PMID- 17849688
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071012
LR  - 20220410
IS  - 0020-6539 (Print)
IS  - 0020-6539 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Aug
TI  - Outcome of career expectancies and early professional burnout among newly 
      qualified dentists.
PG  - 279-85
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To measure burnout development, outcome of expectations with regard 
      to dental career and feelings of being unprepared for practice among newly 
      graduated general dental practitioners. METHODS: In 1997, 50 dentists were 
      approached to fill in the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Dutch version (UBOS) and 
      some additional variables between six months and one year after graduation at the 
      Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) (76% response). Six years later, 
      in 2003, the same 50 dentists, plus another 60 who had graduated in the same 
      period at ACTA, were approached (78% response). RESULTS: Using Repeated Measures 
      analysis, mean scores of dentists for whom two measurements were available on the 
      three UBOS subscales (N=24) showed no statistically significant changes over six 
      years on Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalisation, or Personal Accomplishment. The 
      same was true for group means of all in 1997 (N=33) compared with all in 2003 
      (N=82). However, according to manual criteria, varying percentages (7.2% - 24.4%) 
      of dentists showed an unfavourable level on either one of the UBOS dimensions. 
      Factors most frequently mentioned to be responsible for being unprepared for 
      practice were: law and insurance matters (61.2%), practice organisation (56.6%) 
      and staff management (55.2%). Most frequently reported factors that came out 
      (much) worse than expected were: stressfulness of work (45.1%), and staff 
      management (43.4%). CONCLUSIONS: Burnout appears no threat for the average newly 
      qualified dentist. However, some individuals report alarmingly high burnout 
      scores at an early professional stage. Practice management is the professional 
      aspect about which young professionals worry most. It is recommended that dental 
      schools pay attention to practice management skills and the stressfulness of work 
      in the curriculum. Also, longitudinal monitoring of dental students and newly 
      qualified dentists on burnout development is strongly advocated.
FAU - Gorter, R C
AU  - Gorter RC
AD  - Department of Social Dentistry & Behavioural Sciences, Academic Centre for 
      Dentistry Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam/Vrije Universiteit, The 
      Netherlands. R.Gorter@acta.nl
FAU - Storm, M K
AU  - Storm MK
FAU - te Brake, J H M
AU  - te Brake JH
FAU - Kersten, H W
AU  - Kersten HW
FAU - Eijkman, M A J
AU  - Eijkman MA
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int Dent J
JT  - International dental journal
JID - 0374714
SB  - IM
MH  - Achievement
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Burnout, Professional/*psychology
MH  - Dental Staff/organization & administration
MH  - Dentists/*psychology
MH  - Depersonalization/psychology
MH  - Education, Dental
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - General Practice, Dental/education
MH  - Humans
MH  - Insurance, Dental
MH  - Male
MH  - Netherlands
MH  - Occupational Diseases/psychology
MH  - Personnel Management/methods
MH  - Practice Management, Dental/legislation & jurisprudence/organization & 
      administration
MH  - Stress, Psychological/psychology
EDAT- 2007/09/14 09:00
MHDA- 2007/10/13 09:00
CRDT- 2007/09/14 09:00
PHST- 2007/09/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/10/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/09/14 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2007.tb00133.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Dent J. 2007 Aug;57(4):279-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2007.tb00133.x.