Open AccessFuture plans of final-year dental therapy students at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Author(s) -
Modjadji Mary Masetla,
SR Mthethwa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sadj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-0105
pISSN - 1029-4864
DOI - 10.17159/2519-0105/2021/v76no10a1
Subject(s) - microsoft excel , work (physics) , medical education , health care , quality (philosophy) , private practice , population , family medicine , medicine , psychology , nursing , environmental health , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , law , operating system
The distribution and accessibility of healthcare professionals as well as the quality of healthcare services that the healthcare system is able to deliver are significantly affected by the choices of the medical and other health science graduates. To describe the career and practice intentions of final-year dental therapy students’ classes of the years 2017 and 2018 at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Design A cross-sectional survey. A structured, closed, self-administered, questionnaire was used to collect data. Data related to demographic characteristics, work preferences and career intentions were acquired and then captured in Microsoft excel software. Female students constituted the majority (54.05%). The average age of the population was 23 years old. 64.86% of the students preferred to work in the public sector. A little more (18.9% vs 13.5%) students had been offered jobs than had applied. Twice as many (54.05% vs. 27.03%) preferred to work in the Gauteng province as the percentage who resided there. No fewer than 59.46% saw themselves owning private practices in five years’ time. The majority of students preferred to work in the public sector after graduating with the intention of owning a private practice in the medium term.