The perception of the scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery and differentiation from similar specialities among dental students, medical students, trainee interns and pre-vocational junior doctors

Purpose To explore the ability of Dental Students (DS), Medical Students (MS), Trainee Interns (TI) and Pre-vocational Junior Doctors (JD) in identifying procedures performed by Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), the scope of practice (SOP) of OMS and ability to differentiate OMS from similar spe...

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Published in:Oral and maxillofacial surgery 2024-09, Vol.28 (3), p.1339-1351
Main Authors: Mane, Robert, Sharpe-Davidson, William Fox, De Silva, Harsha, Choi, Joanne Jung Eun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Competence
Female
Humans
Internship and Residency
Male
Maxillofacial surgery
Medical Staff, Hospital - education
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Students, Dental - psychology
Students, Medical
Surgery, Oral - education
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Purpose To explore the ability of Dental Students (DS), Medical Students (MS), Trainee Interns (TI) and Pre-vocational Junior Doctors (JD) in identifying procedures performed by Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), the scope of practice (SOP) of OMS and ability to differentiate OMS from similar specialities. Methods The study included 282 complete responses to a survey consisting of: 9 demographic questions, 11 OMS awareness, professional ambition, teaching and exposure, confidence in identifying and referring questions and 70 procedural/scenario questions across four domains. Collected data was qualitatively and statistically analysed using SPSS V29. Results OMS awareness was limited. 92.2% reported None to Small amount of OMS teaching and exposure during university, with 66.0% preferring to have had a Fair to Significant amount. DS experienced more than medical respondents (2.1 vs. 1.5, p  
ISSN:1865-1569
1865-1550
1865-1569
DOI:10.1007/s10006-024-01261-y