Dental graduates perspective of professionalism competences from a developing country

To evaluate the perception of fresh dental graduates regarding professional competences essential for a graduating dentist. This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted at four public and four private sector dental colleges in Punjab, Pakistan, from June to December 2014, and...

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Published in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2017-09, Vol.67 (9), p.1339-1345
Main Authors: Choudhry, Saima, Yasmeen, Raheela, Hossain Bokhari, Syed Akhter, Wajid, Gohar, Khan, Ayyaz Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Behavior
Communication
Dentists
Developing Countries
Ethics, Dental
Female
Humans
Jurisprudence
Male
Pakistan
Professional Competence
Professional employees
Professionalism
Social Skills
Young Adult
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Summary:To evaluate the perception of fresh dental graduates regarding professional competences essential for a graduating dentist. This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted at four public and four private sector dental colleges in Punjab, Pakistan, from June to December 2014, and comprised dental graduates of the years 2013 and 2014. A comprehensive document containing 32 professionalism competences, divided into 3 sub-domains, was developed based on the competence documents of local and foreign accrediting bodies. Responses were recorded on a five-point Likert scale. The competences were categorised as 'essential' and 'good to have' based on the agreement cut-off of 75%. SPSS 21 was used for data analysis. Of the 386 participants, 152(39.4%) were from public-sector colleges and 234(60.6%) from private ones. The overall mean age was 23.69±1.06 years. Of the 32 competences, the participants marked 18(56.25%) as 'essential' and 15(46.9%) as 'good to have'. In the latter category, 3(20%) competences were from the domain of professional attitude and behaviour, 7(46.6%) from ethics and jurisprudence and 4(26.7%) from the domain of communication and interpersonal skills. Pakistani dental graduates had an overall positive attitude regarding professionalism competences.
ISSN:0030-9982