The purpose of this study was to examine predental enrichment activities and their impact on the number of applicants from some of the nation's top dental school feeder institutions (DSFI). The DSFI were identified by their total number of applicants to dental schools and the number of applicants per total student enrollment. A survey consisting of twenty-seven questions on possible predental enrichment activities was administered by phone or sent by email to eighty-eight DSFI, with forty-nine responding. In addition to identifying and characterizing the most common predental enrichment activities, the relationships among the number of applicants, predental activities, and total student enrollments per institution were evaluated. The total number of dental school applicants/institution was correlated with the total student enrollment/institution (r=0.529) and the number of predental activities/institution (r=0.520). No correlation was observed between the number of activities at an institution and dental school applicants per thousand enrolled. Sixteen of the DSFI reported ten or more enrichment activities, the most common being preprofessional health advising (96 percent), dentistry club (88 percent), and volunteer programs (73 percent). In general, larger institutions produced more applicants and provided more enrichment activities. However, there was no correlation between the number of dental school applicants per thousand students enrolled and the number of activities at an institution. Results indicate that there are specific predental enrichment activities common to some of the top dental school feeder institutions in the United States. A better understanding of successful feeder programs may assist nonfeeder schools in developing or strengthening an interest in dentistry as a career option.

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这项研究的目的是检查齿前浓缩活动及其对来自美国一些顶级牙科学校饲养员机构 (DSFI) 的申请人数量的影响。DSFI是根据牙科学校的申请人总数和每个学生总入学人数确定的。通过电话或通过电子邮件发送给八十八个DSFI,由二十七个关于可能的齿前浓缩活动的问题组成的调查,有四十九个答复。除了确定和表征最常见的齿前充实活动外,还评估了每个机构的申请人数量,齿前活动和学生总数之间的关系。牙科学校申请人/机构的总数与学生入学/机构的总数 (r = 0.529) 和牙科前活动/机构的数量 (r = 0.520) 相关。没有观察到机构的活动数量与每千名注册的牙科学校申请人之间的相关性。DSFI中有16个报告了十个或更多的丰富活动,最常见的是专业前健康咨询 (96%),牙科俱乐部 (88%) 和志愿者计划 (73%)。总的来说,较大的机构产生了更多的申请人,并提供了更多的丰富活动。但是,每千名注册学生中牙科学校的申请者数量与机构的活动数量之间没有相关性。结果表明,在美国一些顶尖的牙科学校饲养者机构中,存在特定的齿前浓缩活动。更好地了解成功的补习计划可能会帮助非补习学校发展或增强对牙科作为职业选择的兴趣。

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