Factors associated with the satisfaction of millennial generation dental residents

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1416-1426

  Lam, Hwai Tai C ^a   O'toole, Terry G ^a   Arola, Patricia E ^a   Kashner, T Michael ^b   Chang, Barbara K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic environment; Academic performance; Dental assistant; Dental education; Dental residents; Graduate dental education; Millennial generation; Operatory; Productivity; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CURRICULUM; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DENTAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; EFFICIENCY; FACULTY, DENTAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84870496640     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Department of Veterans Affairs. Dentistry, VA career opportunities. At: www.va.gov/DENTAL/docs/dentbrochbook.pdf. Accessed: October 24, 2011.
2. Department of Veterans Affairs. VA dental residency programs. At: www.va.gov/DENTAL/residency.asp#Gen-Prac-Res-1.Accessed: October 24, 2011.
3. Responses from dentist respondents in internal Department of Veterans Affairs all-employee survey, spring 2009.
4. Lee JH. Managing the millennial generation. At: http:// smallbusinessreview.com/human-resources/managing-millennial-generation. Accessed: October 24, 2011.
5. Martin CA, Tulgan B. Managing the generation mix: from collision to collaboration. Amherst, MA: HRD Press, 2002:8.
6. Keitz SA, Holland GJ, Melander EH, Bosworth HB, Pincus SH. The Veterans Affairs Learners' Perceptions Survey: the foundation for education quality improvement. Acad Med 2003;78:910-7.
7. Noble J, Hechter FJ, Karaiskos N, Wiltshire WA. Motivational factors and future life plans of orthodontic residents in the United States. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2010;137(5):623-30.
8. Dixon S, Dunn WJ, Fancher JP. Perceived initial clinical competencies of dentists at the start and completion of U.S. Air Force advanced education in general dentistry residency programs. Mil Med 2002;167(6):470-3.
9. U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Terms of clearance, #2900-0691: Learners' Perceptions Survey. Washington, DC: Office of Management and Budget, n.d.
10. Cannon GW, Keitz SA, Holland GJ, Chang BK, Byrne JM, Tomolo A, et al. Factors determining medical student and resident satisfaction during VA-based training: results from the VA Learners' Perceptions Survey. Acad Med 2008;83(6):611-20.
11. Kaminetzky CP, Keitz SA, Kashner TM, Aron DC, Byrne JM, Chang BK, et al. Training satisfaction for subspecialty fellows in internal medicine: findings from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Learners' Perceptions Survey. BMC Med Educ 2011;11:21.
12. Cannon GW, Wahlen GE, Kashner TM. Rheumatology fellows report higher satisfaction with VA-based training in comparison to other internal medicine subspecialty fellows. Presentation at the National Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, Philadelphia, PA, October 2009.
13. Kashner TM, Henley SS, Golden RM, Byrne JM, Keitz SA, Cannon GW, et al. Studying effects of ACGME duty hours limits on resident satisfaction: results from the VA Learners' Perceptions Survey. Acad Med 2010;85(7):1130-9.
14. Hackman JR, Oldham GR. Motivation through design of work. Org Behav Hum Perform 1976;16:250-79.
15. Alsop R. The trophy kids grow up: how the Millennial generation is shaking up the workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.
16. Davie S. Gen Y at work. The Straits Times, May 12, 2008. At: www.asiaone.com/Business/Office/Learn/Story/A1Story20080511-64480.html. Accessed: October 24, 2011.
17. Howe N, Strauss W. Millennials rising. New York: Vintage Books, 2000:180.
18. McGregor D. Theory X and theory Y. Workforce 2002;81(1):32.
19. Lam HC, Ward T, O'Toole TG, Arola PE, Chang BK. Impact of infrastructure on graduate dental education and dental clinic productivity. J Dent Educ 2009;73(2): 184-91.