Table 2.
Distribution of students’ views about their professional motivation and perceptions before and in the distance education period during pandemic (Ankara-Turkiye, 2020).†Row percentage ‡ Column percentage ¶Before the Covid-19, 104 students were planning to take the exam, while 99 were planning after the pandemic; 96 is the number of students who were planning in both periods. *Marginal Homogeneity-test
| In the distance education period during pandemic (n, %†) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Views | Before Covid-19 pandemic (n, %‡) | Persistent on previous idea | Changed previous idea | p* |
| Career plans | n=114 (100.0) | n=78 (68.4) | n=38 (31.6) | <0.001 |
| Being an academician | 51 (44.7) | 33 (64.7) | 18 (35.3) | |
| Working in a private practice | 38 (33.3) | 29 (76.4) | 9 (23.6) | |
| Working in a public dental hospital | 7 (6.1) | 4 (57.1) | 3 (62.9) | |
| Undecided | 18 (15.8) | 12 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) | |
| Plans for taking central dental specialty exam | n=114 (100.0) | n=101 (88.6) | n=13 (13.4) | 0.108 |
| No | 3 (2.6) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | |
| Yes | 104 (91.2) | 96 (92.3) | 8 (7.7) | |
| Undecided | 7 (6.1) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | |
| Planned first choice dental specialty | n=96¶ (100.0) | n=84 (73.7) | n=12 (26.3) | 0.094 |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 23 (24.0) | 20 (87.0) | 3 (13.0) | |
| Oral diagnosis and maxillofacial radiology | 2 (2.1) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Endodontics | 2 (2.1) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Orthodontics | 10 (10.4) | 9 (90.0) | 1 (10.0) | |
| Pediatric Dentistry | 18 (18.8) | 15 (83.3) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Periodontics | 13 (13.5) | 9 (69.2) | 4 (30.8) | |
| Prosthodontics | 12 (12.5) | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) | |
| Restorative Dentistry | 9 (9.4) | 9 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Undecided | 7 (7.2) | 7 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Fear from getting an infectious disease | n=114 (100.0) | n=36 (31.6) | n=78 (68.4) | <0.001 |
| Not scared | 5 (4.4) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | |
| A little scared | 57 (50.0) | 8 (14.0) | 49 (86.0) | |
| Scared | 50 (43.9) | 26 (52.0) | 24 (48.0) | |
| Terrified | 2 (1.8) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | |
| Fear of transmitting the infectious disease | n=114 (100.0) | n=38 (33.3) | n=76 (66.7) | <0.001 |
| Not scared | 48 (42.1) | 8 (16.7) | 40 (83.3) | |
| A little scared | 44 (38.6) | 14 (31.8) | 30 (68.2) | |
| Scared | 20 (17.5) | 14 (70.0) | 6 (30.0) | |
| Terrified | 2 (1.8) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Satisfaction about being a dentist | n=114 (100.0) | n=60 (52.6) | n=54 (47.4) | <0.001 |
| Not satisfied at all | 2 (1.8) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Not glad | 4 (3.5) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |
| Undecided | 21 (18.4) | 12 (57.1) | 9 (42.9) | |
| Glad | 53 (46.5) | 28 (52.8) | 25 (47.2) | |
| Very glad | 34 (29.8) | 16 (47.1) | 18 (52.9) | |
| Thinking not practicing the dentistry after graduation | n=114 (100.0) | n=82 (71.9) | n=32 (28.1) | 0.330 |
| No | 95 (83.3) | 81 (85.3) | 14 (14.7) | |
| Yes | 10 (8.8) | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | |
| Not sure | 9 (7.9) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) |