Career perceptions of young academic oral and maxillofacial surgeons.

Full Abstract

PURPOSE:
To evaluate the perceptions and motivation of young full-time academic oral and maxillofacial surgeons who chose a career in academia and their experiences as faculty members.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
An 11-item questionnaire was sent to the chairman of all nonmilitary American Dental Association-accredited oral and maxillofacial surgery training programs (total of 90 training programs), requesting that this questionnaire be completed by all full-time faculty who completed surgical residency between 1997 and 2003.

RESULTS:
Forty-eight completed surveys were included in this study.

CONCLUSIONS:
The primary motivation to pursue a career in academic oral and maxillofacial surgery was the opportunity to perform major maxillofacial surgery, closely followed by a desire to teach dental students and surgical residents. Most respondents noted that they had the opportunity to pursue a faculty practice, and most believed that they worked in a supportive environment. However, several noted that they did not have faculty practice opportunities, and most did not have protected time to carry out research, administrative, or other scholarly activities.

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Author information

Author/s: Aziz, Shahid R (SR); Ziccardi, Vincent B (VB); Janal, Malvin (M); Ramnauth, Shrimattie (S);

Affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UMDNJ-NJ Dental School, Newark, NJ 07013, USA. azizsr(-atsign-)umdnj.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (J Oral Maxillofac Surg), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Apr; vol 65 (issue 4) : pp 762-5

Dates: Created 2007/03/19; Completed 2007/04/24;

PMID: 17368376, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Humans
Motivation
Questionnaires
Surgery, Oral - education; psychology

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