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KMID : 1020220160160050741
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2016 Volume.16 No. 5 p.741 ~ p.750
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Dentists' opinions on return to work of career interrupted dental hygienists
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Park Kui-Ok
Jang Young-Eun
Kim Sun-Il
Park Ji-Eun
Lee Sun-Mi
Kim Nam-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aims to identify dentists' opinions about the return to work of the dental hygienists with career interrupted. Convenience sampling was made of 22 dentists with the clinical experience (about 0.25%) of the 4,944 members of Gyeonggi-do Dental Association. Data were collected through an electronic survey using e-mails and telephone interviews and analyzed using the constant comparison method.
Methods: Open coding was assigned to the initial data from the survey in an explicit language, and focusing on the types of their employment, working conditions, etc. Summarization and conceptualization were made of the second data in an implicit language.
Results: Most of the dentists were found to have positive attitudes toward the return to work of career interrupted dental hygienists and hope to adjust their wages based on their job performance or after their probational period expires. Most of the dentists were found to have positive attitudes towards the hygienists' flexible working although their concerns about work efficiency and hospital atmosphere. This study is a qualitative study that describes dentists' opinions and presents the need for the career interrupted dental hygienists to return to work.
Conclusions: The study proposed that the educational institutions should take into account the hygienists' opinions when implementing the programs for promoting their return to work and their evaluative studies.
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KEYWORD
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career interruption, dental hygienist, dentist, return to work
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