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      A comparison of career satisfaction amongst dental healthcare professionals across three health care systems: Comparison of data from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago

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      Journal: BMC Health Services Research
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          Abstract

          Background

          The aim of this study was to compare the expressed levels of career satisfaction of three groups of comparable dental healthcare professionals, working in Trinidad, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

          Methods

          Three questionnaire surveys were carried out of comparable dental healthcare professionals. Dental nurses in Trinidad and dental therapists in the UK and New Zealand. Questionnaires were sent to all registered dental nurses or dental therapists.

          Results

          Career satisfaction was lowest amongst Dental Therapists working in Trinidad and Tobago. Approximately 59% of the Therapists working in New Zealand reported stated that they felt they were not a valued member of the dental team, the corresponding proportion in the United Kingdom was 32%, and for Trinidad 39%.

          Conclusion

          Dental therapists working in different healthcare systems report different levels of satisfaction with their career.

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          Job satisfaction, mental health, and job stressors among general dental practitioners in the UK.

          M. Kelly, J. Watts, C Cooper (1987)
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            An assessment of career satisfaction among a group of general dental practitioners in Staffordshire.

            J Gilmour, D Shugars, Megan Burke … (2005)
            To assess the level of job satisfaction among general dental practitioners from one area of England, and to assess the association of various personal and work related factors with job satisfaction. Postal questionnaire survey. General dental practices in South Staffordshire, Wolverhampton and Dudley, England. An anonymous questionnaire posted to all 396 registered dentists in the above areas. A 75% response rate was achieved. Data were analysed using non-parametric statistics for any significant differences in the scores for stress, respect, overall professional satisfaction, quality of life and overall job satisfaction according to the different demographic groupings of the dentists (alpha =0.05). Dentists with an area of special interest had higher scores in all categories except quality of life. Overall job satisfaction was higher among private dentists, and those in group practices and in non-rural locations. The highest bi-variate correlation occurred between overall job satisfaction and overall professional satisfaction, delivery of care, income, respect and professional time. Job satisfaction was judged to be good among this group. Stress was the factor associated with the greatest dissatisfaction. This survey produced similar results to preceding US studies, and suggests ways of improving job satisfaction.
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              A study of the career development of male and female dental practitioners.

              Ryan J. Newton, Francis D. Gibbons, N Thorogood (2000)
              The aim of the study was to determine differences between male and female dental practitioners in the positions they occupy within their employment, and to analyse the correlates of such differences. Postal questionnaire survey of a 1 in 10 sample of individuals taken from the General Dental Council register. Female dental practitioners occupy lower positions in the employment hierarchies of the Community Dental Service and the Hospital Dental Service. Women general dental practitioners are significantly less likely to be sole proprietor of, or a partner in, a general practice. Ownership of a general practice is related to: sex, age, number of years qualified, number of children, and hours worked. Consultants in the Hospital Dental Service are more likely to be male, older, to have been qualified longer and (obviously) to hold more additional qualifications than their non-consultant colleagues. Senior Dental Officers and Directors of the Community Dental Service are more likely to be male, work longer hours and (again obviously) to hold more additional qualifications than Community Dental Officers. Differences exist between male and female dental practitioners in the positions they occupy within employment hierarchies. Age, length of time since qualification and the acquisition of additional qualifications are consistently found to differentiate dental practitioners' status.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Health Serv Res
                Title: BMC Health Services Research
                Publisher: BioMed Central (London )
                ISSN (Electronic): 1472-6963
                Publication date Collection: 2006
                Publication date (Electronic): 14 March 2006
                Volume: 6
                Page: 32
                Affiliations
                [1 ]School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
                [2 ]Oral Health Services Research & Dental Public Health, King's College London School of Dentistry, King's College London, UK
                [3 ]Department of Oral Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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                Publisher ID: 1472-6963-6-32
                DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-32
                PMC ID: 1421393
                PubMed ID: 16536870
                SO-VID: 13433306-dbbb-48a1-9103-2db2c93f027b
                Copyright © Copyright © 2006 Naidu et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                Date received : 21 April 2005
                Date accepted : 14 March 2006
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