Comparison of Major and Job Satisfaction of Students and Graduates in Dental Hygiene and Nursing

대전 일부 치위생학과와 간호학과 재학생 및 졸업생의 전공과 업무 만족도 비교

  • Baek, Seong-Min (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University) ;
  • Song, Da-Hye (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University) ;
  • Park, Jin-Seul (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University) ;
  • Bae, Jeong-Yeon (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University) ;
  • Jeong, Won-Seok (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University) ;
  • Hwang, Soo-Jeong (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University)
  • 백성민 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 송다혜 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 박진슬 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 배정연 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 정원석 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 황수정 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2013.09.23
  • Accepted : 2013.10.24
  • Published : 2013.12.31

Abstract

Although dental hygiene has haven a special domain of knowledge and its own business territory, people have misunderstandings about dental hygienists as nurses or nirses' aides in Korea. Inadequate knowledge could make negative results for university applicants to choose department of dental hygiene. This study was aimed to compare major and job satisfaction of students and graduates in dental hygiene and nursing for objective comparison and suggestion for dental hygiene. The subjects were 98 dental hygiene students, 113 nursing students, 53 dental hygienists, and 53 nurses by convenience sampling in Daejeon. The questionnaire consisted of satisfaction of college life, social identity, career path and job. ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc analysis was used with SPSS 20.0 program. Although dental hygiene students scored lower than nursing students in satisfaction of college life, social identity, career path and job, dental hygienists, nurse and dental hygiene students didn't have different satisfaction of job. Dental hygienists scored the lowest in relation with clinical work and major curriculum, and sexual discrimination. Nurses scored the lowest in working condition and salary. Dental hygienists and dental hygiene students had lower scores in information and advice of career path, entrance to graduate school, stable work, family's pride of my major, social position and so on. We suggested the community of dental hygiene should try to promote dental hygienists to public, the community of dentists should give the stable working condition, and the department of dental hygiene should improve the major curriculum to relate with clinical work.

본 연구는 2013년 5월 15일부터 2013년 7월 1일까지 대전 K대학교에 3, 4학년에 재학 중인 치위생학과 학생 98명, 간호학과 학생 113명, 대전 지역에서 병의원에서 근무하는 치과위생사 53명, 간호사 53명을 대상으로 하였다. 치위생학과와 간호학과의 재학생 및 졸업자의 전공만족도와 직무만족도를 알아보고 재학생의 직무에 대한 기대수준과 실제 임상에서의 직무만족도를 비교 분석하였다. 1. 치위생학과 재학생과 치과위생사는 간호학과 재학생과 간호사에 비해 학과생활만족도, 사회적 인식 만족도, 진로방향만족도가 유의하게 낮았으나, 업무만족도에 있어서는 간호사에 비해 유의한 차이가 없었다. 2. 학과생활만족도에서 치과위생사는 대학 교육과정과 임상 업무와의 연관성에 관한 만족도가 다른 군에 비해 유의하게 낮았다. 3. 사회적 인식 만족도에서 치위생학과 재학생과 치과위생사는 간호학과 재학생과 간호사에 비해 인기학과로 인식, 가족들의 자부심, 직업의 사회적 지위 만족도가 유의하게 낮았으며 치과위생사는 전문영역으로서의 존중, 치위생학과 재학생은 전공추천 부문이 가장 낮았다. 4. 진로방향만족도에서 치위생학과 재학생과 치과위생사는 진로방향에 관한 정보제공 및 상담, 직장의 안정성, 대학원 진학 희망 부문에 있어서 간호학과 재학생과 간호사에 비해 유의하게 낮았다. 5. 업무만족도에서 보수, 근무조건이 가장 불만족한 요인으로 나타났으며 간호사가 다른 군에 비해 보수, 근무조건 만족도가 가장 낮았다. 6. 학과생활만족도, 진로방향만족도, 사회인식만족도, 업무만족도의 상관분석 결과, 업무만족도와 진로방향만족도의 상관계수 값이 가장 높았고 각 변수간의 뚜렷한 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 치과위생사에 대한 사회적 인식, 진로, 대학생활에 대한 만족도는 간호사에 비해 저조하나 실제 업무의 만족도에 있어서는 두 직군간의 차이가 없는 것으로 판단된다. 치위생(학)과가 경쟁력을 갖추기 위해서는 치과위생사에 대한 사회적 인식을 높이기 위한 치위생계의 노력, 치과위생사의 안정된 업무 실현을 위한 치과계의 변화, 실제 임상과 밀접한 대학 교육과정의 개발 및 변화가 필요하다. 또한, 치위생학과 학생 및 졸업자에 대한 진로방향에 관한 정보를 제공할 수 있는 오프라인 상담, 온라인 관련 매체 등이 마련된다면 업무만족도가 증가할 것으로 생각된다.

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