Characteristics and Study Motivation of Clinical Dental Students in Nigerian Universities

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dc.contributor.authorOrenuga, O.O
dc.contributor.authorda Costa, O.O
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-31T09:49:17Z
dc.date.available2021-12-31T09:49:17Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractA cross-sectional study of a cohort of 197 clinical dental students in the four accredited dental schools in Nigeria was conducted to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of these dental students and their motives for the choice of dentistry. The results indicate that the number of female dental students in Nigeria is increasing, which reflects a trend well established in virtually all other nations. The vast majority of Nigerian dental students (97 percent) qualified for school based on their performance on the University Matriculation Examination. About one-third, 32.5 percent, indicated that dentistry was their first choice for a career. This choice was greatly influenced by family in 50 percent of this group of students. There were several factors that strongly influenced career choice among students who indicated that dentistry was their first choice: interest, prestige, good employment opportunity abroad, and regular work hours. The need to go into a prestigious and financially lucrative profession similar to medicine were the commonest reasons identified by the group of students for whom dentistry was not the first career choice. The motives for choosing dentistry as a career in this group of students seem to relate to an image of dentistry as a vehicle for the achievement of personal goals. It is recommended that high school students be encouraged to see dentistry first hand. This is because in countries such as Nigeria it is not unusual for a potential dental student to have never visited the dentisTen_US
dc.identifier.citationOrenuga OO daCosta OO. Characteristics and Study Motivation of Clinical Dental Students in Nigerian Universities J. Dent. Educ. 2006; 70 (9): 996-1003.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/9826
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectDental Studentsen_US
dc.subjectSocial characteristicsen_US
dc.subjectFactorsen_US
dc.subjectDentistryen_US
dc.titleCharacteristics and Study Motivation of Clinical Dental Students in Nigerian Universitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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