Values related to professionalism in dental education at the University of Chile: Student and faculty perceptions.
Eur J Dent Educ
; 23(2): 190-198, 2019 May.
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OBJECTIVE: It is recognised that professionalism should play a central role in dental education. However, its implementation into the curricula of dental schools is still limited. Our objective was to identify the main values related to professionalism based on the perceptions of students and faculty members from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile. METHODS: A Dental Values Survey was validated and culturally adapted in order to guarantee the greatest possible internal validity. The adapted survey was administered to students and faculty members (416 and 225, respectively). The final survey contained 64 items rated on a Likert scale of 1-5. Each item was categorised according to five dimensions: Altruism, Consciousness, Personal Satisfaction, Quality of Life and Professional Status. The values were compared between faculty and students and among students at different courses. A values scale was constructed by selecting the five items with the highest average score for each dimension. RESULTS: Survey respondents composed 34.32% of the universe, of which 50.46% were faculty and 49.54% were students. Values associated with Altruism, Consciousness and Professional Status, were the highest rated by students and faculty. Values associated with Personal Satisfaction and Quality of Life received the lowest scores for both groups. CONCLUSIONS: To provide the best possible attention to patients (Consciousness), and that patients have access to affordable dental care (Altruism), are the values at the top of our scale. On the other hand, to maintain financial stability and to be well paid (Quality of Life) were the less considered.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Percepção
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Faculdades de Odontologia
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Estudantes de Odontologia
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Universidades
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Educação em Odontologia
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Docentes de Odontologia
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Profissionalismo
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Dent Educ
Assunto da revista:
EDUCACAO
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ODONTOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Reino Unido