Possible Future Career Challenges and Associated Factors among Dental Students and Interns

Table 2

Distribution of students’ responses about the challenges after graduation.

Challenges	Agree N (%)	Males N (%)	Females N (%)	value
(1) I think I will have difficulty in finding a job in a private clinic	240 (37.7)	147 (38.7)	93 (36.2)	0.523
(2) I will face competition in getting a job in the Ministry of Health	396 (62.2)	212 (55.8)	184 (71.6)	<0.001
(3) I will have difficulty in getting a job in Armed Forces hospitals	387 (60.8)	215 (56.6)	172 (66.9)	0.009
(4) It will be tough to get the position of a demonstrator/teaching assistant in academia	318 (49.9)	198 (52.1)	120 (46.7)	0.18
(5) It will be very competitive to get an admission into a graduate program aboard	328 (51.5)	169 (44.5)	159 (61.9)	<0.001
(6) It will be hard to get acceptance in Saudi Dental Board	318 (49.9)	178 (46.8)	140 (54.5)	0.059
(7) It will be a challenge to establish your own private dental practice	407 (63.9)	216 (56.8)	191 (74.3)	<0.001

Statistically significant.