Navneet Kaur, Tejinder Singh
Teaching healthcare management to medical students: an early experience
The National medical journal of India
desirability orthodontic residency remains high today relative past 30 years investigation seeks reassess factors influencing orthodontic residency program selection amidst contemporary challenges changes including increasing student debt reduced residency stipends shifting practice models mixedmethods study consisted interviews qualitative surveys quantitative fifteen finalyear dental students firstyear orthodontic residents interviewed oneonone following topic guide transcripts analyzed using maxqda2022 identify values factors influences related program selection ranking qualitative findings previous studies provided basis survey distributed residency applicants 202022 data analyzed bivariate descriptive statistics stratification debt group interviews n 15 elevated importance location interview experience program cost clinical education surveys n 239 identified desirable factors program selection satisfied residents strong clinical training multiple techniques good interview impressions low cost high patient numbers strong reputation good clinical facilities new technology less desirable factors include programs hospitalbased certificateonly researchintensive require considerable afterhours work clinical education interview experiences key residency selection consistent prior studies though program cost grown importance findings help guide orthodontic programs recruiting applicants suggest need limit educational costs