place of work after qualification.Methods: A questionnaire survey was carried out through face to face or telephone interview among 666 KSU graduates of 1982–2004.Results: 80% (532 graduates) response rate. (77%) finished postgraduate dental education. 17% specialized in Prosthodontics, 16% in Saudi Board Advanced Restorative Dentistry, 14% in Advanced General Dentistry, 10.5% in Orthodontics, 10% in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 8.3% in Pediatric Dentistry, 7.7% in Endodontics, 6% in Periodontics, 5.5% in Operative Dentistry, 5% in other Specialties. 61% had a Master’s degree and 16% had a Doctorate degree. 23% had Board Certificates and 8% had a Fellowship Certificate. (78%) are working in the government, 15% at the university and 6% in private, and 19% in administrative positions.Conclusion: Most of the dental graduates were motivated and eager to continue their postgraduate education to get either clinical specialty or academic degrees from nationally and internationally well recognized and known Universities and programs. Keywords: Graduate, Dental, Specialty, Career, Education, Postgraduate |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7f5bd64be5204fe4be8df27fc157d9ff2025-08-20T01:58:09ZengSpringerSaudi Dental Journal1013-90522011-04-01232818610.1016/j.sdentj.2010.11.004Postgraduate specialties interest, career choices and qualifications earned by male dentists graduated from King Saud UniversityYousef H. Al-Dlaigan0Ra’ed Al-Sadhan1Mohammed Al-Ghamdi2Abdullah Al-Shahrani3Mohammed Al-Shahrani4Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Sciences, Collage of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. BOX 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author. Tel.: +966 01 4677228; fax: +966 01 4679017.Division of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Collage of Dentistry, King Saud UniversityCollage of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. BOX 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi ArabiaCollage of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. BOX 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi ArabiaCollage of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. BOX 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi ArabiaObjectives: To study the career development of male graduates of King Saud University (KSU), College of Dentistry in terms of pursuit of postgraduate dental education, higher degrees or Board Certification, choice of universities and countries of study, and place of work after qualification.Methods: A questionnaire survey was carried out through face to face or telephone interview among 666 KSU graduates of 1982–2004.Results: 80% (532 graduates) response rate. (77%) finished postgraduate dental education. 17% specialized in Prosthodontics, 16% in Saudi Board Advanced Restorative Dentistry, 14% in Advanced General Dentistry, 10.5% in Orthodontics, 10% in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 8.3% in Pediatric Dentistry, 7.7% in Endodontics, 6% in Periodontics, 5.5% in Operative Dentistry, 5% in other Specialties. 61% had a Master’s degree and 16% had a Doctorate degree. 23% had Board Certificates and 8% had a Fellowship Certificate. (78%) are working in the government, 15% at the university and 6% in private, and 19% in administrative positions.Conclusion: Most of the dental graduates were motivated and eager to continue their postgraduate education to get either clinical specialty or academic degrees from nationally and internationally well recognized and known Universities and programs. Keywords: Graduate, Dental, Specialty, Career, Education, Postgraduatehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1013905210000994 |
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